The Sun. — London, England, 1867-07-06 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY - L ANE.' Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING. THAT RASCAL JACK. Messrs. J. J. Neville, C. Warner ; Mesdames B. Aleyne, C. Thompson. To conclude with T IIE GREAT CITY. Messrs. C.Warner, F. Morton, J. Fitzjames , F . Villiers, J. C. Cowper, W. M'lntyre, J. house, J. Irving, J. B. Johnstone; Mesdames 31 . Robertson, R. G. Le Thiere, C. Thompson. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manags.r, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, PETER SMINK. Atter which, WHO WANTS A GUINEA. Messrs. Buck stone, Howe, Chippendale, Rogers, Compton, Clark, Kendal, Bra.d, Gordon, White, &c.; Mesdames Burke, iliathews, Laws, &J. T 3 conclude with THE RIFLE, AND 110 W TO USE IT. Messrs. Compton, Rogers, Clarke, White, &c. ; Mesdames Chippendale, Fitzwilliam, Wright, &c. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING. a new Musical Drama, GARIBALDI IN SICILY. Miss Rodeo, Miss EiLily Pitt; Messrs. It. Phillics, J. G. Taylor, and Ashley. Alter which. DORA. Messrs. Henry Neville. Bihington, Ashley ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss Hughes. To conclude with A SLICE OF LUCK. Messrs Clarke, J. G. Tay'or, C. TI. Stephenson, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman and Miss E. Pitt. I OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. H. R igan. TR TS EVENING, THE BEST WAY. Messrs. Clayton and H. Wigan ; Mrs. St. Henry. After which, THE LIAR. Slr. and Mrs. Chas. Mathews. Followed by WOODCOCK'S LITTLE GAME. Ir. and Mrs. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with OLYMPIC GAMES. Messrs. H. J. Montague, G. Vincent. D. Murray; Mesdames E. Marren, G. Moore, Sheridan, Harris, N. Harris, St. Henry, and Roselle. Doors open at half-past Six; commence at Seven. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, OUR DOMESTICS. Messrs. Parselle, Thorne, and James ; Mesdames Harland and JohnEtoue. After which, PYGMXLION ; or, The Statue Fair. Messrs. horne, D. Jame., an d Fenton ; Mesdames A. Swan borough, Raynham, 'Harland, Newton, and Holt. To conclude with THE FRENCH EXHIBITION. Commence at half-past Seven. • R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and manager, Mr. Vininz TIIIS EVENING will be produced (loth time here) the Prize Drama of TRUE TO THE CORE. Messrs. Cree wick, H. slaraton, H. Forrester, E. F. Edgar, &c. Kiss G. Pauncefort and Miss .Telly Moore. Doors open at half-past 7 ; commence at 8. NEW ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HIGH HOLBORN. Universally acknowledged to be the coolest and most ele antly appointed theatre in the metropolis. The Scene+ in the Arena arc constant ly changed. Novelty succeeds novelty, and the old complaint of circus monotony is here wholly avoided. "The equestiin and gymnastic company has been selected with great discrimination. The feats are of the most varied kind, and every one of them is executed to perfection.'"— ... Tim , 4, May 27: 1!,67. 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MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their only Establishments are the above-men tioned. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. fuls PAT. —Morning, sb. Om.—Afternoon, 5h.25m. Ta-Moithow.-Morning, sh. 50m.—Afternoon, t t b .1 SIM LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1867. At any rate the Cumulative Vote is disposed of, and so another point is gained in the progress of the Reform Bill ; for when the cry was raised against Mr. DISRAELI'S proposal to take the sche dules next, and proceed to consider the disputed clauses afterwards, Mr. LowE was the most for midable among the antagonists who led the charge, declaring that nothing should induce him to give up his proposition of the Cumulative Vote. This obstacle, then, has been surmounted, and this for midable adversary has had his opportunity, and is not therefore likely again to disturb the course of the Committee very materially. A good finish was made to the week's work by the debate of yester day, and another proof has been added to the many that went before, showing that the Committee have spared neither time nor trouble in the investigation of the subjects submitted to their notice. The vote which decided the fate of Mr. LOWE'S proposition was not taken until after the question had been put before the House in every point of view, and Mr. GLADSTONE certainly had his wish fulfilled as to having the point argued, for it was done so fully and fairly. Mr. BRIGHT'S remarks were greatly to the point, and the hon. member showed how com pletely those were mistaken who expected so much from the proposed scheme, and there was much force in his observation, that, as Mr. LOWE ex pected so many evils to ensue from the passing of the measure before the House, the remedy he pro posed was a very small one ; and, indeed, it was much as if a man were to try to abstract a snowball from an avalanche. Following up this ar gument, Mr. BRIGHT said that the best way to meet the views of some individuals would be to have a clause put into the Acts of Parliament, to the effect that the Liberals should return one member and the Tories another. The consequence would be that the Speaker would have to decide the course of things as the numbers would be equal. As the hon. member for Birmingham said, in conclusion, the effect of this proposal would be to destroy what was living and energetic in the constituencies, and it would thus be fatal to the principle of our representation where it was applied. Lord CRANBORNE spoke with his usual ability, but took a very sombre view of public and political matters, and besought the Committee to take heed to their ways before it was too late, and to pause before they offended a class entirely in the " unknown future" to which we are hastening. The noble lord made some amusing remarks upon the state of affairs, and the "glamour" which, he said, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had cast over his followers, declar ing that the system of the distribution of electo ral power arranged between some hon. members on the Opposition side of the house and the occu pants of the Treasury bench could not last, and we did not for a moment think that the "keen and prescient mind" of the Chancellor of the Exche quer believed that it would either. Mr. DISRAELI replied to the various speeches addressed to the house in his usual successful manner ; but, if any thing, his speech of yesterday was distinguished for eminent force and clearness. As for the noble lord the member for Stamford, he showed that his argu ments upon the Constitution were quite uncalled for, and, having put his objections into a collected form, he soon disposed of them. The noble lord had eventually said that " monarchy is dead, the aristocracy doomed, and democracy triumphant." As for the former, as the right hon. gentleman remarked, Lord CRAN BORNE had been a Minister of the Crown, and knew to the contrary ; to the second, he showed himself that the aristocracy were active enough ; and upon this point the Chancellor of the Exche quer gave good advice to the upper classes. If, he said, the " aristocracy fell it would be from no ex ternal assault, but from internal decrepitude." As for democracy being triumphant, we agree with the right lion. gentleman that it would be well if some of these great lights, these shining powers of the State, would candescend to tell us what they mean by this democracy which they now intro duce with such facility into our debates. A better argument could not be found to these extraordinary assertions than that which we find in this speech, that these people to whom the fran chise is being offered are Englishmen who have been born and bred under the influence of the laws and traditions of the country. It does indeed seem remarkable that well-informed individuals should so confuse things or to make statements like this, but, as Mr. DISRAELI said, it is just as well not to pass over the consideration of such things, but to introduce them into debate, because then they can be answered, whereas in private life they do a great deal of harm without being contradicted. We hope that the result of the discussion of yesterday will be of service, as a very mistaken notion on the subject has prevailed in some quarters, and, as Mr. DISRAELI aptly observed in the conclusion of his speech yesterday, it is most important to avoid the " allowing such bugbears to be the foundation of new legislation which is to change the constitution of the country." As for cumulative voting, the right hon. gentleman said that he thought it an admirable device for bringing " crotchetty men" into the House, and there was no need to legislate to increase the number of the specimens, which no doubt is a very true definition of the race. It has generally been thought, and not without reason, that if there was any town in England that had a right to be proud of its representative, it was the town of Sheffield. Mr. ROEBUCK is not, in deed, one of those brilliant political chieftains who divide the allegiance of the House ; he does not aspire to the oratorical celebrity of some members, or the philosophical distinction of others. He is not always on the popular side ; he has sometimes, in deed, been betrayed into extravagances of language that few could approve, and he has often showed a degree of irritability and acerbity of temper. But he has always been a consistent, uncompromising, and straightforward politician. He has been a Liberal when Liberalism was out of fashion ; a Reformer not only when popularity was to be gained on the hustings, but when the nominal Reformers sat at ease on the Treasury benches. He has never shrunk from telling what he believes to be the truth, however unwelcome to the ears of the powers that be, however u n fl at t er i ng to his own cons tit uen ts and supporter s . Eloquence israre, are administrative a capacity is perh aps rarer, but fearless sincerity an d straightforwardnes a i u a politician estofall, r and it is in this sense that Sheffield has good reason to be proud of returning such a representative to Parliament. There are some persons, however, to whom Mr. ROEBUCK'S outspoken ways are not very acceptable. The Liberal party in the House of Commons, when a few weeks ago his trenchant sentences denounced their vacillation and their want of earnestness in the cause of Reform, no doubt wished the member for Sheffield any where but where he was. We know that some time since some Sheffield men, of whom Mr. BROADHEAD might well have been one, strongly resented Mr. ROEBUCK'S denuncia tion of trades' unions, though we apprehend the world has come round to his way of thinking. Men who are carrying out one line of policy under the mask of profession of another naturally dislike the member for Sheffield, whose keen insight and cut ting sarcasm do not inaptly represent the glittering and incisive wares for which his constituency is famous. It is not very often, however, that political opposition, in w .t.tever rank, THE SUN, LONDON ) SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 6 1867. LATEST INTELLIGENOF. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE MAGAZINES. BLACKWOOD. - 44 Brownlows " is more vivid in is details this time, and the characters are brought is carried quite so far as Mr. CONNOLLY, a member of the London Trades' Unions, thinks to carry it. At a recent meeting of the members of the London Unions, held to denounce the Sheffield atrocities, Mr. CONNOLLY was reported to have de nounced the outrages in strong terins, but to have said that " anything could be expected of a town that returned Mr. ROEBUCK." Upon this worthy presenting himself in the room where the Commis sioners were sitting, Mr. ROEBUCK pounced upon him, and, pointing out the report, asked if what he said had been correctly stated. It was rather a severe ordeal for the Trades' Unionist, seeing that the words went some thing beyond the ordinary license of political difference, and were, to say the least of it, a breach of public manners. Accordingly, Mr. CONNOLLY chose the easier, if the less consistent, part of de claring that he was misrepresented. Mr. ROEBUCK thereupon asked him to sign a note to that effect, but Mr. CONNOLLY'S politeness could not go so far. After some further conversation and reference to Sir W. ERLE, a note very briefly stating that Mr. CONNOLLY never used the words complained of was put before him, with a request for his signature, which was refused, whereupon Sir W. ERLE ordered Mr. CONNOLLY from the Commission-room, Mr. ROEBUCK de claring that he would not remain in the same room with him. It was, perhaps, scarcely worth Mr. ROEBUCK'S while to take so much notice of a piece of ill-bred impertinence, though Mr. CONNOLLY deserved the lesson. Still the affair brings into prominence the very objectionable tone in which some members of the London unions have chosen to speak about the Sheffield revelations. They are full of wrath at any one venturing to censure the unions at large, thinking that all the blame should rest on the individuals who are proved guilty. In fact, their indignation is confined to the crimi nals who are found out, and it is impossible to forget while loud swelling phrases are declaring that other trades' unions have no- toleration for such wickedness, that similar resolutions were pro posed and seconded by the very men who paid the price of blood. We do not accuse the London Unions with any complicity in crimes like those of BROADHEAD, though we apprehend that their less scrupulous members are kept in check by the greater efficiency of the metropolitan police and the wider activity of Loudon life. There is no ono predominant influence, swaying the minds and fettering the words and ac tions of the working population, and plenty would be forthcoming who feared neither secretary nor rattener to tell their suspicions and their observa tions. But while the London Trades stand clear of any such heinous charges, they would do well to take warning by the fearful lengths to which the greed of gain and power have led their fellows in the North, since, if they accept the doctrines that one man has a right to control the independent ac tion of another, they will inevitably end by giving their support to unscrupulous despotism to some form or another. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Friday Evening. The presumed execution of the Emperer Maxi milian almost exclusively occupies the attention of the Paris journalists, all of whom express their execration of the act and their sympathy for the unfortunate Monarch. Although there are tele grams of all sorts announcing the fact, and are stating that Miramon and Mejia were also shot, yet some of the papers cling to hope from the terms used by the Moniteur yesterday, which I trans lated. The Libertj, in remarking upon the subject, uses the phrase of Talleyrand, and says the execu tion " is more than a crime : it is a fault." The Paine remarks that the city of Mexico, hav ing surrendered unconditionally on the 20th of June, it may be supposed that the news of the execution of Maximilian was invented and circulated by the Juarist officers, who were besieging Vera Cruz, in order to hasten the reduction of that city and put a stop to the last resistance of the Imperialists. It may also be asked, How is it, if the execution took place on the 19th, that the official news was not transmitted by the rapid route often adopted, that of Matamoras and Galveston. The official Gazette of Vienna publishes several despatches, couched in different terms, but all con veying the news of the execution as positive. In consequence of these variations in the account of the event the Austrian Government immediately sent instructions to M. Wydenbruck, the Austrian Minister Plenipotentiary at Washington, to ascer tain " precise" and accurate details, and to send a report to Vienna immediately. Such a report has not vet been received by the Austrian Government. The French Government took a similar step the moment the news arrived, but I believe that the report of the French Minister at Washington has not yet been received at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris. In spite of the uncertainty, how ever, the Court of Vienna has ordered mourning for six weeks for the Prince Maximilian, as if convinced of his death. One of the Paris papers contains a letter from a correspondent at Queretaro, giving some particulars of the defeat of Maximilian. 11e bad his head quarters at the large fortified convent of La Cruz. When the city was delivered up to the Republican troops on the morning of ,the 15th of May, the Archduke sought refuge in the entrenchments of a mountain which commands the northern part of Queretaro, the cerro de la campagna, where he was joined by Generals Mejia, Castillo, and Avellano, the Prince de Salm-Salm, and several other of his officers ; but it soon became evident that effectual resistance was impossible. Four battalions of iu fantry and all the cavalry of the enemy surrounded the cerro. The white flag was then hoisted, and the Archduke and all his staff surrendered to Gen. Corona. The prisoners, a few hours afterwards, were taken to the convent of La Cruz. The unfortunate Emperor Maximilian who, it is feared, has met with such a melancholy and igno minious death, had not attained his 35th year. Ho was born at Vienna on the 6th of July, 1832. He was the second son of the Archduke Francis Charles, and the brother of Francis Joseph 1., the present Emperor of Austria. By a somewhat fatal coin cidence his death occurred nearly at the time when the Emperor of Austria was crowned as King of Hungary. At the time of Maximilian's accession to the throne of Mexico he was at the head of the Austrian navy, and had been a sailor in his youth. He was also termed " proprietor" of the Austrian Lancers, No. 8, and colonel of the Neumark Regi ment of Prussian Dragoons, No. 8. In 1861 he was President of the Austrian House of Lords. Maxi milian was freely proclaimed Emperor of Mexico by the Assembly of Notables of that empire, and a deputation from them went to Miramar to offer him the crown, which he unfortunately accepted. Ile embarked for his distant States, the States of his doom, on board the Austrian frigate Nov.irre. Maximilian was married to his equally ill-fated wife ,lBs7 the J ul y, te .rr Emphethen s Ar l h e d xi u c e o h , es o s n t i‘ b l e al 2 .ie 7th c o h f arlot Amelie Auguste Victoire Clementine Leopoldine was then seventeen, having been born at Brussels on the 7th of June, 1840. She is the daughter of the late King Leopold the First of Belgium, and sister of the present King of the Belgians, and grand-daughter of Louis Philippe of France. In a w or k " M ex i co as i t i s, " b y th e Abbe D pi nr o ge m s s e o n f e t h h , e part i cu l ar s w hoa ar e Cabinetasg f vo o ef r n a o xn theigm an e dsior Empressemc e t; ih r nat o re f l ro et t st h te e -. of She is described as tall, beautiful, and commanding, with a very intelligent and expressive countenance. Her charity was boundless. She at one time spent 10,000 f. a week in succouring the distressed. Her chief amusement was to study the laws. When the Empress first went to Mexico she exhibited the utmost desire to conform to the customs and usages of the people. When the wife of one of the principal members of the Government was presented to the Empress, her Majesty submitted with courtesy and good grace to the customary salute, and allowed herself to be taken into the arms of the lady with her head upon her shoulder. The lady then took out of her pocket a packet of cigars, which she offered to the Em press with the usual Spanish phrase, " Gusta usted?" —" Do you like them ?" The Empress preserved her gravity with much difficulty, and courteously refused the proffered gift with much presence of mind, saying that her doctor forbade her to smoke. Maximilian was a man of very engaging and agreeable manners, exceedingly fond of languages, and a first-rate linguist. He spoke French like a Parisian, and always addressed the Mexicans in pure SpanU. What is rare with princes, he was a bad horseman, but this is a traditional defect with sailors, and it is known that there arc no horse marines. Maximilian endeavoured in every respect to make the Mexicans happy and prosperous. Sad has been his reward ! It is known that the Sultan intends to go to England on leaving France. The arrangement at present is for him to embark at llavre for South - ampton, on board the Relate Hortense, and the Imperial yacht is now at anchor in that port. The yacht will be commanded by Vice-Admiral de Dompierrie, and the State corvette the Limier will escort the yacht to England. The five academies of the Institute have had a meeting, under the presidency of M. Lebru n , direc tor of the French Academy, to award the grand biennial prize of 20,000 f., founded by the Empe ror, for the work or discovery the best calculated to do honour to the country, and produced during the ten years last past. Each of the five academies by turns gives its decision. This year it was the turn of the Academy of Fine Arts, and M. Felicien David was designated. He is the composer of the oratorio, " The Desert," and the operas " Heicu laneum," " la Pule du Bresil," and " Lalla Rookh." 400 Academicians voted, and the choice of the Aca demy of Fine Arts was confirmed by 60 against 42. The Berlin papers announce the arrival in that city of the Hereditary Prince of Italy on his way to St. Petersburg. They also state that the Prince and Princess Charles of Prussia are about to leave for Paris. Prince Charles is brother of C and father o f P r i nce F re d . C harles, Bing commander of the 3d Prussian corps d'arm6e. An 011 farmer who lived at Longperer in the ar rondissement of Meaux, not far from Paris, has been murdered, and the body has been frightfully muti lated. Part of the body without the head has been found in the basin of St. Ouen, and another portion in the basin of St. Dads. It is known that the old man left home on the 25th of June, to sell some hay and straw, and his absence led to inqui ries. The remains arc identified by the relatives from certain marks. It is probable that the mur derer robbed him of the money as he was proceeding home from the market, and then disposed of the body in the way described, with the idea of pre venting discovery. An old woman named Moneau, well-known in Paris, (lied a day or two ago at Maisons Lat.litte, aged 86. She came to Paris from Marseilles in 1811, with very littly money, but she had a recipe for preserving plums, and they were so relished that she sold her business in 1860 for millions. It must have been " a plummy" trade. At the last visit of the Imperial Prince to the Exhibition he inspected the Creche Sainte Marie. The creche, or manger, is an asylum for children. On being asked to write his name in an album, it was mentioned that the Empress took great interest in such institutions, the Prince said, "I am also interested in those little c hild ren ," and signed hi s name. The Prince afterwards visited the machine galleries and the workshops of manual labour, ac cording to a promise made on his previous visit. On leaving a double row of workmen greeted him with acclamations, and some young work-girls, in the name of their companions, presented him with a bouquet, which he accepted very gracefully. The number of persons who paid for admission on Wednesday was nearly 51,000, but those pre sent much exceeded that number, as this estimate does not include subscribers and those who have business there. A melancholy accident is mentioned. M. Secretan, manufacturer of mathematical instru ments, was named as appointed Knight of the Legion of Honour, and he has just died in Switzer land, before he was acquainted with the distinction conferred upon him. THE SULTAN. It is already known that the Sultan will arrive in London on Friday next, the 12th instant, and will take up his abode at Buckingham Palace ; and, although the programme of his Majesty's movements cannot be stated positively, it may to a certain extent be anticipated. On the day follow ing his arrival (Saturday), the illustrious traveller will be conveyed to Windsor on a visit to the Queen ; but he will, we believe, return to town that night. Among the public proceedings set dow n f or his en tertainment will be the naval review on t h e 17th, and his Majesty will possibly be present a t the ball in the Agricultural Hall on the 18th. Th e rifle shootin o g o a t t boBtb, Wimbledon will Common,probably challenge a v i s i t ; which will com menceand the postponement of the review iu Hyde Park seems to render that spectacle also available. For the banquet in the City the most active preparations are already going forward; and we believe that the managers of the Crystal Palace will offer his Ma jesty a public reception, not without strong hope that it will be accepted. TRADES' UNION COIIIiVIISSION. -~------ The usual weekly meeting of the commissioners took place yesterday at Park Prospectllouse, West minster, Sir NV: Erie presiding ; Mr. T. Connolly, of the Masons' Society, and chairman of the Trades Confer ence C omm i ttee, atten di ng hi s place as usual to watch th e proceo di ngson b e h a lf o f the committee. Before en t er i ng on t h e regu l ar b usiness of the day, Mr. R oe b uc k , M.P., a member o f t h e commis sion, called the attention of the chairman and his brother commissioners to a report of a meeting of trade delegates on the Sheffield outrages reported in the newspapers of June 27. In this report Mr. T. Connolly, the person now present on behalf of the Trades Committee, is said to have spoken at that meeting of delegates, and to have used these words : " What could be expected from a tow like Shef field, which returned such a man as Mr. Roebuck as its representative?" After some conversation the Chairman requested Mr. Connolly to retire while the commissioners con sidered the matter brought before them. On being readmitted Mr. Connoll y was asked to sign a docu ment addressed to Mr. R oebuck, stating that the report in the newspapers was not correct, and that he regretted being so m uc h misrepresented. Mr. Connolly at once refused to sign a docu ment relating to the subject, saying that as he spoke of Mr. Roebuck as a public man and a mem ber of Parliament, and did not at all refer to him as a member of this commission, he protested against any interferenca of the commissioners between himself and Mr. Roebuck. Mr. Connolly was again requested to retire, and ou being readmitted, was informed, that he would not iu the future be allowed to attend any meeting of the commission. Mr. Connolly thanked the commissioners for the courtesy extended to him during their many sit tings, and said he should report the result of that day's proceedings to the Trades Committee, who would take such steps in the matter as they might deem d es i ra bl e. He then bowed to the chairman and left th e room. A SI UPPOSED MURDERER.—A vagrant seaman is in custody at Margate, answering the description of the Gorman concerned in the robbery and murder in connec tion with the Howden, off Dungeness, in May last. PRESENTS AT PARKINS AND GOTTO'S.—Photo graphic Albums, a choice of 3,000; despatch-boxes, writ tug cases, dressing-cases, travelling-bags, envelope-cases, blot ting-books, ink-stands, desk., book-slides, work-boxes, tea caddies, hand-bags and reticules, card-cases, purses, sta tionery cabinets, scent-bottles, albums for postage stamps, crests, dca ; cigar-ases, card-baskets. pocket-books, electro gilt and elegantly-mounted articles. Bibies, Prayer-books, and Church Seivicet, in every type. Parkins and Gott i, 2 5 , Oxford-street. The pitblio supplied at wholesale prices from the largest stock in London. THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN. VIENNA, July 6. The Official Gazette of to-day contains an auto graph letter from the Emperor, decreeing that, iu grateful memory of the distinguished services ren dered to the Imperial fleet by the deceased Emperor of Mexico, a solemn funeral service shall be held throughout the Austrian navy. All ships in com mission shall also have their topmast flags veiled with crape for a period of seven weeks. ITALY. FLORENCE, July 6. The King will go into mourning for 30 days for ,he Emperor In yesterday's sitting of the Chamber of Depu ties the Ecclesiastical Property Bill came ou for discussion. Some of the members opposed the bill as contrary to liberty, justice, and the financial in terests of the country. Others supported it on the ground that the clergy were hostile to Italy. Signor Rattazzi stated that the Ministry consented to ac cept the bill as modified by the committee as a basis for discussion by the Chamber, reserving to themselves the right of introducing modifi cations to certain clauses. lle also said that the banking firm, with whom the con vention was entered into, had spontaneously declared themselves willing to withdraw them, and to consider the contract as abandoned, leaving to the Ministry full liberty in the discussions. Signor Rattazzi then gave some other explanations as to the proposed contract with M.M. Erlanger, and de clared that this firm had also given their consent to the bill of the Committee being made the basis of discussion. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIA. QUEENSTOWN, July 6. The Royal Mail steamship Persia, from New York, arrived here at 5.55 a.m. to-day, with 175 cabin passengers and $152,266 in specie. After landing 113 sacks of mails and 46 passengers, she proceeded for Liverpool at 6.10 a.m. All well. NEW YORK, July 5. The steamer 11Ianhattan arrived here on Thurs day, and the St. David and St. Andrew to-day. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURG, July 6. It is reported that the Nicolai Railway has been sold by the Government to a private company for 300 millions of francs, to be paid in the course of tree years. SPAIN. MADRID, July 5 (Evening). Lieutenant Colpeiro and two corporals of a regi ment of chasseurs were shot yesterday at Valencia for being implicated in a military conspiracy. PORTUGAL. LISBON, July 6. The Portuguese Court will go into mourning for ,hirty days for the Emperor Maximilian. FRANCE. PARIS, July 6. The Moniteui• of to-day publishes an Imperial decree, preceded by a report of the Minister of War, ordering the abandonment of 29 fortified positions and works, and the suppression of all restrictions on house and landed properties within the lines of fortification, of 39 other fortified points, in con formity with the report of Marshal Randon of 23d May, 1866. BOURSE, July 5, Three o'clock.—The close has taken place on the following slightly improved quotations : 11 per Cents 99 Do. and month — 3 per Cents. 6B 75 Do. end month 6B 621 Credit Mobilior Do. end month Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1380 Bank Shares 3330 Italian Loan 4B 85 Do. end mouth 49 05 Mexican Loan l6 50 Do. Bonds l3O Spanish Threes Homo Debt Deferred RAILWAYS. ~,...__ For Account. Orleans Northern ll4B 75 Lyons and Mediterranean BBl '25 Southern — Western 555 Eastern Sardinian 57 4 Austrian ... 383 50 Lombard 75 85 North of Spain , r SaraosEa Rom;in.. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Sutlej, screw frigate, 35, 3,066 tons, 500 horse power, Capt. Trevenen P. Coode, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Hon. Joseph Denman, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the Pacific, last from Rio de Janeiro, 40 days out, and on anchoring exchanged the usual salutes with her Majesty's ship Victory, the Port Admiral's flagship in Portsmouth harbour. Admiral and Mrs. Denman, with the Admiral's Secretary and Fag Lieutenant, disembarked from the Sutlej yesterday afternoon in the Sprightly, steam tender, Commander G. Allen, and landing at the Victoria pier, proceeded by train to London. Fifty-six naval invalids, brought home by the Sutlej, were transferred from her to the Vic tory. The Sutlej will take part in the naval review of the 17th inst. The Industry, screw storeship, Staff Commander E. I'. C. Youell, arrived at Spithead yesterday from Ascension with stores and a few naval invalids. She goes on to Woolwich. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty:—Lieut. Hamilton P. Smith to the Malabar ; Lieut. Francis Hastings, Lieut. Edward E. P. Smith, and Lieut. Arthur M. 'Williams to the Victory, additional, for temporary service in the Mersey ; G. Gilpin, navigating sub lieut., to the Dauntless ; C. H. S. Douglas, navigat ing sub-lieut., to the Dee; R. M. Bryant, navigat ing sub-lieut., to the Lee ; E. P. Rimell, assist.- paymaster, supernumerary, to the Royal Adelaide ; W. 11. Green, engineer, to the Lion ; and E. Cham bers, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Malabar. PIGEON SHOOTING. .. e ,. -- The members of th e Legislature contended on Thursday in a friendly match, the Gun Club ground, Shepherd's Bush, being chosen as the arena for the sport. The first match was between the Government and the Opposition, seven members on each side, ten birds each, and the following is the score of the Government side :—Mr. F. Corrance, 7 ; Sir Thomas llesketh, 6; Col. the Ilon. 11. Annesley, G ; Viscount llohnesdale, 5 ; Sir C. Mordaunt, 3 ; Sir William Bagge, 3; and the Earl of Bective, 2—in all, 32. The Opposition side : -Mr. J. C. Monk, 7 ; Mr. L. L. Dillwyn, ; Mr. H. Beaumont, 6; Mr. J. Lamont, 6; Mr. F. Mil bank, 5; Mr. Hussey Vivian, 4 ; and Hon. G. lleathcote, 3 —in all, 37. Mr. P. Corrauce and Mr. J. C. Monk, having scored the most, had to shoot off for the cup,which by sub scription was to be a memento of the contest, and possessed by the highest individual score. Mr. F. Corrance won the tie, and, therefore, the cup, the honour of the great contest resting with the Opposition, by five birds. The Lords and Commons then competed at six birds each, and the score was thus : The House of Lords.—Lord Hunting&h.l, 5; Lord Willoughby de Broke, 5; the Earl of Aylesford, 5 ; Earl Winehelsea, 3; Lord Massareno, 3; and the Earl of Clonmel, 2 ;—in all, 23. The House of Commons.-Mr. F. Corrance, 5 ; Colonel the Hon. H. Annesley, 5 ; Mr. H. Beaumont, 5; Mr. L. L. Dillwyn, 5 ; Sir T. Ilesketh, 4 ; Mr. J. C. Monk, 4 ; all, 28. Those who had killed five birds each shot off for the honour of possessing " The Lords and Commons Cpp" as the best scorer in the match, and in this as in the Lower House competition, pure et simple, Mr. F. Corranco again won. Thotigh the morning was wet, the weather broke in the afternoon, and as the wind lulled the guns had the bast of it at the latter part of the day. The floating bridge over the Neva, at St. Peters burgh, •vas put back in its place and opened for circulation on the 26th ult., the ice from Lake Ladoga having at length passed. more into contact with each other. The death of Sir Archibald Alison forms the subject of a very interesting article ; it is nearly fifty years since the lamented historian sent his earliest contributions to the pages of " Maga," and naturally enough an additional sentiment of regard mingles with the common feelings of regret as the writer pays this last tribute to his memory. The respect in which he was held was shown by the number who at-. tended his funeral, and it is truly said that " such obsequies were honourable both to the dead and the living." " The Progress of the Question " relates to the Reform Bill, and most sanguine anticipations are entertained of its success, while the country, it is said, extends to the Ministers an increasing amount of confidence. "Cornelius O'Dowd" figuresin his usual lively strain of satire, and some very readable articles are met with on " The Royal Academy and other Exhibi tions," " Financial Prospects of the Union," and " A New Life of Napoleon the First." Some very pleasing verses are entitled " Prasiteles and Phryue." " The Easter Trip of two Ochlophobists" is a sketch of the adventures of somepeculiar indivi duals ; it is to be continued, which will gratify the reader, as it is told in a spirited manner. CORNIIILL. - " The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly" contains a great deal of amusing narrative, and promises to be still more attractive as it pro ceeds. " The Love of the Alps" is a very appro priate sketch for the present time, and it is said that no experience in travelling is equal to this. " Culture and its Enemies 77 is a paper that is worthy of attention, for it suggests some improving ideas on the subject. " Coolie Labour and Coolie Immigration" presents us with some curious ac counts of the yellow-skinned men of China, and the darker races of India. " Lorlotte and the Capitaine" is a pleasing little talc, full of agreeable description of life and character. " The Classics in Translation" is an article that is well deserving of attention, and the suggestion made is an ad mirable one that a collection of these scattered works into a library would be of essential service, and could not fail to refine the taste of the rising generation, and, indeed, to improve all who may dwell upon them. " Stone-Edge" is continued in an instalment of exciting incident. TEMPLE BAR.--" Stephen Lawrence, Yeoman," is continued, and the story is as eventful as ever. The admirers of Tom Ingoldsby will feel especial interest in the appearance of another Barham, the son, we believe, of that delightfully ridiculous ballad-singer, who aspires to emulate his father's famous achievements in the perpetration of amazing rhymes. For example, the scene of the legend con tained in this number of Temple Bar is laid in a spot— " Half village, half town, it is pleasant but smallish, And known, when it happens to be known, as Dawlish." The readers of Ingoldsby must all remember the delightful facility and fertility with which such rhymes were scattered over his pages. That the author of the " Monk of IFIldon" gives promise of treading in his father's footsteps, let us take the following specimen of his descriptive powers when depicting a summer's day on Haldon Hill : " Never, I weep, has fairer scene— Sapphire—blue, and Emerald—green, With the glow of a red, rod rock between, Bathed in a glory of golden sheen — Gladdened your heart, or dazzled your eon. There tarry awhile, and gazo your fill, From Berry lead to Portland Bill, Or turn your face to the north if you will, Where the Dartmoor rango lies gloomy and still, And I'll wager a crown When you get back to town, Bright visions will haunt you of Ilaldon Hill." "The Monk of Haldon," by R. Barham, will find many admirers ; it is written in a lively strain, and combines quaint description with satirical comment. The readers of this periodical will look forward to another production by this author with interest and curiosity. " A Lost N ame" furnishes a long instalment for those anxious to hear more of its mysterious chronicles. " For Ladies Only" is a most startling account of ad ventures met with by an unfortunate visitor to the French Exhibition. " The White House on the Moor" is concluded in an impressive manner. MACMILLAN'S MA GAZlNE. — Mactaillan opens with a review of the general history and progress of the National Rifle Association. A warm eulogy is passed upon Lord Elcho, who, during his seven years' presidency, has won golden opinions from volunteers of all ranks, and has done the cause good service. henry Kingsley's quaint and vigo rous story of " Silcote of Silcotes " proceeds rapidly, and is drawing to a climax. The scene is now laid in the very midst of the Italian war of " Old Sir Douglas," by Mrs. Norton, is also continued. Among the best of the remaining papers we may mention No. 15 of " Essays at Odd Times," and an article entitled " Lord Dufferin on the Tenure of Laud." FRASER.—The readers of " Fraser" will find themselves with some surprise confronted with no less a personage than Julius Caasar on opening this number. Au essay on the career and character of the great Roman is not very new certainly, but now-a-days it has become the fashion to study it with close attention. " A Chapter on Clerical Song-writers in the North" gives pleasant specimens of some Northern bards. We have articles on " Mr. Cobden and the Land Question," on " Irish Difficulties," and " The Portraits at South Ken sington ;" besides which the story of " The Mar stons" is continued with its accustomed ability, and there is a sketch of the ancient days of strife in Scotland pleasantly drawn, and an in teresting memorial of Sylvester Judd, an able New Englander. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. —The readers of Bentley will find with pleasure that the indefatigable editor begins a new story in this part. It is entitled Myddleton Pomfret," and promises vivacity and interest. "A Sketch of Lapland Travel" and " Paris in Exhibition Time" are two papers very appropriate to the season, while Francis Jacox, as usual, supplies a more reflective and discursive article. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY,--" Mexico under Maximilian" will probably attract a good many _ _ readers. " The Deepdalo Mystery" begins to un fold itself ; and " Christine, or Common-place People," is continued. The lives of three French working men are narrated; and we have also papers on "Marine Monsters" and " The Physic Prescribed to Pomp by King Lear." COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE.—This number is more interesting in perusal than its table of con tents would indicate. It opens with " The Red Coat," a tissue of anecdotes more curious than instructive, save as a contrast to our knowledge in the present day. The next paper, " Meteorology for Naval and Military Officers," is an excellent piece of advice as to weather wisdom, worthy of the late Admiral Fitzroy. " Overladen Ships" reminds us with a shudder of the London, sunk never to rise again to bear witness against her wrong-doers. " How we Beat John Chinaman" is amusing, and so is the account of militia quartered for three weeks in the black holes, yclept huts, at Aldershot, the dirty abode of the brave, who long for an open field and no favour. " Paraguay and Brazil" is a sensible make-up of our inadequate knowledge of that disastrous and discreJitable war which pro mises ruin to Br.izil, if the aggressor ever meets with his true deserts. THE MONTI'. —The " Prospects of Catholic Charity," which are discussed iu this number, are thought to be encouraging. Lady Fullerton's able historical romance proceeds with interest. The second part of the essay on " Promotion and Dis cipline in the French Army" is given, and we have the first instalment of a memoir of Miguel Cervan tes. Other papers of varying interest fill up the number. Schiller. The Lay of the Bell and The Diver, Translated by J. Wynniatt Grant. It is always an arduous undertaking to render the works of a great poet into another tongue, and Mr. Grant has set himself to a task of no ordinary difficulty in the translation of the works of the Ger man masters of song and drama. He has previously given us a successful English version of Burger's famous "Lenore," always a favourite subject, and he has now selected Schiller's " Lay of the Bell " and " The Diver," in the latter of which at least he has formidable competitors. Lord Lytton and others have told the story of the adventurous youth, the too curious king, and the pitiless and mysterious ocean, more musically as well as more powerfully; but Mr. Grant aims at being a strictly faithful translator, and there fore his labours may be of good service in popular ising some of the less known works of the German poets among those English readers who would ❑ot fail to appreciate and admire them if they were more widely spread. E4'i'i.- •i,, 'TErIIII N* ' -----' [SiiII,II;IYIT HER MAJESTY, So. WINDSOR CASTLE, July 5. ller INl3jesty the Queen and the Queen of Prussia, accompanied by Princess Louise, drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Louise, Princo Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, drove in the Home Park this morning. The Queen of Prussia went out walking. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Duke of Sutherland, and attended by Captain Ellis and the llon. Oliver Montagu, arrived early at Marl borough-house yesterday morning from Paris. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Louis of Hesse, rode out, attended by Capt. Ellis. THE NAVAL REVIEW. The following General Orders relative to tho Nay al Review were issued yesterday from the flagship of the Port Admiral and Naval Comman der-in-Chief at Portsmouth : GENERAL ORDER. Victory, in Portsmouth Harbour, July 4. On the occasion of the inspection of the float at Spithead on the 17th instant the following is to be the uniform of officers and men of her Majesty's ships present : Officers of her Majesty's ships Victoria and _Minotaur to be in full dress uniform. Officers of all other ships, except of gunvessels and gun boats, to be in undress uniform, with cocked hats and epaulettes. Officers of the Lee, and of all gunboats, to wear cap and frock coats. All officers to wear blue trousers. In case of any officers being called upon to attend her Majesty the Queen or his Imperial Majesty the Sultan they will of course be in full dress. SEAMEN. All petty officers, seamen, and others to wear white tate, white frocks, and blue trousers. Marines to wear their cloth trousers. This order does not apply to her Majesty's yachts. T. S. PASLEY, Admiral. The respective flag officers, captains, and officers com manding her Majesty's ships and vessels on the Ports mouth Station. GENERAL ORDER. Victory, in Portsmouth Harbour, July 4. In pursuance of instructions from the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty, the commanding officers of her Majesty's ships that are to be present at the Naval Review 311 the 17th inst., are informed that they may have a limited number of friends in their respective ships, so long as the number does not interfere with the duties of the day. The numbers in the respective ships are to be limited as follows : The Duncan,* the Donegal, the Revenge,* the St. George,* the Royal George,* the Irresistible,* the Lion,* the Princess Royal (if present), 75 each. The Achilles, the Warrior, tho Black Prince,* the Lord Clyde, the Bellerophon, 100 each. The Mersey, the Liffey, the Liverpool, the Pho3be, the Dauntless,* the Sutlej,* the Pallas, the Valiant, 50 each. The Royal Sovereign, the Terrible,* the Gladiator,* the Research, 30 each. The Prince Albert and the Nyvern, 23 each. The Viper, the Vixen, the Waterwitch, the Nymphe,* the Daphne, and smaller vessels, 12 each. The Lec* and gunboats none. No visitors or strangers will be allowed on hoard either her Majesty's ships Victoria or Minotaur. T. S. PASLEY, Admiral. The respective flag officers, captains, and officers commanding her Majesty's ships and vessels ou the Portsmouth Station. Since our last notice of the fleet forming at Spit head, in The Sun, of the 4th instant., the number of the ships already assembled there has been in creased by the arrival of the Nymphe, 4, screw sloop, 1,084 tons, 300 horse power, Commander Thomas Barnadiston, from the Thames; the Lee, 5, screw gunvessel, 431 tons, 80 horse power, Com mander C. W. A. Andrew, from Sheerness ; the Black Prince, 41, armoured iron frigate, 6,109 tons, 1,250 horse power, Captain Charles Fellowes, from Portsmouth harbour ; and the Sutlej, 35, screw frigate, 3,066 tons, 500 horse power, Captain Trevenon P. Coode, from the Pacific. The ships as they arrive at Spithead up to the present time have only dropped a single anchor, but on the arrival of Rear-Admiral Warden's squadron of iron-clads the vessels must take up their definite positions at the anchorage, when they will form in two lines through the anchorage stretching from about S.E. to N.W-9 the armoured squadron anchoring on the starboard line and nearest the Isle of Wight shore, and the unarmoured squadron the port line, or inshore posi tion and nearest to Portsmouth. The Victoria, screw three-decker, bearing the flag of Admiral Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, Commander• in -Chief, will hold the S.E. berth of the unarmoured squadron's line, and the Minotaur, iron-clad screw frigate, bear ing the flag of Rear-Admiral F. Warden, C. 13. second in command, will hold the S.E. berth of the armoured squadron's line. The vessels alread y assembled at Spithead, although not more than one third of the total numbers of the squadrons that will be anchored there on the morning of the Review, present a FitnewhA imposing appearance, and espe cially as seven of these vessels carry the lofty chequered sides and treble and double tiers of gun perts of the not yet extinct unarmoured screw liner type of war-ship. Large numbers of visitors are daily arriving at Portsmouth, Southsea, and other places that command views of Spithead, in readiness for the review day, and, in the meantime, gaze eagerly from the beach upon the stirring panorama before them at Spithead,constantly changing by the addition of some newly-arrived vess3l, or by some change of position in those already anchored there. The local steamboat companies appear to be fully awake to their opportunity, and have issued notices of steamers passing through the fleet at certain in tervals during the day, iu connection with the Ports mouth and Ryde passenger traffic. The Admiralty have decided that the fleet shall illuminate at Spithead on the night of the revieW day. . * The ships marked with an as t er i s k aro now anchored at Spithead. OUTRAGE ON A BAILIFF.--•A bailiff named Charles Grauncey, residing at Londonderry, was dragge d from his bed, a day or two since, and so severely beaten that his life is despaired of. Tho unfortunate victim's legs are broken, and his power of speech lost. Six persons are in ,custody, charged with the committal of the atrocious offence. TIIE FATAL AFFRAY AT BRISTOL.—The coroner' o jury, after a somewhat lengthened inquiry, re' turned on Thursday a verdict of wilful murder agains t Andrew Martine°, a Greek sailor, who on Monday nigh t stabbed a Swedish sailor, named Krikner, in a street affray' The man, Marco, who was in custody for participating in the affair, was acquittde ; but was detained in custoilt and will be taken More the magistrates. TIIE MOORS.—We continue to receive most satin. factory reports from the moors in all parts of the countYt except from about Cromdale and Abernethy, which lie urora towards ISlorayshiro than to Inverness. We have before 1 14 about thirty letters from gamekeepers and others conver sant with the state of the moors, and without exceptioli, they report the broods to be unusually numerous healthy, and the old birds are in fine plumage andi c °11 : dition. Mr. Frank Buckland's letter iu Land and Wale' has called forth a few interesting facts, and much speeullv. tion regarding the origin of grouse disease ; but sirriila l acts and similar speculations have been discussed over an d over again in our columns—every time, in short, tho . grouse disease has appeared in the Highlands —and so far to wo can see, with no more practical result than is likely t ° o attend the present agitation. The sum of our informa l° , seems to be that grouse are grievously subject to altar: from tape- worm , an d i n seasons or c i rcums tances wil l°t aro unfavourable to grouse and favourable to tape-werW' the latter obtains the mastery, and the birds die.- 1-4°67.- /Jess Courier.