... PARIS, Fridary. YESTERDAY the discussion on one of the three most important articles in the Army Bill was commenced. It was more than once feared that M. Thiers, who was exceedingly restless during the debate, was going to reappear in the tribune, but he confined himself to shrugging his shoulders and frequent intercourse with the Marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat. The article before the Chamber ...

... PARIS, Fridaay. ,,'ITDAY the Assembly made up for the time which it lost in the general scussiof of the Army Organization Bill by voting no fewer than five ;inportant articles with hardly any discussion. Compulsory service was greed to with an amount of unanimity which showed how wisely g Thiers acted in withdrawing his opposition to that measure, which even 1,'gr. 1)p11nlorip considered it ...

... IPITOME OF OPINION IN THE MORNING JOURNALS. I THE AMERICAN NEGOTIATIONS. The Times observes that a strange misconception pervaded the speeches ff Lord Granville and of Mr. Gladstone yesterday evening. The point I' rot, as Lord Granville and Mr. Gladstone laboured to establish, 1hether the Senate agreed in accepting the words of the supplemental article, but whether they are agreed with our ...

... SUMMARY OF THIS MORNING'S NEWS, It is announced from Versailles that the negotiations between France and Belgium relative to the Treaty of Commerce have been definitely broken off, Belgium positively rejecting the proposed augmentation of tariffs. In yesterday's sitting of the French National Assembly the debate on the Army Bill was resumed. Article 19 was referred back to the Committee by 524 ...

... I HITHERTO offences against the game laws have been supposed to be the only offences as to which there is any ground to distrust the impartiality of the unpaid magistracy. The measure dealt out to poachers may not have been quite the same as the measure dealt out to other people, but with this exception there has been no reason to quarrel with the constitution of these local tribunals. Two ...

... I A few months ago we called attention to the fact that the body of a young lady who appeared to have been murdered, and whose name was unknown, had been found in the Regent's Canal. We expressed a hope that the intelligence with which the police were credited would be brought to bear not only on the case in question but also on other cases of unidentified bodies which are from time to time ...

... TElE House of Commons has made its first great concession to the mine-owners. The i4th clause of the Mines Regulation Bill enacts that owners or managers of mines who employ or permit the employment of women or children contrary to the prohibitions contained in the Act shall be liable to a penalty of 20, together with an accruing penalty of Li a day for everyday that the offence continues to ...

... WE need not repeat the history of the Public Prosecutors Bill. It is obvious enough that if not technically dead it has received its mortal wound and will go over to the majority of bills. As the Times of this morning truly remarks, it has been overlaid by its nurses. We feel, however, very decidedly that the bill itself was a good bill; that as prepared and brought in it would have dealt in a ...

... IOCKCI2G A MAN-OF-WAR. The following article appeared in the Bermudaa Royal Gazette of the 2oth ult - A brief description of the operation of placing in the floating dock the large iron {plate man-of-war Royal Alfred, bearing the flag of Admiral Fanshawe, may interest some of our readers. Other large ships of war have been safely and successfully received into the same capacious bosom, but ...

... It is satisfactory to learn that the subject of the means of communica- tion between passengers and guards in railway trains has again been occupying the attention of the Board of Trade. Mr. Chichester Fortescue stated the other night, in reply to Mr. Hinde Palmer, that since Captain Tyler's report the Board have been considering the subject of the cord communication now in use on several ...

... M. THIERS AND THE FINANCIAL DEBATE. The Times remarks that the victory all along the line which M. Thiers obtained in the discussion of the Army Bill has inspired him to approach the financial debate with redoubled confidence. He will take into consideration all the taxes devised by the Budget Committee; but if, as he feels assured, all their calculations are erroneous and all their projects ...

... SECOND EDITION, 2.30 pam. FRANCE. VERSAILLES, June 3.-A denial is given to the report that the negotiations with Geimany for the liberation of the French territory had come to a standstill. The negotiations are proceeding regularly and satisfactorily. The rumour that M. Rochefort will undergo his imprisonment at Fort Lamalgne at Toulon is also contradicted. No such course has been decided ...