The Express. — London, England, 1867-07-04 00:00:00

B ROWN and POLSON'S CORN FLOUR for CHILDREN'S DIST. To obtain intro profit by the Lae other kinds are sometimes Camel Instead et BROWN and NILSON'S. •'John Brown," ••John Poison," is signed by the makers on each packs& CRYSTAL PALACE.—THIS EVENING (Wet or I .—VIREWORKS, eostrrs. and FOUNTAINS. SI 11112011111Vd. at lialf.past t. ONG +MILLING ONLY. and may he witnessed in comfort from the ••inicrems corridors and gal leries within the Palace. CRYSTAL PALACE—THIS EVENING. vv ltilTit 1i l'Orl LAM DISPLAY of YIKEWORKs, DEnt'ENT et COMET% and ILLUMINATION of YoUNTAINn. sKr YI MY:WORKS—KLA7.I NO utbmeridescendinit from the Water Towere—ILLI*MINATION of FOUNTAINS—CIiteLk of LlOLOUititll SMELLS— GRAND VINALT. COILANDOLE ul V: M I N.% TRU YMOM EN ADE after the Display. •• The hrevndk. and t•omets ate unique. and rorpasaltutly beautiful. Unless it ,ore possible to write in colour. it soul•! be very illeieult to rive aio adequate Mies of the evaneiieent splendour of Oleic Eirew.w►a" •• The Minnie itn a of !fountains wbkh followed was a rrand spectacle. and the whole clomvi with a magnificent diopley of stars rockets, an 1 coloured spells."—Vlde Newspapers on last display. . _ — Y.; - render this display tnily popular tho price of admission win ho ONE • —....—. Bex reed se Is. W... at t k ket stands In the Palace. Commence at abort half-past 9 o'clock. Band of the CAI• atriums perorming co Terrace. Palate Illuminated afterwards for promenade until II o'clock. Nora —A imitate of Amuannents and Exhibitions in Grounds dally—Upped's Monkey Theatre, If.dinuiotis Fairy Fountain, MarriottU Workins Wes, Bide Gallery, Steam Carrousel, Beings, BRZAKFAST.-EPPS'S COCOA, Eke entreoo* N TWO DRURY TEAT ItASCA L L A J K. ACK. Mews. Rouse sad IthavLll• : Mesdames AlJayne and Th.mpa..n. —To on.. Judo with TUE GREAT CITY. Mews. Co moo., • I ntyre. illiets, Irving, Bo" TitsJaw* et Warner ; Ne es Robertaou d: Le Mere. HAVMARKFM THIS EVVIIIM, PETKE sMINK.—WHO WANTS A GUINEA? Mesa. Dnekstoue, Howe. Chippeadale. Mogets. emu et.c. lle.daiues !kirk°. Lams. Mathews, itc.—Mr. itucknoun's Annual Atklrcas.—Auti TUE RIFLE AND BOW TO I SE I r. rantesmrs. THIS Main°. TRUE TO Taliall& Ileum Creswkl, U. Manton. If. Forrester, E. F. Edgar. &c.: Miss G. Nuncefort and Mu Nally Room—Mora open at halt.paat seven; com mence at eight. STRAND. Igo Ewan's°. OUR DORGSTO.R.—PYGMALION ; OR. 711 R STATUE VAIL Masora Thum, Josss, as.; Maidsmes Swan bonnet, Ronham, Ostia's°. Johnstone, and Holt.—And TEL TRENUR EXHIBITION. BAITANDILL IBM EVWifO. MOONLHAT JACK. Mr. J. B. Howe & Mir I:Cove/pry —The Champion Skater. of Engle s& Mr. U. Bock gone ; M evsn II ihlehrend and tormonde : Mr. sad Mrs. M•Hot&s. —And the hut Three Acts of MACBETH. Mr. keyuolds. HIGH WAfll AT LONDON BRIDGE. nh Fsm. To-MOltacm—Maridat, 41. I Altersoon, 40. 44a. LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 4. MUCH as has been said and written in glorifica tion of the people of the United States since General GRANT took Richmond, no author or speaker within our recollection has ventured to praise their way of amusing themselves. Original and inventive as they are, they have not given us ono new game ; they have no sport that can be called national. Nor, capable as they are of adapting to their circumstances whatever they find suitable in the practice of other countries, have they naturalised the best sports of this country, which they study so much and know so well. Of mild amusemeuta they have given us only the reli gious " revival meeting, " which is but of limited utility; and what theyborrow of us is of even more dubious value. With the exception of the yacht race, which they have treated on a simple prin ciple by magnifying its dimensions, is there any thing they have taken from us besides horse-racing and the prize fight ? These pursuits, however, are adopted by too small a portion of the com munity to be considered in estimating the na tional character. The truth seems to be that the Americans do not take kindly to amusements. The greatness of the future which they expect for their country, while it nerves their energies, in some sort also oppresses them, and they live in that strenuous mood which Mr. MArritew ARNOLD tells us is nut favourable to the culti vation of " light and sweetness." A difficulty to be conquered seems essential to the American idea of enjoyment. We hear nothing of cricket in the United States, no utility directly connects itself with that sport, but thou sands in their great cities take delight in organizing themselves to put out fires. The consequence of this inaptitude for simple recreations is that such popular amuse ments as exist are, to a great extent, in the hands of the very lowest class of the people—lowest, we mean, in respect of character; for the great de velopment of horse-racing which is now taking place, and which has given New York the Jerome Park, is prometed by people in possession of ample funds. Just now the newspapers of New York are complaining of the frequency of prize fights. Tho rage for those entertainments is epidemic.. The " ring," the New York Times tells us, flourishes more than ever in America, and our contemporary makes an urgent request that this "good old British institution " may be effectually broken up. In this country we some times find that a practice or tendency is resisted all the more easily when it has first been called American ; and if in turn our cousins think that it will be easier for them to put down the American P.R. if it is first discredited as a British institution, we have no objection. Either American reporters are more graphic than those of our own sporting press, or a prize-fight in America is even more revolting than it is in Kent, for the great battle between BARNEY AARON and COLLYER for the championship, which was fought a few weeks ago at Acquia Creek, was one of the most brutal exhibi tions which it is possible to imagine. The fight took place under the presidency of Alderman BILL Milleizzit, of Philadelphia, and was made up of sixty-seven rounds, lasting two hours all but five minutes. When the men were on the ground, the Alderman made a little speech, which was loudly applauded, and the principals then pro- ceeded to business. COLLYER presented, we are told, a magnificent physique, but AARON seemed to be in better training. The men's hands looked the colour of turkey's feet, having been tanned with some chemical preparation to make them tough. AARON showed great skill in sparring, and the yell was deafening as, in the first round, he drew blood from Cot- LYIER'S left temple. " His strategy," we are told, " was splendid," and consisted in delivering a blow and going down on the grass to avoid a re turn. COLLYER fought boldly, following his ad versary into every corner for an hour and a quarter, and keeping his temper to the last. His friends hissed AARON for his cowardly tactics ; but those of Amon; derided COLLYER on account of his swollen face. The spectators who, to the number of a thousand, surrounded the ring, entered cheerily into the humour of the scene, and encouraged the men by their exclamations—" Hit "him for his sister ;" " hit him for ANDY " JOHNSON ;" "hit him for me ; hit him for your "self." By the fiftieth round the men's faces were purple, and AAYON'S nose was " smashed flat, and " spread out all over the left side of his face." Their left cheeks are said to have resembled pieces of raw beef more than anything else, and the more the combatants were disfigured the more excited and exacting did the lookers-on become. " Kill -.THE EXPRESS, TH " him this time," they cried ; N Lyl him for :itis " mother." In the sixty-sixticround COLLYIR'S remaining eye was closed, and both men fainted, and had to be carried away. We are told, never theless, that " CULLYER'S giving up the fight ex " cited surprise, and his friends were much an " noyed." AARON is since reported to be laid up with severe internal injuries,which endanger his life. Our American contemporaries are justly indig nant at the local administrators who permit exhi bitions so disgraceful as this, and we must sympa thise with them, since our own magistrates and police have permitted some of the fairest counties of England to be disgraced by similar scenes. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE 4EF-STIo 4 OP OATHS. We learn from the JMily Nem., that, on the question whether any oaths are necessary, and, if any of them are, what is the principle upon which one class is to be distinguished from the other, there is a wide difference of opinion amongst the oaths commissioners, whose report , hasjust been issued. The Duke of Richmond, the Bishop of Oxford, Mr. Russell Gurney, Mr. Justice Shee, and Mr. Myles O'Reilly think that the oath of general alle giance should be retained in the case of admission to all great national offices of trust and importance, and that oaths of fidelity should also be retained in the case of judges of the superior courts and in that of jurymen. The grounds upon which these oaths should be retained are somewhat vaguely stated ; but the arguments in favour of abolishing them are very forcibly, and, as seems to the Daily Nees conclusively stated by the six dissenting commissioners, Lord Lyvcden, Mr. Bonverie, Mr. Lowe, Sir W. Stirling Maxwell, the Dean of St. Paul's, and Mr. NI urray Dunlop. These commissioners object, like their colleagues, to all " unnecessary" oaths on the simple ground that an appeal to the Almighty ought not to be made lightly, or without a fair reason to believe there is a useful and worthy purpose to be served. Omitting oaths taken under judicial proceedings, which were beyond the scope of this inquiry, they think that there is no object in continuing an oath if a declaration, with a penalty, will serve the same purpose. And as to oaths or de clarations to which penalties are attached the dis senting commissioners can perceive in them no advantage. There is one recommendation in which all the commis sioners concur, and which it is hoped will be adopted without delay. This recommendation refers to declara tions repudiating certain theological doctrines, such as the declaration made by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland against transubstantiation. It can acarocly be expected that the broad and liberal conclusions at which the nix dissenting commissioners have arrived will be at once adopted. But it may assist those who cling to the idea that oaths end declarations promote public morality and tend to quicken the conscience, to observe the conclusion of the commissioners, that " oaths taken on important occasions have been violated by persons of all ranks, ecclesiastics as well as laymen, sometimes with the con nivance or even with the approval of the authorities whose duty it was to watch over their fulfilment," and to note the many facts which the commissioners have adduced is support of this conclusion. FRANCIS DEAK. Though the Bth of June at Pesth was the day of Desk's own making, be withdrew from the sight of his work, and the circumstance, the Times thinks, sums up the man's character. What Hungary has achieved by her 20 years' struggle is a legal revolution ; hen is the victory of pensive resistance, a plan of action initiated as well as completed by Deak alone. Hungary had no lack of patriots, heroes, and martyrs--Batthyany, Kossuth, Teleki. But Deak was a man of a different stamp. His intent well to conquer, not to suffer. The ground he took was invincible, unassailable ; it was legal opposition. There is no doubt that Deak has secured as much independence for Hungary as is good for her. Had he abided by Komi:lib's declaration of 1849, or had he even insisted on an inexorably strict and absolute compact of personal union, he would have sapped the foundation no leas of Hungary than of Austria itself. Left to her own resources, or even feebly supported by Austria, Magyar Hungary would hardly stand her ground against her Bela vonia subjects and neighbours. Only by clinging to the former dominant race, and making common cause with it against the elements of disorder, can she hope to maintain her position. Desk felt this, and he made no answer to Kossuth's charges. Happy is the nation which has such a statesman. Thrice happy the nation which knows how to follow him. TRIS tNIERI*PTCT OP 4IR MORTON PETO. If the Herald might hazard a forecast, it would say that an interminab'e series of law and Chancery suits must now be looming in the not-distant future, and that the hearts of learned gentlemen of the long robe ought to be rejoicing over the prospects of big briefs, long causes, and 'heavy fees. Marvellous are the dealings of modern monetary magicians, but even with them it is somewhat strange to hear of accounts of the same transactions in which one party claims a balance of 380,0001., and the other makes a demand 6,660,0001. Yet this is, it appears, the actual condition of affairs, as represented by Peto, Betts, and Co. on the one hand, and by the directors of the Lon don, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company on the other. Meanwhile the London and Brighton amalgamation fails to inspire confidence, or to stay the flownwanl tendency of quotations. The feeling of apprehension affects all kinds of stocks, good, bad, or indifferent ; and that we have even now heard the last or the worst no one seems to know or ventures to say. We are paying for the inflation of the past by a more than proportionate collapse in the present, and, as yet, we bays but slender ground for ex pressing aught but the faintest hope of a better state of things in the future. In the interest of shareholders and creditors throughout the country, the Telegraph would interpose a suggestion. The time for the half-yearly meetings approaches. Let the shareholders generally take that opportunity to in sist, first, upon a full and explicit statement of the com plete liabilities ; and, secondly, on an immediate cessation of works that are not indispensable. The discredit at pre sent attaching to speculation of every sort, the collapse of so many institutions that profited by fostering railway en terprise, and the embarrassments of contractors, who, for the moment, ►re out of the field, render each an action on the part of proprietors peculiarly easy. There is really no temptation to embark in new expenditure, and if directors simply confine their effort. for a time to improving the traffic and the arrangements of the existing lines, the eye• tem will secure that rest which everyone acqu►inted with it pronounces to be essential to the return of prosperity. We are authorised to state that in consequence of the very alarming reports which have reached Europe respecting the Emperor Maximilian, fir s t cousin to the Queen, her Majesty has decided on putting off the state ball ordered to take place at Buckingham Palace to-morrow (Friday) unless an official contradiction of the reports should be received. The Queen will, however, hold the review in Hyde•park should no confirmation arrive of the news of the Emperor's death, being unwil ling to cause the disappointment to the public which a postponement would occasion. A meeting of the Neutrality Laws Commissioners was held yesterday. Present —Lord Cranworth, Lord Houghton, Sir George W. W. Bramwell, Sir Roundel! Palmer, M.P., Q.C., Mr. Travers Twigs, Q.C., Mr. W. V. Vernon Harcourt, Q.C., Mr. W. H. Gregory, M.P., and Mr. W. E. Forster, 1.P., Mr. C. S. A. Abbott, attached to the commission, and Mr. F. P. Onulow, secretary, were also present. Yesterday morning the Bishop of Rochester pro ceeded to Kidbroke, ne►r Blackhe►th, and consecrated a new church for that district. CavaTAL PALACi. —Although the weather early this morning was rather showery, it seems likely to dear up by evening ; and the management has decided that the firework display announced for this evening shall take place. The corridors and galleries within the palace from which the fireworks may be comfortably witnessed render it almost independent of weather. The display has been designated "Popular" from the fact ct the charge for ad mission having been fixed at the ordinary one shilling. It will commence at half•paat 9, concluding with the illumi nation of the fountains. Tun FiNILAN CONVICTS.—DUBLIN, WZDSZSDAY NIGHT.—Bark., M'Catierty, Duran, M'Clure, and fourteen others, convicted at the recent special commission, were conveyed by the gunboat Ernest to England today. the Court. _WINDSOR 0.4811iE, JULY 3. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice, drove in the grounds yesterday aftensood.. Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse rode on horseback, attended by Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge. Prince Leopold went out driving, attended by Mr. Legg. Her Majesty the Queen, the Queen of Prussia, Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, went out in the grounds this morning. Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse left the Castle this afternoon for Marlborough-house, attended by Baroness Schenck and Captain von Westerweller. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, at the oeicial residence of the First Lord of the Trea sury, in Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Right Hon. G. Hardy, Lord Stanley, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the Duke of Rich mond, Lord J. Manners, Lord Naas, and the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, Hong- Kong, Ceylon, awl the Straits Settlements. Despatches were sent to the Governors of Gibraltar, Malta, Hong- Kong, Ceylon, Labuan, the Straits Settlements, and St. Helena: THE REVIEW BY HER MAJESTY IN HYDE PARK. FINAL ARRANGEMENTS.-(THIS DAY.) The final arrangements for the grand military display in Hyde-park by her Majesty were completed thin morning, and judging from the preparations which have been made and the money and labour expended, there cannot be a doubt, should the weather only prove favour able, of which at present unfortunately there i■ some doubt, that it will prove a great sitcoms. The erection of the galleries, the contract for which was taken by Messrs. Smithe, of Pimlico, is now finished, and very little of the upholstery, undertaken by Messrs. Drummond, remains to be completed. Indeed, it would have all been finished ere this had the weather not been so unfavourable for out-door operations of this kind within the last few days as it has, as it re quires great care and vigilance to prevent the floors and teats of the galleries from becoming wet from the nume rous falls of rain. The galleries which are finished are covered with large tarpaulins and canvas to keep them dry, and it is hardly necessary to add that had they not been so, especially in those reserved for the royal family and the Houses of Lords and Commons, where the sesta are covered with cloth and calico, they would not have been fit for the purpose for which they were intended. The enclosure in front of the galleries is also finished. It is prepared for the officers of all branches of the service, and for such of the public as possess green tickets. At the entrance of each of the galleries flags are being placed of the same colour as that for which the tickets for their use are available, and it may be well to observe that all holders of tickets will have to go to the back of the galleries whish face Grosvenor-gate and Park-lane. Police will be stationed at the thoroughfares leading into the park at an e►rly hour to-morrow morning, to prevent obstruction and facilitate the entrance of the troops, and mounted constabulary, under the command of Sir R. Mayne, will regulate the entry of the carriages. Her Majesty will arrive on the ground about 11 o'clock, accompanied by several members of the royal family, among whom the public may expect to see, should the weather be favourable, her Royal Highness the Princes of Wales. The royal party will be escorted into the park by a squadron of the Life Guards, and on her Majesty's carriage reaching the =luting base, the queen will be re ceived by the entire force in line with a royal salute. The Duke of Cambridge and several general officers will accompany the royal carriage, the approach of which will be made known by a royal salute being fired by the artillery. Her Majesty will then inspect the troops, and the movements as already detailed by the Horse Guards memorandum will follow. It is expected that the review will terminate about 1 o'clock. A report received from Hounslow states that the cavalry regiments which left Aldershot yesterday have arrived, and, in accordance with orders, h►ve gone into the camp prepared for them by the detachment which left by rail on the same day. The following an the regiments :—The 3rd (King's Own) Hussars, the 17th Lacers, the lit (King's) Dragoon Guards, 15th (King's) Hussars, 4th Dra goon Guards, and the Military Train, with 167 horses and 46 waggons. They will remain under canvas till an early hour to-morrow morning, when they will march by road to Hyde-park. The 2nd Life Guards, under the command of Colonel Marshall, left Windsor this morning, and are expected in the course of the day at the Hyde-park and Regent's-park barracks. Orders have been received at the various barracks for the preparation of refre+bment for the troops who will arrive in the metropolis early to-morrow morning. The Prince of Wales has signified his intention to inaugurate the London College of the Interna.ional Education Society, at Spring-grove, Middlesex, on Friday, the 12th inat. ROYAL. VISIT TO THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.- Theirßoyal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Hesse and the Princess Louise, attended by their suite, honoured the Huspital for Sick Children, in Great Ormond-street, with a visit, yesterday afternoon. They were received by the chairman of the committee of management, Viscount Gort, and the secretary, Mr. S. Whitford, Dr. Jenner and D. Hillier, the physicians, and the lady superintendent being also in attendance to give information in reference to the patients. Their royal highnesses. evine2d much in terest in the little patients, and made many inquiries con cerning the arrangements made for their comfort and recreation when convalesten'. The hospital possesses a great advantage in having a large garden attached, and the Princesses expressed pleasure when they learned that within a quarter of a mile of the bustling stream of life in Holborn these poor little invalids could enjoy a picnic on the green sward, overshadowed by large trees at the end of the garden. Their royal highnesses passed through all the wards usually shown to visitors, and remained in the hospital nearly an hour. Their Royal Highnesses the Count and Countess de Paris, attended by Meals. Boerio, have left the Claren• don Hotel for York House, Twickenham. His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, accom panied by M. E. Mururoa, will arrive at the Turkish Em bassy in Bryanstone-square, from Paris, this morning. His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi, in consequence of the recent sad news as to the fate of the Emperor Maximilian, have for a time declined all invitations. The Right Hon. Sir John and Lady Pakington entertained Jane Duchess of Marlborough, the Earl and Countess of Longford, Lord Redesdale, Lord Raglan, Lady Mary Clive, Lady Mordaunt and Miss Mordaunt. Hon. Miss Gage, Mr. and Hon. Mra. Newton Lane, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hemming, Mrs. Harvey, Mrs. Smith, Mr. Herbert Danville, less., at dinner yesterday. Lady Peking ton had a small and early party later in the evening. Captain and Mrs. Washington Hibbert enter tained at dinner last evening, at the family mansion in Dover.street, the following company : His Excellency the Danish Minister and Madame Below, the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, Maria Marchioness of Aileabury, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Marquis of Waterford, the Marquis of Sligo, the Earl and Countess of Craven, the Earl and Countess of Liatowel, the Earl and Countess of Yarborough, the Earl of Abingdon. the Earl of Bective, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Caroline Villiers and Mr. Brandling, Viscount and Viscountess Ingeotro, Viscount Lasoelles, Lord and Lady Edward Cavendish, the Lord Chief Justice of England, Lord and Lady Churchill, Lady Gwendoline Petro, Hon. Edward and Lady Constance Stanley, Lord George Gordon Lennox, Lady Molesworth, Hon. Spencer Lyttelton, &c. The international meetin,gof the London, Madrid, and Paris Societies for the Abolition of Slavery will take place at Paris on the 23rd or 27th of August. Reports will be given on the state of slavery in all parts of the known world, and on the actual and future condition of the enfranchised slaves of the United States. The speakers at these meetings will be men from Brazil, Cuba, and Northern America. Lord Brougham is president of the English society, and M. Edouard Laboulaye of the French, the Duke of Broglie and M. Guizot being honorary presi dents of the latter, ING, JULY 4, • rEE EMPEROR MAXIMILtr.. 4 balister the. jimitrisai The Baron von Beust, Austrian Foreign Affairs, has sent a despatch to I bassadors announcing that information has been r..... that the Emperor Maximilian fell a sacrifice on the lta, ult. Baron von Benet then announces the steps that were taken by the Austrian government several months ago to avoid the terrible calamity, and states that the imperial family, foreseeing that the result of the expedition to Mexico would be a failure, cheerfully agreed to reinstate the Emperor Maximilian in all those rights, as nearest agnate to the Austrian throne, which he renounced on accepting the throne of Mexico. When the news of his capture was received all means were adopted in order to bring about a diplomatic intervention in his favour by the whole of Europe, and previously, with a too fatal foresight of coming dangers, the Austrian ambassador at Washington had been instructed to address himself to the government of the United States, and to solicit their active intervention in case of any danger threatening the Empe ror. The result of Mr. Seward's humane intervention i■ known. As moon as intelligence of the capitulation of the Emperor was received, the Emperor of the French, the Emperor of Russia, and the King of Prussia were called upon to instruct their ambassadors at Washington to unite their influence with thatof the Austrian ambassadorfor the safety of the Emperor. All the Powers immediately ac ceded to this request, and her Majesty Queen Victoria further supported the exertions of the diplomatists as the life of a dear and near relative was at stake. The representatives of Juarez at Washington having tried to justify the most severe measures, on the ground that the Emperor Maximillian would for ever remain a pre tender, and would have assembled around him a party who would keep the country in • state of anarchy, an imperial family council assembled, and it was resolved to reinstate the Emperor in all his former right', and at the same time to give guarantees that he should renounce all claims to the throne of Mexico. The question of ransom had never been mooted at this time, but sacrifices to any amount would have been made at Vienna in order that the life of one so dear to the imperial family might have been spared. It was also seen that dangers might arise if such • course were adopted. The idea was entertained that it would be expedient to despatch a confidential agent to Juarez, in order to open a negotiation with a view of inducing him to accept a sum of money on condition that he liberated the Emperor. The consideration here arose that this step would be attended with much danger, for however great the ability of the emisaary, discovery might result, and then the safety of the Emperor would be much more endangered. It also seemed clear that Juarez, with the best intentions, would be powerless in opposition to the other leaders. Neither could this last hope of the Aus trian family be carried out, as time was wanting to give effect to it.—Post THE SULTAN AND THE VICEROY OF EGYPT. The Sultan has accepted the invitation of the Secretary of State for India, and his imperial highness will be present at a ball to be given at the new India office on Friday, the 19th inst. This invitation emanated entirely from the authorities at the India-office, who are using every endeavour to make the entertainment worthy of the oecaaion, though at the same time they regret that want of space will limit the invitations at their disposal. The Sultan will arrive on the 12th inst. We envies) have great pleasure in announcing that the hospitality and munificence of a private noble man has been interposed to protect the nation from the reproach which would have been cast upon it if the course, against which we so energetically protested, had been pur sued of lodging the guest of the nation, the Viceroy of Egypt, at an hoteL Lord Dudley, with a public spirit which will not fail to be gratefully ►ppreciated by all who are jealous of our national honour, has placed his magnificent mansion, Dudley House, Park-lane, and his establishment at the disposal of the Viceroy during his stay in this country, and the cabinet have accepted his offer. We believe the Duke of Sutherland was also ready to place Stafford House at the Viceroy's disposal, and that a magnificent fete will be given there in honour of his highnt Bs. General Cast, her Majesty's Muter of the Cere monies, complains that there are three officers of ceremony attached to the Court, and yet that at this period, when there is about to be a review by the Queen in Hyde-park, • naval review by her Majesty at Spithead the week after next, and the expected arrival of the Viceroy of Egypt and of the Sultan in a few days, not one of these officers has done a stroke of duty, although they are all resident in London. The reason of this is " simply that other public departments lay aside the duties that belong to their several institutions to undertake duties that happen to be more agreeable to them, and which they do not do so well, from their comparative unfitness for such a duty." Thus the Foreign-office have opened communications in her Ma jesty's name with the ambassadors and envoys at our Court, offering them tickets for themselves ani their friends to see the review; whereas "the diplomatic body is always considered to form • portion of the Sovereign's court, and are never in strict propriety offered tickets as fur a sight, but should have notice given them by the proper court officer that the Sovereign is about to appear in public in such and such a function, where • tribune will be provided for their accommodation ; and it is considered that respect and duty to the Sovereign requires that they shall attend on these occasions, unless prevented by illness or other important avocations. And the office of ceremony at our court was created more than two centuries ago for the express purpose of apprising their excellencies of these matters, and for dispensing all the civilities of the crown to foreigners of distinction who may resort to the Court of St. James, and it will be seen at once that while the in terference of the Foreign-office is not called fur, it is, as I have remarked, one that they cannot perform properly, being constituted for another business. While, therefore, we are paid for duties which we are not permitted to per form at all, the Foreign-office on these occasions lay aside unnecessarily the duties they are paid to perform in order to execute others that belong to another institution and calling. Can we be surprised that they manage these things better in France r THE PERSECUTION OP JEWS IN MOLDAVIA The correspondence on this subject, which has this day been presented to parliament, contains the fol lowing letter from Baron Rothschild to Mr. Hammond at the Foreign-office, dated the 20th ult. : " New Court, Juno 20, 1867. "My dear Sir,—l have had the honour to receive your letter of the 18th instant in which you inclosed a copy of further instructions which bad been ad , ressed to her Mijesty's agent and consul-general at Bucharest, respect ing the persecution of the Jews in Moldavia. lam sorry to add that the latest accounts which have been received show the necessity of these remonstrances, and of the con tinuation of the powerful assistance of her Majesty's government. It appears that the cruelties and persecu tions were still being carried on, and that the Moldavian government had not shown that energy and determina tion which could have been expected after the repeated representations. lam sure the whole community wil join with me in offering to Lord Stanley and to yourself their best thanks for your exertions against such shatnefu conduct. —I am, &c., (Signed) " LIONEL DE ROTHsEEi Li .." On the 22nd ult. Lord Stanley telegraphed to the British representative at Bucharest to " convey to prince Charles the hope of her Majesty's government that on his visit to Moldavia he will make inquiries about the com plaints of the Jews with a view of putting a stop to their persecution." Dating from Bucharest on the 42nd, Mr. Green, the representative in question, writes to Lonl Stanley, " no further complaints have reached me on the subject, and, as I anticipated would be the case, the °beer. ration, I made to the prince by your lordship'. instruc tions no doubt had their desired effect." A week before, however, the Israelite community at Jassy wrote to M. Crimieux as follows "Sereth, June 16, 1467. "M. Cretnieux,—The persecutions continue, though they make less noise. Commercial Jews travelling with passports not in order are thrown into chains. They seize upon individuals everywhere they find them, always under the excuse of their being vagrants. The people continue hostile and menacing meetings ; and if the process of the projected extirpation of the Jews is no longer done so openly, thanks to the intervention of the high powers, it nevertheleu is continued more quietly by the authorities, who deem the will of the minister to be higher than the law. Bratiano has planned the destruction of our nee in this oountry." LAT T INTELLIGENCIL nLioc&TE OF MAXIMILIAN. The death Of Maximilian, generally assumed as a fact during the past few days by the press and courts of Europe, is now officially confirmed by an Atlantic Cable telegram received this morning. The Emperor Francis Joseph, who was at Munich when the first telegram announcing the sad and unexpected death of his brother arrived, left at once by special train for Vienna. The court of Saxony has or dered a mourning for three weeks on account of Maximilian's death, and the Emperor Napoleon is said to have issued a similar order to continue for 21 days. The news came upon the inhabi tants of Vienna and Austria, by whom Maxi milian was greatly beloved, like a thunderstroke. At first the people refused to believe the report, but the publication of the government despatches deprived them of all hope. " The Empire of Mexico has fallen" says the Vienna Press ; " The Empress Charlotte is mad and Maximilian has been shot. Why did he not listen to the advice tendered to him by the unanimous voice of public opinion in Austria when he was about to embark for Mexico i" The feeling in Paris is also very strong. "The Emperor Maximilian has been executed," writes the Temps ; " he has paid with his blood the cruel fault of an abortive enterprise, which will form the most lamentable page of contemporary history. What a contrast to the brilliant hopes which were held out at the commencement of the adventure ; what a tragic dinoilment ! Maximilian condemned to death, like a common criminal, by a council of war ; the Empress, his wife, bowed down by a woe which has extinguished her reason, slowly pining away at Miramar !" " It is bitter news," says the Nord, " this of a young prince shot and of a young princess whose madness is her only protection from the sorrows of a catastrophe which was foreseen. In ordering the execution of Maximilian, Juarez has lost a fine op portunity of giving a sold basis to his government. Neither the Mexican government nor people— the first unstable and fought for ;...the second a prey to anarchy—has the moral authority required to give the world the terrible example of the fatethat awaits monarchies imported from abroad. Juarez and Mexico are under the ban of public opinion for this deed, which pretends to be an act of justice and is no more than a useless crime." (REUTER'S TELEGILUI4.) FRANCE. PARIS, JULY 4. The Committee of American residents in this capital charged with organising the fate celebrating the Anniversary of American Independence have re solved that the fête shall not be held, on account of the death of the Emperor Maximilian. The Moniteur of to-day says :—" The Emperor has received letters from the Queen of England by which her Majesty terminates the mission of Lord Cowley as ambassador and plenipotentiary extra ordinary at Paris. 18 :1 47 0 i i‘i„r. ITALY. FLORENCE, JULY 4. The Thine of to-day asserts that Prince Humbert has postponed his journey to View's on account of the death of tho Emperor Maximilian. SPAIN. MADRID, Jr•cr 4. It is believed that to-morrow the Chamber of Deputies will definitively vote the conversion of the Passive Debt. The first amendment on the bill was thrown out by 139 against 13 votes. PORTUGAL. LISBON, Juv 4. The King, and his brother, the Infante Dom Augusto, who left yesterday on board the corvette Bartholomeo Diaz, for Bordeaux, will proceed thence to Geneva, where he will meet the Queen of Portugal, and their Majesties will continue their journey together. AMERICA. THE EXECUTION OF MAXIMILIAN OFFICALLY CONFIRMED. (PT ATLANTIC TIMII3BAPIT.) NEW YORK, JULY 3, 6 p.m. It is officially confirmed that the Emperor Maximilian and Generals Miramon and Mejia have been shot. Congress has reassembled, a quorum of repre sentatives being present. To-morrow, being the anniversary of the de claration of American independence, will be ob serred as a holiday. INTELLIGENCE. Closing Prices :—Gold, 138/. Sterling exchange on London, 110. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1101 Illinois, 121} ; Erie, 08k. Cotton : Midland Up land, 264. Petroleum, refined, 22. [Arrived in London July 4, at 12 o'clock.] EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom oux owx col PARES, WEDNVIDAIt ETE:qING. In the course of Sunday night the Emperor sent • telegram to Washington by the Atlantic cable inquiring iwhether Maximilian was certainly exe cuted. He received an answer on Monday morn ing stating that the news was unfortunately too true. Some say the answer came to hand at half past eleven, others that it was not till one o'clock. At any rate it was almost immediately before the Emperor set out from the Tuileries for the grand fete of the distribution of prizes at the Petals de l'lndustrie. Heavy indeed his heart must have been as be passed in the gilded Trianon carriage through the files of troops and the masses of spec tators that lined the causeway from the Tuileries to the Champs Elysttes. He had then spoken of the catastrophe to no one but the Empress. But in the building he told Prince de Metternich of the communication he had received ; and the latter, to whom it was probably no surprise, informed the Count and Countess of Flanders. They were, I am assured, in their places at the fate, but went away before it was over, in consequence of the sad in telligence. They caused a mass to be said at Notre Dame for Maximilian's soul in the course of the afternoon. The Sultan was the first to propose that the fetes planned in his honour should be countermanded. The Moniteut, in stating that the fetes will not take place, makes mention of Maximilian for the first time for many months. Those who read exclu sively that official journal, must yet be under the impression that Maximilian was still the popular and solidly established monarch which the Munitcur assured them he was last year. The Princess Metternich yesterday evening dis charged all the workmen who wore preparing the Austrian embassy for a grand fete to the Emperor of Austria. The France confirms what I said yesterday that the court of the Tuileries has already gon e in — C, mourning without waiting for more formal intelli gence. In the Corps Legislatif to-day, M. Thief's, who had intended to speak upon Mexico, said he would beg to reserve his right for a later period of the discussion on the budget. There were important financial questions connected with the Mexican expedition necessary to be examined ; but in pre sence of the emotion which prevailed, and which he shared, ho thought it not decent to enter upon the subject to-day. He would take another oppor. tunity, either on the war budget or on the budget for foreign affairs. The Bourse continues depressed. Rente is agai n lower. It fell 15c. for cash, and 25c. fur account, closing at 68fr. 55c. in each case. Italian fell 27Yr.; Mobilier, llfr. 25c. ; Credit Foncier, IGfr. 25c. Comptoir d'Escompte, so far from recovering th e fall of 24fr. within two days, fell 2fr. Z,oc. 'or e . Railways were also very heavy. Northern fill 12fr. 50c. ; and Southern, Bfr. 75c. THE INSURRECTION IN CRETE. GENEVA, drxe fr. The following is an extract of a letter written by a gentleman who has just returned from Greece : After my recent visit to Greece you will tot feel err. prised at my beingqnite disheartened—and that locomen with almost everybody I meet with here—at the opinions manifested on the Cretan question by Lord Stanley in the House of Commons and Lord Derby in the House of Lords. No doubt there are reprisals exercised by the Greeks against the Turks, in return for the cruelties of the latterj and is it possible it (meld be otherwise ? But are the horrors that are committed a reason for not endeavouring to put an end to the contest, if it be now but too certain, as it is, that Turkey will not be able to recover peruanent possession of Candle? Such at least is the °plaice, as I hese before told you,of the most competent foreign judge s at Athens. Then, the cession of Candle will not weer eerily entail that of Thessaly and Epirus, any more than that of Venice has led the way to the cession of the Italian Tyrol. The Greeks of Thessalaped Epirus are in no hurry to be annexed to Greece; they have never yet tasted the sweets of independence, and until Greecehas a better government and a better constitution, they do not wish to fall from Scylla intoCharyb.lis. There is more chance just now of the Christians of Bulpris turning out the Turks than those of Thessaly and Epirus. But Cantlia, it should be remembered, had freed herself forty years ago by her own efforts, and (like Venice and Genoa in 1815) was given back to the Turks in comperes. tion for the island of Negropont. After that, can it he et . petted that she should not take every opportunity of re. covering her independence? The English government, by their policy on this question, are doing just what they profess to wish to avoid:-1. Weakening Turkey instead of strengthening her—just as the possession of Venice weakened Austria, and caused her to be beaten in the last war. Turkey has 30,000 of her best troops and her two best generals in Candle, and the consequence is that she has no means of putting down the insurrection in Bab guilt. Persuade her to evacuate Candia, aced she will perhaps then be able to keep order in the rest of he dominions. 2. Throwing the Greeks into the arms Russia. In spite of what is generally supposed. las convinced the analogy of religious creed between the Huuians and Greeks has not as yet produced anything like political sympathy. " How can it be imagined," I heard everywhere from the most intelligent Greeks, " that we, who live under the most democratic monarchy of Europe, and use and abuse to so great an extent tie liberty that we enjoy—how can it be imagined that vs should sympathise politically, still less wish to throw our. selves into the arms of the most despotic government of Europe ? Our earnest desire is to owe everything to the Western Powers, with whom see all our sympathies. But if they persist in refusing to interfere in the affairs of our fellow-countrymen the Cretans, who have as much right to be Greek as ourselves, we shall at last be forced to seek redress elsewhere." The fact is, with the pre.ent dispositions of Russia, Prussia, Italy, and even Imre, Ragland alone—for Austria can hardly be counted nos-. England alone stands out, to prevent the settlement of this arduous question ; which once settled, instead of re. opening the Eastern question, would probably contnbute to quiet it, at least for a time. In my humble opinion the conduct of the English government shows not only a great want of feeling for the sufferings of fellow-Christians. but in this case is altogether a political miscalculation. The Daily News advocates, to a certain extent, this opinion: even the Theta begins to doubt the policy of sustaining the sick man at all hasards and at any cost ; but till now I confess the opinion and acts of the government seem to be approved by a majority of the nation. It is now as it was forty years ago ; the English, who send hundreds of thousands to India, China, and Australia to make Chris tians of people who know not what Christianity means, were the last then, as they will be the last now, to rescue the oldest Christian population of the world from the hands of their oppressors. THE BELGIAN VOLUNTEERS At a Court of Common Council, held this morning, Mr. Bontems inquired of the chairman of the Belgian Reception Committee whether it was correctly st►ted in the newspapers that it was only intruded to entertain a portion of the Belgian volunteers who were to visit this country at the Guildhall. Deputy Fry, the chairman of the Belgian Reception Committee, in reply, Ilia that all he had to state was that arrangements hal been made to entertain every Belgian volunteer a ho Mould march down to the Guildhall on the 12th of July. (Cheri) WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) THCILLDLY. JULY 4, 8 4-18 11.. 'T. I W. I I I I. lbSrests. fa Ita T. D. ---A--, 1 w. S. 1 • 11 .. Nairn WM fee LW. Aberde6a 81.73510 S.Y. Leith Ardroman 29.7553 8 Greencastle 29.7610 S.W. 9alentla. 81.6358 N. W. Cape Clear ?1910 66 N. N.W. Liverpool 22.92 tai &S.& Holyhead 81.60 .02 8.8. W. Penzance 29.6.2 de W.W. Brest 29.9243 W .8. W. Laciest 29.04 11 115. W . Roehefort 32106 61 &W. Plymouth 29.81 61 S.W. Weymouth 29.0940 8. , Portsmouth 29 9161 8. Loudon Bl.Ol 62 S.W. Yarmouth latrt 511 8. Scarborough 26.62 81 S. W. shields 81.0061 W. N. W. Nelda, — 1 1 or 019 1 1 2 & bin 0.311 1 2 N.& Ir. u3f 1 • 3 S. 1 011 U. 1' E; &SA. ro u. 19 I 1 ; B.W. um 4 8 ; B.W. 16 0.10 4 1 2 8.10. ro u. 23 3 E &S.W. o oft 1 7 &&W. ro u. 9: • 7 B.W. fr v. 47 0 7 IS S.W. v. 3 2 S. • 7 H. Icr 021 r' 6 3 W. lIN 0,4 4 4 4 B.W. Co 0 0, • 3 4 ri. W. ro o.lv ▪ 4 8.10. ro 0.1: • 3 S.E. c u = 4 2 K. rc REMARKS. Ilarometrical premature Is this morolng decreasing in the ire* east and increasing in the south-west of the British isle, hurls are north.westerly In the south of Ireland, and ehl, rly eagle westerly elsewhere. Bain hu been general ; weather h ,tia °sere-sat. THE NEw STANDARD THEATRE. —The cerenwEY of laying the foundation stone of a new theatre upon the site of the Standard Theatre, burnt on the 24th oft ktoher, 1886, took place yesterday afternoon. Mr John Douglas' has since then purchased the freeholds of some adjoinutg property, and thus obtains room enough to 111111 d the.dr larger tnan any ono in London, excepting Her Neiettl The main building is 149 feet long and 9U wide. The rt. treme height of the auditorium part is 84 feet, and tb.,t of the stage 94 feet, to give room for drawing up the Porten' , which will not any of it be used from the Tee stage from the footlights to the back is 11l feet, and tine widest part of the horseshoe is 16 feet. The lower pait of the }louse will be the usual pit and stalls, hut the other pat . of the house will differ from any theatre yet -eon in lA M don. It will have three tiers of boxes in the form of conies supported upon iron brackets bolted jot° nen not seen from the front of the house. These run up te 0 , gallery at the back of the boxes, and so support it. 1.... eh tier of the boxes will be fitted with cushioned clia:e. There will be 92 private boxes. All the pitiesiges a id o t.or• cases are of stone, with iron rails. The outlcta Are sig. ,- rous, and the auditorium is lighted by five sun hero^ above a ground.gbuis ceiling painted in oils Mr. LAO.' opens the theatre in November. THE Du NCOMBE-rAitIC SHORTHORNS. —The Emma , ' herd of shorthorn cattle, bred by the late Lord l'ettereho! is to be brought to the hammer at ISuticoutbe-park dunl the great Yorkshire show week. The stock will be without reserve, and among the lot are weevil pr ,l , animals which have made the late lord's mime tamer:: must of the chief cattle shows. The sale will not Ur; the entire herd, the present bayou intending to o ,ol ' breeding, though on a leas extensive scale. Az chi Harty," The S likely t pi o sizes, am front hk, the whol with • b of clierri with jet camellia raised by with ano A"F. of green forming bon ; the mine ten Round hinge ; and othe The` fiat bow front, wi small bo at rosy th white, bl chop ; th colour, AU as lilies plaoedi the bone of narro oiolette o A very silk the of those t THE obtained the late Mr. Willi detective c luir7 6 n °Tidonoe the mire changed .5 Ithgleed I io Cheltei feared the has app.;,' entail, nn Young b., Isoaiiaer Miami iseoaftn, d!utod ow, 7725 DA: I Also, fc skirt of rosette' sash, of The sk waist 1 somatic each sic form a should under-s For either small j■