The Week.

in this note that the French ambassador , the Duke cle Grammont , had made reservations , opposing the cardinal's intervention in the affiiirs of the congress . The Prince of AVales and Lord Stratford cle Redcliffe are still at Rome . The French ambassador , the Duke cle Grammont , has given a dinner to the Marquis d'Azeglio and other Piedmoutese notabilities resident in Rome . The marqnis has been recalled by telegraph to Turin . More than 300 volunteers for the Piedmontese army had left Rome before the 17 th of March . A despatch , dated Constantinople 2 nd inst . states that tivo steamers with troops hael left for Varna . The

, former Kapukiaja Aristarchi had been appointed governor of Samos . A fanatical agitation prevailed at Smyrna against thc Jews , caused by the murder of a Frenchman in the Jews' quarter . The customs had been farmed out to the banker Missivloglu for thirty-three millions per year . A telegram has been received at the India House , dated Calcutta , March Sth . The news is merely confirmatory of that brought by the last Bombay mail , as to the flight of the chief rebels , and their approaching destruction . Very violent storms of rain have occurred in all

parts of Canada , doing great damage , particularly to railroads , and on the banks of rivers . On the Great AVestern railroad , between Flamboro and Dundas , the rain washed away an embankment , and a train ivas precipitated into a chasm some twenty feet wide ; six persons were killed , and a dozen others more or less injured . Other railroads were submerged for miles , and travel ivas in many places suspended . . The Etna has arrived at Liverpool , with dates from New York to tho 28 th of March . News had been received at the latter place , from the Havannah ,

of the loss of the British gunboat Jascm ; by striking on a sunken roek . The officers and crew took to a raft and two boats , but a gale arising , ten men ivere washed from the raft and drowned . The captain aucl nineteen men , in one of the boats , had reached a Cuban port ; but the other boat , with thirty men , had not been heard of ; au official account of this calamity has since heen published , it is , ive fear , but too true . It is said that the French government had submitted to the English government a project for settling the right of search question , which had been , adopted by America . Another expedition was organizing lor tho

conquest of Cuba , but the New York Herald describes it as all humbug , From the AA est Indies the news is not satisfactory . Her majesty's sloop , Styx , ivas to leave Kingston , Jamaica , ou the 13 th ult ., with three hunched men under command of Colonel AVhitfield , for Savannah-la-Mar , to quell the disturbance ivhich had arisen in consequence of the heavy turnpike tolls in that district . The peasantry had levelled all the gates on tho different roads . Great fears were entertained as to the result of the disturbance . Disturbances had taken place at Trinidad in consequence of the attempting to the carnivalThe troops

governor suppress . and police were pelted by the mob , and several casualties occurred . At Martinique , some incendiarism had occurred on the part of the coloured natives , arising from the immigration of coolies and Africans , which had reduced thc price of labour . - —Australian intelligence is to tho loth February . The chief political event in Victoria had been the statement by Mr . O'Shanassy before the Legislative Assembly , of the principles of the noiv Land Bill , proposed by the government . There had been a revival of the question of payment of members ; and the assent of the

house had been given to the proposal for a grant of £ 2 , 000 in aid of the Jewish Synagogue Fund . From New South AA ' ales Ave learn that the steam postal question has occupied the attention of both Houses of Parliament . The result appears to be that both are dissatisfied with the arrangements ivhich have been made binding at home , in respect of the route per Suez , AA'ithoufc any reference to the line via Panama . A melancholy accident occurred last week at a colliery , near Neath . The borers struck into an old working ivhich had become full of water , and a tor rent immediatelrushed thc

y through aperture ivith such impetuosity that , though every exertion ivas made to rescue the Avorkmen , twenty-five were overwhelmed and drowned . AVombAvell ' s menagerie last week was being exhibited to a crowded assembly in a field at Maes-y-dre , Flintshire . A furious gale of wind was blowing , and four of the caravans ( forming one entire side ) , containing lions , tigers , and bears , Avere throAvn in upon the people , carrying Avith them the roof , poles , and lights , and burying the people beneath . Four were killed and many others were hurt , A summons granted at the instance ofthe commissioners of sewers , against