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and CHANNEL ISLANDS STEAM PACKET COMPANY (LIMITED). Two of the magnificent mail steam-ships BRIGHTON and AQUILA, belonging to the above Company, are appointed to be in attendance at Portsmouth at the Grand Naval Review on the 17th inst., and will run from Ports mouth Piers on the previous Monday and Tuesday to view the Fleet at Spithead, at cheap fares. On Wednesday, the 17th, both ships will leave the Piers at a convenient hour, cruise about the scene of Review, and remain to witness the Illuminations. Fare for the day. 21s. These tickets should be secured early to enable the Company to make the necessary catering arrangements, which will be at the ustvil moderate rates. JOSEPH MAUNDERS, Manager and Secretary. Weymouth, July 11, 1867. rHEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Sole.L2ssee and Manager, Mr. Is'. B Chatterton. TIIIS EVENING. THAT RISCAT, JACK, iresars..T. K.u-e, .T. Nevin., C. Warner; Mesdames Altyne, C. T horn pson. To conclule with T BE GREAT CITY. Messrs. C.lVarner, F. Morton. .T. Fitzjames, Villiers. J. C. Cowl er, W. M'lntyre, J. Rouse, J. Irvin:, .1. B.Jvhntnne; Mesdames M. Robertson, R. G. Le Thiere, C. Thomp on. Commence at Seven. lIIIIEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Ntanazii.r. Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. PETER SNIINK. Fo'lowed by THE COQUETTE. Messrs. Howesop ton, Gordon, Vincent. Weathersby , Co e, &c. ; dames Srdgw ck Matthews, Lewin, &c. Atter which, WHO WANTS A GUINEA. Messrs. Buck stone, }Tows, Chippendale. Rogers. Compton , Clark , Kendal. Braid, Gordon, White, &c. ; Mesdames Burke, Mathews, Lawm, dro. Commence at Seven. rifIIIEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING. a new Musical Drama. A. GKIBALDI IN SICILY. Miss Roden, Miss Yitt ; Messrs. R. Philli; s, J. G. Taylor, and Ashley. Alter which, at 8, THE LA DY OF LYONS, M. Bars. H. Neville, Billington. Ashley, Steuart, and C. H. Ste;llenson ; Miss Kate Terry, Mrs. St. Henry, and Mrs. Billington. To conclude with A SLICE OF LUCK. Massrs J. Clarke, J. G. Tay'or, C. A. Stephenson, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman and Miss E. Pitt. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. TIIIi EVENING, BETTY MARTIN. Mr. G. Vincent and Miss E. Farren. Atter which, THE LIAR. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mathews. Followed by WOODCOCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews ; Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with OLYMPIC GAMES. Messrs. H. J. Moutawue, G. Vincent. D. Murray; Mesdames E. Warren, G. Moore, Sheridan, Barris, N. Harris, St. Henry, and Roselle. Doora open at half-past Six; commence at Seven. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. fins DAY.—Morning, 9h. 33m.—Afternoon. 10h. 542. To-Monaow.-Morning, 10h. 40m.—Afternoon, 1111. z...„ 4,7 L*Th' $l3- %UAL LONDON, THURSDAY, JULYII, 1867. Having so far completed their labours with re snect to the momentous question of Parliamentary Reform, the members of the Lower House have reason to turn their attention to other subjects not less important, if less immediately pleasing. Fore most among these comes the great problem of the education of the people, a problem whose satis factory solution has perplexed our wisest social philosophers, baffled our philanthropists, and effectually puzzled our statesmen. It is ad mitted on all hands that the people should be educated. The days have, happily, altogether gone by when men of good position and intelligence themselves were not ashamed to declare that it was unnecessary and undesirable for working men and women to know how to read and write. If there are such prejudices lingering in a few obsolete quarters, those who hold them do not venture to urge them before the public. Experience has effectually proved that the real danger of riots, disaffection, and disturbance, arises from the igno rance of the mob, and their consequent blind ad herence to their chosen leaders, however rash or reckless in their theories or practices. Men of standing in these days are more sensible of their responsibilities towards their poorer fellows than were their predecessors, and on every ground of reason, of right, and of common justice the claims of the children of the poor to a sound, plain English education are universally admitted. Without it they cannot be good citizens or good subjects, and their obedience to the laws of GOD and man will be rather the effect of custom than of conviction. But when all parties have agreed on the necessity and desirability of this general educa tion there remain very great obstacles in the way of its diffusion. What with the indifference of parents, their poverty, or their absence from home at work, the natural inclination of children to play truant if they have a chance, and the great demand for youthful labour, the education of the poor has little chance. We have not schools enough to sup ply the theoretical wants of the population when statisticians sit down to reckon their figures, but unfortunately we have more than are practically filled by scholars. It has therefore been suggested —and in many quarters the scheme has met with great favour—that it should be compul sory upon parents to give their children the rudi ments of education as it is in some other countries —Prussia, for example—where the general stan dard of education is higher than our own among the masses. Such a method is contrary to our usual principles of Government. We are averse to anything like interference with parental rights or private matters, and the idea of legislative inter meddling with the control of a family is not at all congenial. At the same time it must be remem bered that, under the existing system, hundreds and thousands of children are growing up absolutely untaught, and that wicked or ignorant parents are thus allowed to inflict a life-long injury upon their children. The law restrains them from crippling their limbs or hurting their bodies, but it does not prevent them from diminishing their mental powers and enjoyments throughout all their lives. It should also be considered that those parents who neglect to give their children any op portunity of learning from others are the very ones who are least able or likely to teach them themselves. The indifference of parents is, in fact, the great obstacle to a wider extension of educa tion. Every one who has taken any trouble to inquire into the subject must have arrived at this conclusion, and the statistics furnished to the House amply confirm it. The Education Aid Society of Manchester issued more than 27,000 grants to enable the children of poor people to go to school, and only 45 per cent. of the number profited by their assistance. Every similar experiment has produced similar results, and here lies the real diffi culty of the question, not in denominational differ ences, not in the manner of teaching, not in the cost of the school. How is it to be met ? It destroys half the good to be reaped from the promised extension of the Factory Acts if the children are not to gain mentally and morally as well as physically. Their bodies indeed will rest, but their minds will run riot. Mr. BRUCE'S measure, which last night occu pied the attention of the House of Commons, failed to meet this difficulty. It provided for the main tenance of schools by a rating system, but the great puzzle is that our schools are not filled. Can Mr. BnucE tell us of cases in which parents have said, " I should like my children to go to school, and am willing to pay for them, but no school near us take them in—they are all full." If such complaints were common and well grounded, and if voluntary effort and assistance were lacking to supply the want, there would be good reason for talking about the rating system. But so long as there are schools and teachers waiting to instruct children who will not come, we must find some other means of curing the acknowledged evil. Voluntary work is gene rally better done than that of mere routine, and we apprehend the cause of education would lose in the long run by the substitu tion of the rating for the voluntary system. There would be the danger, too, which the Ameri cans tried unsuccessfully to avoid—that of making popular education altogether secular. This would be bad in any rank, but it would be especially so among classes where the bulk of all instruction, religious as well as secular, must be had at school. Mr. BRCCE, indeed, disclaims any notion of inter fering with the denominational schools now in existence, bat experience has proved that the rat ing system is necessarily fatal to them. It re mains to be considered whether the difficulties of the case cannot be better met under the existing method, and we hope that a careful and impartial survey of the whole question will assist our legislators in arriving at this conclusion. Much might be done by the employers of labour refusing to employ children or young persons who cannot read and write. The hope of a good situation is a powerful stimulus to adults as well as to infant education. It would be a good thing if a clause could be inserted in the new Factory Acts, stipu lating that no child should be employed in a fac tory that could not read and write. The parents in our large manufacturing towns would then be so eager to get their children taught as now they are indilerent. Again, in all public works the men might be made to send their children to school as a condition of their employment. By all these means and others of similar nature we might greatly in crease the number taught, but there will still re main a lower stratum of ignorance and degrada tion which we apprehend can only be reached by earnest and unwearying voluntary effort. The sad fate of INIAximILLLN still continues to engross a large share of attention ; and sympathy for the afflicted family and friends of the unfortu nate Emperor mingle with natural feelings of indig nation and contempt for the clue' a.t of his perse cutor. ~The Emperor NAPOLEON has addressed a letter of condolence to the Emperor of AUSTRIA, which fully expresses his feelings on the painful occasion. After the usual formulary is gone through, he says that his grief is the more lively because he feels the responsibility of the pain ful part he had had in the misfortune. " But," he adds, " GOD, who penetrates our hearts, knows that I never had any other object than to extend to those distant places the influence of our civilisation. In doing this, 1 have found no nobler or more worthy intercessor than your Majesty's unfortunate brother." This letter is worthy of the writer, and of him to whom it refers. This Mexican affair has been a bad business throughout, and, indeed, the only failure of the Emperor NAPOLEON'S brilliant career of success ; it has, indeed, ended in dark ness, and no one can more deeply deplore the result than the EMPEROR. The French feel very grieved at the misfortune, because they are in some degree mixed up in the matter; and we feel convinced that nothing was more ardently desired by theEMPEROR and his subjects than that relief should be sent out to Maximailx and to his brave supporters. The hard dictates of political prudence were against the prosecution of their plans, and they were found to succumb to its decrees. Additional interest is thus imparted to all intelligence that reaches us from France concerning the manner in which this news has been received. In the sitting of the Legislative Body of yesterday, M. BONTIER made a few re marks of an impressive character. lie said that the object of the Mexican expedition was to obtain reparation for the wrongs endured by our country men ; and, pursuing his theme, he said —" Attack us, criticise us, but do not say that we did not act in good faith; that the Legislature did not know the truth ; that it was unable to exercise its con trol. The argument that the Government acted in a covert manner is neither true nor just; you will repel it; we should continue in misfortune as in prosperity to make common cause. The Govern ment consulted public opinion, and resigned itself to giving the order for the evacuation of Mexico." This is strictly true, for the, general. opinion was that it was desirable to do so. The Mexican expe dition was never popular in France, though sym pathy for a brave man, and a scrupulous regard for their own honour, induced the French to wish to continue their support. We agree with M. ROUHER, that it is not fitting at this juncture to indulge in animadversions, and to criticise great acts too closely. Let them unite ii condemning the guilty perpetrators of this crime, and in sympathising with the friends of the departed. MAXIMILIAN has left behind him a name that will live long in renowned recollection ; he was brave in all the:vicissitudes of fortune ; he was constant in danger, and stedfast in trial, and additional years could not have added to his re putation. His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES had yesterday an interesting task to perform in inaugu rating the London College, which is under the auspices of the International Education Society. The ceremony was witnessed by a number of per sons, and the spot fixed upon is a beautiful one in the neighbourhood of Isle worth. The arrangements of this College appear to be excellent. There are four esta blishments in England, France, Germany, and Italy, and the pupils are to be sent from one of these to the other at the end of each year, and then, when a year in the lower classes in each establishment, they will spend another twelvemonth in the higher ones. The building is finished in a handsome manner, and several interesting names are found among the in scriptions. Alr. PAULTON, the treasurer of the in stitution, was in the chair at the dejeuner, and delivered an appropriate address to the Prince on the subject of that institution he had so kindly in augurated. Mr. COBDEN was connected with it, he said, and he had sketched this project after the French Treaty of 1860. He thought that this institution was the nucleus of a system which would bring many blessings to mankind, and largely con duce to the peace of the world. The Prince of WALES, in reply, declared that he shared entirely in the feelings of gratification that had been ex pressed, and in touching upon the main object of the work before them he said that he was not going just then to discuss the claims of dead or living languages, but he would state that it was most " important that modern languages should form one of the principal- subjects of study, on grounds of public utility." Prince ALBERT and the late Mr. COBDEN fully agreed in this opinion, and it indeed is one in which all reflective minds must agree, for the advantages at the present time cannot be overrated of possessing an intimate acquaintance with the chief tongues of Europe, and this can only be done to any degree of perfection in the same country where they are spoken. His Royal High ness was able to speak from personal experience when he said that "he bad travelled a great deal on the continent, and he could assure them that he would have found his stay there far less pleasant if he had not possessed a considerable knowledge of the vernacular of the people." Dr. SCIIMITZ made a few observations, in which he said that he had devoted his life to letters, but he thought that, at the same time, the modern Continental tongues and the natural sciences should not be neg lected or have their claims ignored, because they materially advanced the civilisation and progress of the world. The speeches at this affair were unquestionably of a higher charac ter than those that are generally delivered on such occasions, for they referred to subjects of interest and importance, and touched upon points that have often of late been made the subject of controversy. These seemed, however, to have been treated in a very fitting manner yesterday, for there was no invidiou distinction made, but the advantages of both ancient and modern languages were fully recognised. This is the true way of settling the dispute. No one who aspires to learn a complete education can afford to neglect either, while the benefits conferred by studying the chief languages of Europe are quite sufficiently discernible to render it a great boon to society that this Institution should have been established. DEATH FROM HYDROPHOBIA.--SINGULAR CASE.— The Liverpool coroner on Saturday held an inquest upon the bo ly of Thomas Barton, aged 16. About two and a half years ago the deceased was bitten by a dog upon one of his wrists. As the animal was not mad, and the wound speedily healed, no serious results were appre hended, and the matter was almost forgotten. On Thurs day week, whilst at his work, the same wrist was injured by a plank falling upon it. A few da y s previously the hand was hurt by a ball whilst ho was playing at cricket in a fi,ld in Kensington. On Sunday he was taken ill, and the terrible symptoms of hydrophobia were manifested soon afterward,. On Thursday evening the poor lad died in fearful agony in the Southern Hospital. Mr. Wollaston the house -surgeon, who was called as a witness, stated, with regard to a prevalent notion upon the subject, that the destroying of a dog could make no possible difference to the person bitten. If a parson had the misfortune to be bitten by a mad dog there was danger of hydrophobia set ting in at any time during that person's . lifetime. The verdict was "Died from hydrophobia." LADIES' NEW HOME EMPLOYMENTS, by a Lady from Pari3.—A most interesting study for the rich-- Lucrative and honourable occupations for ladies of limited means —more profitable pursuits for gsvornesses and young ladies—and a selection of better paid employments for all classes. For particulars, send an addressed stamped en velope to Mrs. Egerton, :Newington Cottage, St. Lawrence, Ramsgate. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Wednesday Evening. The Government has received telegraphic de spatches from Mexico to the Ist of July by way of Vera Cruz and New Orleans. These despatches, unhappily, entirely confirm the account of the death of the Emperor Maximilian, who, as is known, was executed on the 19th of June. Mexico surrendered on the 21st. The safety of the members of the French Legation who were in that cit 7 was s 9 well provided for that no uneasiness existed 6Snezting it. Vera Cruz was occupied on the 27th of June. That occupation was effected without any disorder, and the foreign troops were enabled to embark with out obstacle. Accounts from Rome state that the great Catholic assembly in that city is characterised by the perfect tranquillity which prevails there. The agents of the public force, both civil and military, were only em ployed in maintaining the regularity in the circu lation of the masses, or to give more effect by their presence to the sacred ceremonies. Upon vari ous occasions the Pope was warmly greeted under the perestyle of St. Peter, but there was no politi cal manifestation of any kind from the crowd. The foolish attempt at Terni has not produced any sen sation at Rome either among the Romans or foreigners, who, like the Italians, have come from all parts of the Peninsula from a feeling of curiosity or devotion, and it is notorious that the Italians have abstained from any manifestation which might be considered as having a political tendency. The solemnities had the purely religious character which properly belonged to them. This , calmness has completely re-assured a great number of prelates and ecclesiastics who hesitated to traverse Italy and to visit the principal cities. At the last moment, the railways having offered special facilities, numerous groups of pilgrims decided upon pursu ing their religious pilgrimage, and excursions purely of pleasure, and it is certain that they will not have to repent of their determination, thanks to the spirit of conciliation which begins to actuate the minds of the public in Italy. At the review on Monday, in honour of the Emperor, the troops were under the command in chief of Marshal Canrobert, commandant of the First Corps d'Armee. Marshal Count Reynaud de St. Jean d'Angely commanded the troops of the Imperial Guard. The troops were composed of an effective of 53 battalions (24 of the Imperial Guard, and 29 of the line), 32 squadrons of cavalry, one squadron of the Gendarmerie of the Seine, 2Q harnessed batteries, 2 horse squadrons of equipage, train of the Imperial Guard, and 1 foot squadron of military equipage of the line. The Emperor with his staff was accompanied by the Sultan and his relatives, the reigning Duke of Saxe-Weimar, the Prince of Orange, Prince Napoleon Jerome, the Duke d'Aoste, the Duke de Leuchtenberg, Prince Hermann, of Saxe Weimar, and Prince -Montenegro. The defile was executed with extreme regularity and order. As the troops passed before the Emperor they cheered vociferously and cordially. The appearance of the troops was magnificent. The Lancers were particularly admired. Both the Emperor and the Sultan were everywhere greeted enthusiastically by the spectators, and the review passed off admirably. At eight o'clock in the evening the Champs Elyse !s was not entirely cleared of troops. The Council of the Order of the Legion of Honour have voted unanimously in favour of the degradation of the Mexican Colonel Lopez, the murderer of Maximilian. The Legislative Body is occupied with discussing the Budget. M. Thiers made one of his usual cri minatory speeches, in which he again warmly attacked the French expedition to Mexico. M. Dupanloup, the Bishop of Orleans, has just addressed a long letter to the clergy and the faith ful of the diocese, in which he announces the coming assembly of the (Ecumenical Council. He considers the meeting to be an important event, and that it will prove to be a great work of " illumination and pacification" which all the world will applaud. M. Dupanloup gives his opinion that the convocation of this assembly affords proof of the courage of Pope Pius, and that he is indifferent to the menaces of revolutionists. The whole document is in a pure, eloquent, and temperate style, and will no doubt excite the attention and sympathy of those to whom it is addressed. The bishop says the mission of the council will be to dissipate contemporaneous errors, to shed light upon grand questions obscured in darkness, to re-animate within the body of the Church the ardent flame of charity and devotion, to give fresh life to the holy body, to clear up ob scurities, and explain errors and misunderstandings. In the jewellery department of the Exhibition are some rich and remarkable specimens of jewellery both real and false, and it is somewhat curious that g to the uninitiated eye the imitations appear more and costly than the real specimens. M. Bapst has acquired great reputation for his taste and skill in cutting and polishing diamonda. Th e visitor must stop before his stand, for there may be se en the Queen diamond, of SPain's jewels, and a di amond, the Saucy respecting which there is a curl us and authentic historical record. Among the remarbable jewels in the collection of Count de Charolais, afterwards Charles the Bold, was a dia mond of large size, which was th e o bj ect of his peculiar care. This diamond was no other than the Saucy diamond of which I speak ; but it was without shape or brilliancy, in spite of the efforts of the leading jewellers of that day to give it graceful form and make it glitter. A jeweller named Louis de Berquem introduced the art of cutting and polishing diamonds. The Saucy was intrusted to him, and it left his workshop in beautiful shape, and sparkling like a thousand stars. It was afterwards found by a soldier upon the dead body of Charles the Bold, who was killed at Nancy in January 1477, and this soldier sold it for three francs to a priest, who was as ignorant about jewellery as the soldier himself. A jeweller bought it of the priest for three ducats, and sold it for twelve to the Duke of Florence. From thence it passed into the bands of the King of Portugal, Dom Antonio, who sold it in France when he took refuge there. Nicolas de Harley, a lord of Saucy, paid 70,000 francs for it, and E ince that time the name of the Saucy diamond was given to it. Or accord ing to other authorities the word should be written sans si (without if), meaning that the stone was without any defect, so that it might be admired without any reserve, and no if or but could be used respecting it. The other remarkable objects of jewellery are those exhibited by the house of M. Melleris, which has existed more than a hundred years ; M. Mauanian, M. F re deric Boucheron, M. Lepec, and M. Robill ard. Some of the art i c l es are not only glittering an d beautiful, but show great advance in this br anc h of art and skill. The enormous English cannon at the Exhibition have had their day, and have excited great atten tion although we are li ving in " the piping times of peace." These e ng i nes of destruction w ill i n a f ew days be eclips e d b y the at rival of an enormous French cannon cast at the cannon foun d ry o f Ruelle. It will certainly be a " great gun" at the Champ de Mars, or indeed anywhere else, for it weighs 30,000 kilogrammes, or more than double that number of English pounds. It was transported from tha foundry with great ceremonial, the waggon by which it was drawn by 36 horses being decorated with the national flag, with gar l an d s o f flowers and branches of l aure l . I ts arrival at the ra il way station at Augouleme was qu i te an event. The au th or iti es , the engineer i n c hi ef, and a large crowd were pre sent to see the gun go off--to the Exhibition. It is said that another gun of the same model is to be manufactured at the same foundry. The Iman or Grand Almoner of the Sultan, Haironiah Effendi, has paid a visit to M. Chigi, the Pope's Nuncio, and also to the Archbishop of Paris, who has returned from Rome. The Marquis de l a V alette, Minister o f th e Inte rior, who is a gre a t patron of literature, has given a subsidy of 10,000 fr. to the SocietAi des Gens de Lettres on the o ccas i on of the Internationa l Li terary , Congrees which they are organising. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Sirs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, OUR DOMESTICS. 3lessrs. Parselle, Thorne, and James ; Mesdames Harland and Johnstoue. After wide], the Latest Edition of FRA DIAVOLO. Messrs. Thorne and James; Mesdames Gwynne. Newton. Holt, and Weahersby. To conclude with THE FRENCH EXHIBITION. Commence at half-past Seven. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. Vining'. THIS EVENING wlll be produced ind time here) the Prize Dr.rna of TRUE TO TII CORE. Messrs. Cre“. wick, H. Marton, 11. Forrester, E. F. Edgar, Szc.7 Miss G. rauncefort and Miss Neily Moore. Doors open at half-past 7 ; commence at 8. N- ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HIGH HOLBORN. 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ALSO, 19, -BRIDGE-STREET, BRADFORD, YORKS. 20, BRIDGE-STREET BRADFORD, YORKS. SPECIAL NOTICE. _ln consequence of frequent mis representations, E. MOSES and SON fi n d i t necessary t o and that their only not state that they do not employ any t rave ll ers or agen t s . tioned. tablishments are the above-men- THE SUN. LONDON. THURSDAY EVENING, J IDLY 11, 18(17 LATEST INTELLIGENOF. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE SULTAN. VIENNA, July 11. The Sultan, on his way back to Constantinople, will positively pay a visit to the Emperor Francis Joseph, at Vienna. The Sultan will also meet the King of Prussia. According to present arrangements the meeting will take place at Coblentz. ITALY. FLORENCE, July 11. In yesterday's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies Signor Rattazzi laid on the table the correspondence relating to the last negociations with Rome, de claring, however, that he considered the publication to be unnecessary. In the course of the debate on the Church Property Bill, Signor Rattazzi said that no difference of opinion existed between the Go vernment and the Chamber on the principal foreign and home questions, and urged the Chamber to show by deeds its unalterable determination to meet the engagements and to organise and re-establish the credit of the country. (Loud applause.) TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 10. The Imperial Ottoman Bank has issued a notice requesting the public to present for payment the coupons of the Cansolid& due this month. THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN. MADRID, July 7. The Official Gazette of to-day comments in the following terms upon the fate of the late Emperor Maximilian : " The cruel and in every sense reprehensible deed, which for some days has kept the general indigna tion excited, and all persons of right feeling in a state of alarm, has at length been confirmed. " Thus much is revealed by the successive de spatches which, in place of calming, have continually incrersed the public anxiety—Europe, perplexed and amazed, refusing to believe what she could hardly conceive possible. " The Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, who had been proclaimed such by the free vote of the popu lation, and recognised by all the Powers of Europe, has been inhumanly shot by the Republican forces. " Unfortunate cause that which, in order to triumph, needs to appal the world with acts of such marked and entirely unexpected cruelty, arrived at not through victory, not through the fortune of war, but by the most infamous treachery, which civilised Europe and history will hardly find terms sufficiently adequate to qualify. This cir cumstance alone should have sufficed to guarantee to the august prisoner his life—it will now for ever take from this monstrous deed the character of a legitimate act of warfare. " Yet presently democracies will proclaim huma nity a dogma, and will condemn the punishment of death in that society which only defends icself. Let peoples learn." AMERICA. NEW YORK, July 10. The steamers Atalanta and Pennsylvania arrived here to-day. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. SUEZ, July 11. The Golconda arrived at 6 a.m. to=day. OUTWARD MAIL OF 27TH JUNE-3D JULY. The Delhi will leave for Bombay to-morrow. SOUTHAMPTON, July 11. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Syria arrived here to-day. FRANCE. PARIS, July 11. The illoniteur de l' Armee of to-day says :—" A report of Marshal Niel, dated 4th April last, pointed out that the return of the foreign legion from Mexico would inereas3 the cumber of offieers with out employment, and thus prevent promotion in the infantry corps. "In order to remedy this evil Marshal Niel pro posed that in every infantry regiment the two com panies suppressed in 1865 shoald be restored. This proposal has now received the approval of the Em peror." BOURSE, July 10, Two o'clock.—The same dul ness continues, and there are hardly any transa tions, although securities are firmly held at even, in som e cases, higher quotations. Thr ees are at 68f. 80c., or 21c. higher. Italian Fiv es h ave advanced 10c., to 49f. 40c. Credit Mobilier firm at 360 f., w i t h o ut variation. No change in Credit F onc i er, which remain at 1,400 f. There are some demands for Immobiliere shares, which have advanced 2f. 50c., to 180 f. The same may be said of the rail way market., the principal shares obtaining an ad vance of about 2f. 50c. Three o'clock.—The market closed a's follows : Bank Shares — Italian Loan — Do. end month 49 47; Mexican Loan l6 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes — Home Debt — Deferred per Cents Do. and month 3 per Cents. Do. end month 6B 77-1- Credit Mobilier Do. end month Credit Foueier Do. end month 1402 50 RAIL' 'AYS. For Account. Orleans Northern 1165 Lyons and Illediterranean....., Southern 553 75 Western 558 75 Eastern — Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Romiiu.. — MARKETS. --This day. - o -- -- METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was about an avorago supply of beasts on sale hore to-day, in good condition. For all breeds the demand is in a sluggish state, at prices about equal to Monday. The number of sheep was moderately good, yet sales pro gressed steadily, at previous rates. The best Downs and half-brads realised 5s to 5s 2d per Blbs. Lambs were in good supply and steady request, at full prices, viz., from 5s 8d to Gs 8d per 81bs. We were fairly supplied with calves, which moved off freely, at Monday's quotations. Pigs wore unaltered in value. Milch cows were a dull inquiry. I'®r 81bs. to sink the offal. d s d s dad Crse &inf. beasts... 3 4 3 6 Pmecrs-wool sheep 4 6 4 8 second quality do ..3 8 4 0 Prime o'thdown do 4 10 5 2 Prime large oxen ..4 2 4 10 Large coarse calves 4 0 4 Prime Scots, Ar.c....5 0 5 2 Prime small do 4 10 5 6 Crse. and int. sheep. 3 6 3 . 8 Large hogs ....3 4 3 10 Second quality do ..3 '0 4 4 Small porkers 4 0 4 6 Lamb....' ,B Bd to G 81 Suckling calves, 215 to 245 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 225 to 265 each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts ...... Cows Sheep and 1 mbs %NG Ca yes 232 Beasts Cows. _ Sheep and lambs 9,830 Calves . 30 rigs 260 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat, both town and country-killed, continuo moderately exteneivo, and the demand for all kinds is active, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcase. s d s d sdid Inferior beef 3 2 3 6 ' Inferior mutton.... 3 8 4 2 diddling do. 3 8 4 0 311ddlin; mutton.. 4 8 4 10 Prime large do 4 2 4 4, Prime do 4 8 4 10 Prime small d0....4 4 4 6 ; Large pork 3 4 3 8 Veal 4 0 5 01 Small pork. ...... ..3 10 4 6 Lamb. 5s Od to 51 84 HAY. SMITHFIELD —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 7s Gd; clover, .£4 Os to ,Co 17s Gd; and straw, £2 to £2 6s per load. A short supply. CUMBERLAND--Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 17s ad ; and straw, £2 to £2 6s per load. Trade slow. WHITECHAPEL—Meadow hay, £3 to £4 7s 6d; clover £4 Os Od to £5 17s 6d; and strays•, £2 to £2 6s per load Trade dull. New hay is quoted at £2 I.os to £3 lOs per load. LITERATURE. Miss Braddon's New Novel. Rupert Godwin. By M. E. Braddon. Three Vols Ward, Lock, and Tyler. The authoress of " Lady Audley's Secret," it would almost seem, has, hid away somewhere, an inexhaustible store of original romances from her own hand, written before her name was famous —romances already completed, and only requiring a touch, here and there, from her practised pen, to freshen them up, thereby making each in turn, appear " a-maist as weel 's the new"—a store into which she has but to dip for one new success after another, as Suett dipped into his lucky bag for wigs, or as Munden, according to Charles Lamb, used to dip into his lucky bag for faces. here, in effect, is another of them— not of Munden's faces, not of Suett's wigs, but of Miss Braddon's after-date successes, as we might call them—and with reason. " Rupert Godwin," penned by a 'prentice-hand, touched into new life by a master-hand--although issue .I several years ago (if we understand rightly, in a serial form, in one of the illustrated penny weeklies)—virtually comes now before the general public as an entirely new work by the now famous author of " Lady Audley's Secret" and " Aurora Floyd," cum cateris paribus. And this, too, very strange indeed to tell, after the story has had its run elsewhere in two very different directions in France and in the United States 1 Trans lated into French, soon after its original ap pearance (we presume anonymously) in the cheap weekly periodical already alluded to as the medium for its first publication—the tale so translated into French was for a long while, in instalments, the de light of the readers of the feuilleton of one among the Paris newspapers. Thence it was translated back again into English, and into very bad Eng lish, too, by the way, through one of those odd freaks of piracy in literature with which European authors are sometimes startled almost into bewil derment here in the old world by certain new-world publishers irresponsible victims, we are left to presume, of a sort of chronic literary kleptomania. To all intents and purposes, therefore, " Rupert Godwin" is a new work, here in England. It comes to us—literally—redivivus. And, here again, so to speak, upon the very threshold of the story, we are held spellbound by a tale-teller as enthralling as the Ancient Mariner himself—by a romancist who holds us with her glittering eye at each fresh rencontre,' and who retains the mastery of our attention until the tale once begun is told out to the very end. As in the instance of " Henry Dunbar," we had a novel, the title of which was the name of a London Banker —so also in the instance of " Rupert God win," we have a romance the title of which is the name of another London Banker. Here, however, all compariso n b e t ween th e t wo fi c ti ons ceases. Whereas, in " Henry Dunbar," the banker was the victim —in " Rupert Godwin," the banker (who i s rea ll y himself and not another —and the readers of "Henry Dunbar" will at once understand this parenthetic allusion) in " Rupert Godwin," we say, the Banker who is the hero of the fiction is not by any means the victim, but, on the contrary, the victimizer. Until—mais cela va sans dire—the ,conclusion of the book, when, as a matter of course, justice is duly meted out to the arch-delinquent. There is one peculiarity, by-the-way, about the con struction of the tale here under notice that we cannot of course but perforce direct attention to, as, to say the least of it, very remarkable—namely that, in the construetion of the plot there is noticeable a marvellous similarity to the scheme of the foun dation upon which was built up by Mr. Charles Meade the elaborate super-structure, entitled by him " Hard Cash," or, as he first called it yet more em phatically, " Very H ar d C as h . " A sea capta i n, i n each story, goes off on a long voyage, leaving a lump of money (his whole fortune in fact) which he inadvertently deposits in the hands of a fraudu lent banker. In both instances the sea captain also leaves behind him at home a charming wife, a still more charming daughter, and an only son. Alike in " Hard Cash," and in " Rupert God win," the victim is carried away at the evil instance of the villain of a b rnker, and buried alive in a private madhouse. The similarity between all these incidents is cer tainly, as we have said, remarkable. And—if purely the result of a coincidence—must as certainly be allowed, on all hands, to be something really mar vellous. In any case, Miss Braddon's old-new book, entitred "Rupert Godwin " without making any pretensions whatever to be regarded as a highly elaborated work of art, like that—as we are almost tempted to regard it—opus magnum or capo d'opera of Charles Reade's " Very Hard Casb,"—" Rupert Godwin," we say, as a tale full of interest, holds us in rapt attention all through, from the opening of its very first down to the close of its very last chapter. A little later on, we shall hope that we may have occasion to welcome its yet further re publication—namely, as another enthralling story added to the charming one-volumed Library Edition of Miss Braddon's Romances. Boswell's Life of Johnson. One vol., pp. 526. New edition. Geo. Routledge and Sons. This enticing volume is at once the cheapest and the compactest, while, at the same time, it is also about the most beautiful edition that has ever been published here in Eng land of that greatest of all biographies—Boswell's " Life of Johnson." It is the latest addition to, while it is also one of the noblest integral portions of, that happily fast extending series of three-and sixpenny volumes, now becoming known far and wide (among all those who not only " run and read," but actually race and read along our railways at the rate of forty or fifty miles an hour) as Routledge's Standard Library. Among those standard books have already been in cluded Le Sage's " Gil Blas" and Cervantes' " Don Quixote," " The Arabian Night's Entertainments " and Disraeli's " Curiosities of Literature," " The Blackfriars Shakspere," Cruden's " Concordance to the Old and New Testament," and Charles Mackay's " Thousand and One Gems of Eng lish Poetry." Boswell's " Johnson" takes its place by right in the same category. As one of the world's masterpieces, it is welcome to us in a volume so easily carried, so exquisitely printed, so strongly and serviceably " got up " in all the essentials of paper, binding, and typography —a vol ume adorned with a sprinkling of graceful wood cut illustrations, and, last but not least, furnished at its close with an index sufficiently comprehensive to be really of use for purposes of reference. Words from the Poets. Selected by C. M. Vaughan. One Vol. pp. 316. Macmillan and Co. Another of those delightful little Shilling Editions recently issued from the press at uncertain intervals, by tie Messrs. Macmillan of London and Cambridge, little green limp volumes in 18mo., already includ ing among their number such wonderful shilling's worth as Barnard's "Arithmetic" and " Golden Deeds," recounted by the author of the " Heir of Redcliffe." Here among these thrice welcome Words from the Poets," we have lyrics from a throng of poets of all ages, from young William Allingham to old William Wordsworth. Words they are, for the most part, that are hardly so much written for us by authors as talked or sung to us by dearly cherished friends. Mrs. Brown's Visit to the Paris E.chibition. By Arthur Sketchley. Routiedge. An itpropos bundle of whimsicalities, this is—an I altogether a capital piece of pleasantry by one of the raciest of our Entertainers, " as the sayin' is"—to quote Mrs. Brown herself—who, as all the world knows, is the creation of Arthur Sketchley. Uncle Tom's Cabin. New Edition. Routledge. " Uncle Tom's Cabin"—for sixpence ! When that is said, all is said that need be, in regard to this new edition of Mrs. Beecher Stowe's Negro Novel—for those five words in the preceding sen tence are of themselves a very flourish of trumpets. MISSING Johanna Emilie, which sailed from tatavia for the United Kingdom on the 18th of November, and the Violet, which slii ped from St. Anchors during a heavy gale on the 11th of January, have not siuce been heard of. HER MAJESTY, &c. WINDSOR CASTLE, July 10. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Louis of Hesse and Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon. THE CM:T.—Her Majesty the Queen and Royal Family are expected to leave Windsor Castle on Saturday afternoon, after lunching with the Sultan. Her Majesty will travel in a special train provided by the South Western Railway Company, which will proceed via Basingstoke and Bishopstoke to Gosport. The arrangements for the journey will be under the control of Mr. J. Grierson, of the Great Western, and of Mr. W. Godson, of the South West ern lines. alk 417 ii ied° k o t 7011 a l %%:--1_,....„..---k.i,lrtz' ,t. ..,,,...,,,,,, THE SULTAN'S VISIT. The arrangements connected with the State re ception of the Sultan in London are now rapidly going forward. It was not anticipated that his Majesty would arrive before Saturday, for Friday being the Mahomedan Sabbath, journeys are as much as possible avoided on that day. According to the present programme, however, the Sultan is expected to leave Boulogne soon after 8 o'clock on Friday morning next. The Royal yacht will be escorted across the Channel, by the steam frigates Liverpool and Phoebe. At Dover his Majesty will remain to breakfast. Great preparations are being made by the South-Eastern Company to decorate the pier and departure station in a manner fitting the occasion. Soon after 7 o'clock on Friday morn ing the Viceroy of Egypt will leave Charing-cross Station in a special train, with his Highness's suite and the Turkish Ambassador to meet his Majesty at Dover. As at present arranged, their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge will leave Charing-cress by the ordinary 7.25 express, which reaches Dover soon after 9. The Pasha of Egypt will return in his own train after that of the Sultan, which is expected to leave Dover soon after 12 o'clock. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge will accompany his Imperial Majesty in the State Saloon. At Charing cross great preparations are being made. All parts of the station will be prettily decorated. A raised gallery has been erected capable of accommodating about 1,200 persons. Admission to this will be by ticket, and, as a rule on these occasions, will be given almost exclusively to ladies. A guard of honour from the Grenadier Guards, with their full band, will be drawn up in the station. Outside in the open court-yard will be an escort of the Life Guards. Her Majesty's State carriages will be sent to receive the Imperial guest, the members of the Royal family, and the chief members of the suite. The procession which there will form will pass into the Strand, and thence down Parliament-street, through the Horse Guards, and along the Mall to Buckingham Palace. These thoroughfares will be closed for traffic and the line of route kept by patrols of cavalry, just in the same way as is done when her Majesty goes to open Parliament in State. The Sultan is expected to arrive at Charing-cross at about half-past 2, and the speed of the Vice roy's train will be so arranged as to reach the same station almost at the same time. The Reception of the Belgians. Yesterday several Belgian gentlemen, au advance guard of the great body, arrived in London, and were received with the greatest cordiality at the headquarters of the executive of the British com mittee, at their offices in St. Martin's-place. Amongst those who presented themselves were — M. D. Anspach, Burgomaster of Brussels ; Dailly, President of the Tir National ; M. Vander peereboom, Minister of the Interior, and some other members of the Belgian Government ; Major Stoefs, of the Brussels Guard Civic ; and M. Charles De Grille, the Belgian Consul, and other officials. Col. Loyd-Lindsay was in the chair, and Viscount Bury, who made his first appearance since his recent severe accident, also attended during the morning, and was most cordially greeted by his colleagues. The business was that of settling the details of the programme and receiving reports as to the augmen tation of the subscription list, which, since the last appeal, has been of the most satisfactory character. The details of the programme for the present week were settled to take place in the following order : This day the general committee will embark on board the Swift steamboat at Westminster-pier at 9 a.m., call at Swan-pier at 9.10 a.m., and proceed to Gravesend, where, or within a short distance, it is expected her Majesty's transport Serapis, the largest ship in the royal navy, is expected to have arrived, or will be on its way up the river. 'The visitors will then be taken on board a number of small river steamboats, which have been chartered to receive them. The whole flotilla will then come up the river with colours flying and bands on beard. To-morrow (Friday). —The rendezvous of the Belgians is the parade of the Wellington Barracks , Birdcage-walk, St. James's-park, at 10.30 a.m., and march to Guildhall to partake of the hospitality of the City, fete at the gardens of the Horticultura l Society at 4.30 p.m., conversazione at the South Kensington Museum at 8.30 p.m. Saturday.—Belgian parade in the quadrangle Of Somerset House at 10 a.m., and march to Waterloo Station for trains leaving for Wimbledon at 11.159 11.35, and 11.45, and return from Wimbledon i ll trains commencing to run at 9 p.m. The railway arrangements for the visit to Wind sor on Tuesday next were also yesterday finally arranged. The trains to Windsor with half the force will go by Waterloo at 10.15 and 10.30 a.m. , reaching Windsor at 11.15 and 11.30 a.m. Th e second half from Victoria at 11.30 and 11.45, and Great 'Western at 12.30 and 12.45. The division going down by the South-Western to return by Great Western Station at Windsor at 6 p.m., an those by the Great 'Western to return by the South - Western at 6.30 p.m. The other arrangements are not definitely settled. During the afternoon the executive committee, consisting of the Duke and Duchess of Mancheste r, Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Loyd-Lindsay, Viscount and Viscountess Bury, Colonel the Hon. C. 0 ' Lindsay, and a number of other ladies and gentle' men visited the Agricultural Hall to witness th e progress which is bei ng ma d e f or th e magn ificent ball and concert to take place there on the evening s of the 18th and 19th instant, and expressed their high gratification at the manner in which t he Messrs. Defries are carrying out the undertaking' Amongst other matters the programme of the eon' cert was submitted, and will, it appears, be upon an equal scale of magnitud e an d gran d eur w i t h t 113 ," of the ball. Amongst the artistes engaged for thi part of the festival are Miss Louisa Pyne, Madlle' Leihhart and Madame Rudersdorff, Madame Sala ton Dolby, and Mi ss J u li a D er b y; M r. Si ms Reeve ., and Mr. Cummings, Mr. Weiss and Mr. Lo ci , Thomas ; pi ano f or t e, M a d ame A ra b e ll a G o ddard " violoncello, M. Pique. The string and wind . 113 1 strutnents of the full band comprise the prince ° solo performers of her Majesty's Theatre and til hd Philharmonic societies of London, augmented 1 ".; the baud of the Grenadier Guards, by permiss l° lo of Colonel Bruce; the cho r u s t o cons ist of t ladiesand gentlemen of th e N a ti ona l Ch ora l Soc ie t y' altogether upwards of 800 p er f ormers . The CO . ductors are Mess rs . B ene di ct, G . W . M art i n , and Kingsbury ; M. L ev y i s t o b e t h e so l o i s t on the cornet-a-piston. With regard to the ball, in ° t i e° sequence of the h os t s o f app li ca ti ons th e c ommit have received upo n th e su bj ec t, it h as been de r t e er, f mined to approp r i a t e a s p ace i n th e wes tern gall ey © to reserved seats at two guineas each, entitling ,D, owners of the tickets to retain them at option B, t h : whole evening, with supper, refreshments, wine, DESTR UCTIVE FlRE.—This morning, shortly Dtro fore two o' c l oc k, a m o st d es tructive fire occurred apt he of the City Arms Tavern, King-street, Al dga ;d e - The fire-engines from the different stations shortlY rived, but, iu :Tito of the strenuous exertions of the ti men and all present, the tavern was entirely burnt 001. ' 1 ft he the adjoining houses damaged by fire and water. ,u 0 cause is at present unknown. The loss will fall e ll .Globe, London, and Liverpool fire offices.