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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 177, 31 July 1867, Page 2

Aoiongst the distinguished visitors to the Paris Exhibition have been, or will be, the Emperor of Russia and his two sons . the Queen of Portugal ; tbe King, and the Crown Prince aud Princess of Prussia ; the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh ; the King and Queen of Spain ; the Sultan of Turkey, and the Viceroy of Egypt ; the Tycoon of Japan ; the King and Queen of the Belgians ; Prince Oscar of Sweden ; and Abd-el-Ead.r. The Reform Bill was as good as carried in the House of Commons, and the country was no longer threatened with Ministerial crises. Whilst the county franchise has been settled at £12, the lodger franchise for boroughs stands at £10, and the compound householder has been abolished in all Parliamentary boroughs, after a sore str uggle, and with no victory to any side, except that of common sense and mutual concession. Intelligence has been received from the captives in Abyssinia up to the 2nd April. They were stiii prisoners and in chains, in the fort of Magdala. No change had taken place in their treatment, and there was no sign that KingTheodorus intended to liberate them ; they are fully persuaded that her Majesty's Government must either resort to force or leave them to perish, conciliatory measures being quite out of the question. We regret to say that the Princess of Wales is still on her couch. The doctors declare that the process of healing is going on, but a single line will show what B'rufst be the condition of the Princess. There has been no attempt yet to bend the knee. The limb lies in a cradle, hung froni the ceiling of the apartment, and the suffering lady has now been for months in one position. There is extraordinary sympathy expressed for this poor young f.* .cess, who seemed to be at the top of .*'". yc-od fortune, and who has been so ■;.f.i-..fuily prostrated.