The Sun. — London, England, 1867-08-17 00:00:00

C OVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. COVENT-GARDEN CONCERTS. EVERY EVENING. Under the sole Direction of Mr. JOHN RUSSELL Vocalists : Madlle. Sarolts, 141Alle. Eraclio. Instrumentalists : M. Webb, pianist; Mr. Richard Levey, violinist ; Le Petit 8013113 y, xylophone ; Mr. Reynolds, cornet-a-pistons ; the Courtois Brass Band Union. Band of 100 performers. Conductor, Signor Bottesini. Mr. Hassell has also the pleasure to announce that, in order to givo eclat to these Concerts, he has engaged, solely for the dance mu , ie, the services of the renowned Johann Strauss, from Viennt. The refreshment department is entrusted to the eminent firm of Spiers and Pond. Promenade, amphitheatre stalls, and amphitheatre, ls.; private boxes for four persons: grand tier, .£2 25., .£1 lls. 6d., and £1 ls. ; do. first tier, 10s. 6d. ; dress circle, 2s. 6d. The BOX OFFICE, under the portico of the Opera in Bow-street, is OPEN DAILY, from Ten till Five, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Hall. Doors open at half-past seven. Commence at eight. /1111EA'r RE RO YAL DRURY-LAN E. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. 1 0 . B. Chattert(.. - . - 2. THIS EVENING. THAT RAS CAL JAEN. Niei.3rs. J. Roue, J. Neville, C. Warner; Mesdames B. Aleyne, C. Thompson. To conclude with TETE GREAT CITY. Messrs. C. Warner, F. Morton. J. Fitzjames. Villiers, J. C. Cowl er r NN M'lntyrc, .I. Rouse, J. Irving. J. B. Johnstone; Mesdames M. Robertson, IL G. Le Thiere. C. Thomp:on. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buokstone. THIS EVENING, THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Messrs. Chippendale. Backstone. Rogers, Compton, Howe, Kendal, Gordon, Braid, C , ark, White, Weathersby, Dalton, Mesdames Sedgw . ck , Chippendale, Fltzwilliam, Coleman. kc. asl ter which, TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIV E POUNDS. Mr. Buckstone. TJ conclude with THE RIFLE, AND HOW TO USE IT Mr. Compton. Commence at Seven. lIEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and )Tanager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING. a DCW Musical Drama. GARIBALDI IN SICILY. Miss Itqden. Miss Emily ; Messrs. It. rhilllrs. J. G. Taylor. and Ashley. After whict T. Clarke , at 8, MUCH AD O A BOUT NOTHI NG Messrs. Nevil e , Bill in g ton, Stuart, Ashley, ~ G.. 'Taylor, C. H. Stephenson. Romer; Misses hate Terry, E Pitt Hughes, and A. Seaman. To conclude with A LICESLI OF LUCK. hers Mo. J. Clarke, Taylor, C. hen, C. J. Emit Miss A. Seaman and Miss E. Pitts ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee. Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. W igan. TO-NIGHT, SIX MONTHS AGO. Mr. Clayton. Mr. II J. Montawue, Miss U. Palmer. After which, THE GRASSHOPPER. Messrs.H.Wigan, P. Murray, and J. Clayton; Mesdames Ada and Emma Webb, and Sheridan. To conclude with BETTY MARTIN. Mr. G. Vinoznt and Miss E. linen. Doors open at half-past Six ; commence at Seven. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. Vininz Under the Msnazement of Mr. Hermann Veen. THIS EVENING, the .iv commence th THE DAY AFTER THEverformanc W EDDING. III Mr. E. Price wi and M iss Nell) , Moore. After which, at 8, THE MAN 0' AIEL lE. :Times II tre.. Dell, Mr. Hermann Veztn: Messrs. E. Price, H. Forrester, gc ; Misses E. Stuart and Nelly Moore. To conclude with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE. Miss Polly Marshall. Doors ones at 7 ; commencz at halt-past. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress , Sirs. Swanborough. THIS EVF,NING, REVERSES. Messrs. S. Emery. Par selle, F. Robson, W. Swanborough ; Mt adames Ada Swan borough, Johnstone, and Slanders. After which, KENILWORTH. Messrs. Thorne and James; Mesdames Swanborouzh, Holt, Gwynne, Commence at halt-past Seven. R OY AL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS, HIGH HOLBORN. BRILLIANT AND UNABATED SUCCESS. THIS EVENING. an almost Entire Change of Pro gramme. M. VIDAL in his Wonderful Performance on the RHO3IBOID. Immensely Exciting " VAN ISHING ACT," by the Eccentric ABBO f l'. The BROTHERS BRAD BURY, in a new and daring Double Act of Horsemanship. The BROTHERS DANIELS, the Musical Clowns. 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JUAREZ has many difficulties to contend against, since LAZADA defies him, and it is re ported that MARQUEZ, the brother of Aln:Amos, and other generals, are organising a large force in the mountains. An officer of the United States navy has gone to the capital to demand, it is said, the person of SANTA ANNA, who is now reported to be alive, and in captivity at Campeachy. Among the constant proofs of the general gre and selfishness of the money-getting world tha• thrust themselves unpleasantly upon the attention it is gratifying to meet, as we sometimes do, with evidences of large-hearted generosity and public spirit. We have in the records of to-day two such instances, reflecting honour on our countrymen, and showing that England has still among her men of business individuals with whom the acquisition of money is only regarded es a means of benefiting their. fellow-creatures. It is just ten years ago since Sir FRANCIS CROSSLEY presented a People's Park to the Mayor and Cor poration of Halifax, accompanying it with the con dition that they spent not less than £315 per annum in its preservation. This they gladly undertook to do, and the park has ever since been a source of pleasant, healthful, and innocent recreation to the busy and populous neighbourhood. Sir FRANCIS CROSSLEY has now enhanced the value of his gift still further. By the munificent donation of £6,000 he has provided an investment for realising the necessary income, so that the inhabi tants of Halifax have no longer any responsibility in connection with the park, which remains the free gift of its public-spirited and munificent donor. The other instance of generosity to which we alluded is even more remarkable. At the annual meeting of the Mersey Steel and Iron Company, held yester day at Liverpool, with Mr. T. HORSFALL, M.P., in the chair, it was stated that, owing to the general depression of trade, there had been a loss in the year's workings of £6,712, added to a loss of over £7,000 from depreciation of the machinery, &c. The chairman stated that himself and his brother, after mature consideration, had agreed to waive their claim to £64,000 of the goodwill, which was valued at £91,000 at the time the business was transferred to the company. Such an act speaks for itself , and will bring its own reward. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS, (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Thursday Evening. There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at the Tuileries, at which the Emperor presided. The Emperor has conferred the dignity of Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour upon .._ _ Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne, French Ambassa dor in London. There is a report in Paris that the Prince is about to leave London, to assume another diplomatic post. On the occasion of the Emperor's fete to-day his Majesty has pardoned or commuted the term of imprisonment of two or three hundred persons confined in the colonies, the hulks, or prisons. A similar act of grace has been awarded to many soldiers and sailors condemned by military anti naval tribunals. The evening iloniteur, reviewing foreign affairs, says:— "The Federal Council, established by virtue of the new Constitution of Northern Germany, is to meet on the 15th (to -day). It is announced that the Prussian Budget of 1866 is balanced, in spite of the war, with an excess of receipts of nearly a million of dollars, and tint the Budget for the current year will, in all probability, pre sent a similar excess. For the next year, there fore, there will be no new taxes, or increase in those I which now exist. " A great many political exiles have returned to Hungary. The assemblies of the Comitats approve of the policy adopted by the Ministry over which Count Andrassy presides, and the Hunga rian nation considers it a point of honour to jus tify the confidence which the Emperor King has placed in it. "A committee, which is now sitting at Vienna during the adjournment of the sessions of the Reichsrath, is occupied with the project of a penal code, which has been drawn up by the most enlight ened juris-consults. Anxious to give his Empire laws most in harmony with the progress of social science, the Emperor Francis Joseph made an ap peal to the most distinguished professors of law in the German Universities, and the Minister of Jus tice is present at all the sittings of the committee, in whichorde arisero k respecting pa yt article l r ti e e aed l e r learned ft h e discussions eew pro ject of law alluded to." Vice-Admiral de la Grandiere has taken posses sion, in the name of the Emperor, of three western provinces of Lower Cochin China, three of which, those of Bien-11°a, Saigon, and Mitho, have belonged to France since 1862. The country in question is composed of six provinces, and the whole of Lower Cochin China is now under the dominion of France. The three new provinces now acquired by France were only left in the possession of the Sovereign of Annam because he undertook to main tain tranquillity there, and particularly not to allow them to become the refuge of bands of robbers. These promises, however, were not fulfilled, and France was determined to take possession of them. The annexation was affected without force of arms. The jury have found Madame Frigard guilty of the murder of the widow Mertens, and of the other charges laid in the indictment, that is to say, for gery and robbery from the person after death, but without premeditation," so she escapes the punish ment of death, and is sentenced to hard labour for life. Considering that the forgeries were committed at long intervals, it seems somewhat curious that the jury thought there was no "premeditation." Another strange thing in this strange trial was the defence of the prisoner's counsel, M. Lachaud. After an elaborate argument, to show that the evi dence did not prove the commission of the murder by the prisoner, he argued that there was no murder at all. The deceased might have died from indi— gestion. The food was not digested, as the analysis of the contents of the stomach showed, and there was no trace of any poison. This sort of argu ment reminds one involuntarily of the defence set up in America, in a case where damage was claimed for injury done to a copper, which the defendant had borrowed. The first plea was that the copper was not injured. Secondly, that it was worked before the plaintiff lent it to the defendant. Thirdly, that the defendant never had the c e o h p au pe d r e a e t hteh al d l. ed A th s at to L he was an inaray being, a shadow. In regard to the disguises of Williams, " I," said the learned counsel, " knew very well at the Court of Assize another English man, a Mr. Howard, who every day wore a fresh beard and a fresh wig." In reference to Williams, I f.rgot to mention that one of the witnesses gravely told me that out of ten Englishmen who came to his hotel six were named Williams. On learning strange things about England in France, M. Lachaud's argument in regird to the forgery was equally novel.' 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The affairs of Germany generally engage parti cular attention at this time of the year, and although we b ave now no disturbances to chronicle, it cannot be said that all is settled in the state of the country, or that the multifarious arrangements are by any means completed which are supposed to effect unity, and make one kingdom or empire out of a score of small principalities. Not that it follows that this will be lasting when it is done, for there does not seem to exist much agreement among the divers interests and various claims. In pursuance with the wish of some of the members of the Bavarian Chamber, a meeting of South German Deputies was held the other day at Stuttgardt, at which resolutions were passed more or less significant, but the general tenour of them seems to inculcate a spirited feeling. It is stated that it is imperatively neces sary that the South German States should be re united with Northern Germany. The fifth resolu tion is an important one, - which states that the people must demand their full share of the benefits of the constitution of the North German Confedera tion. It seems, indeed, as if the chief object of these assertions were to vindicate the rights of the people, and to point out how and in what manner general freedom might be obtained. German citizens, it is said, ought to settle trade and on matters, and it is evident that the of South Germany to regulate these in common with the North is " fully justifiable, and cannot be refused." The only way, it is declared, to attain a complete union of the South German States with North Germany will be to enter the North German Conftderation, "in spite of the de fects and faults of its Constitution, and of the de plorable mistakes of the Prussian Govern ment." This is plain speaking, at any rate, and cannot be interpreted in any way that is favourable and flattering to the Berlin Govern ment. The final resolution affirms that the German people, so soon as they possess the necessary organs of their will and power, would take care of their own interests, and " satisfy their desire for free development, and fulfil their mission for the civilisation of mankind." However it may suit the views of some to declare that all is proceeding exactly as Count BISMARCK may desire, it looks very much as if those represen tatives intended to assert the rights of the commu nity, and to make the influence of the people felt, if possible, in contradistinction to that of the oppres sive weight of Prussian dictation. When all is arranged according to the best of Count BIS MARCK'S plans, he may find the task be has imposed upon himself an impracticable one after all, and the end may be that an amount of peace and a degree of liberty little expected or desired by that statesman may be obtained by the German States. It is well known that the extraordinary successes of last year would never have been gained by Prussia had not there been a strong desire on the part of many German States to become joined with Prussia rather than remain as they were. German princes were fast becoming nonen tities ; but we expect that, long before this, those most anxious for a change have discovered that they have substituted King Stork for King Log. At any rate no one at all competent to judge can dispute the fact that a general dislike to Prussia is the prevailing sentiment among all the lesser states and principalities, and such a result is indeed a deplorable one. If a war bad broken out this summer between Prussia and France, where would King WILLIAM have formed willing allies? Not among those whom he had cajoled, and then deceived, outwitted, and then trampled upon. When the inevitable crash comes, and hostilities, long delayed, at last ensue, between these two rival Powers the world may learn a lesson of the value of truth and honesty by witnessing the evils wrought to Prussia from the want of those principles of action. The French Emperor will soon meet the Emperor of Austria, and who can tell what may be the result of their conferences. Prussia is now moving heaven and earth to gain over all interests to herself from France, but she may not find it so easy to do so as she imagines. The prestige of the French Govern ment far excels that of the authorities at Berlin, and we would not give much for the chances of the one against the other. It is curious enough to notice that when any one begins to sum up the various events of the last few years, he is met at every turn by the traces of Prussian cruelty, and the records of her treachery are innumerable. Thus Denmark has not been forgotten, nor, indeed, is it likely that her wrongs will be suffered to pass into oblivion, for her sacrifice has had many bitter consequences. The war of last year was mainly attributable to the effects of the Dane-German war, and the more momentous struggle that in all probability is yet impending may be traced to the same cause. Prolific of misery, and most fruitful in evil consequences, has indeed been the whole course of Prussian policy of late years ; and the worst of it is that the effects will fall not only upon the people of Prussia, who are in a great measure innocent of the intention to do harm, but on many others also. Germany unity is a grand sounding timing, but who shall define its exact meaning ? One thing it does not mean, and that is attachment to Prussia and reliance on her pro- It would seem from the news brought by the Persia, from New York, that the Democratic party is rapidly gaining ground, having carried the elec tions in Kentucky by a majority of 60,000, electing the Governor, most of the members of the Legisla lature, and the member to Congress, Mr. GALTO DAT. I❑ other parts of the country the Radical commanders are resolved to make the most of their power while they have it. General SICKLES has ordered the postponement of the North Carolina Legislature until further notice, and directed the suspension of trial by jury until the jury lists are revised. So that the favoured State of Carolina will be without any sort of popular repre sentation, and without trial by jury, two of the fundamental guarantees of public liberty. The same thing is going on all through the South. General POPE has ordered all civil suits against officers for acts done in pursuance of military orders to be abandoned ; General SIIERIDAN has removed the city treasurer of New Orleans and appointed his successor. It is manifest that great abuses of power are likely to accrue under such a sys tem. It is nothing letter than wholesale des potism, from which the sufferers have no appeal or resource. They have no representatives in the National Assembly, they have in the case of the North Carolinians no State Legislature, and in the other States their local authorities are displaced or suspended according to every caprice of the military comtnauders, so that they have no one to apply to _for redress against their oppassors, The [HE SUN, LONuON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1867. tie Bank, in order that she might claim it again on the ground that payment had been made with out duo caution. Supposing the documents to be forged, however, they were perhaps forged with the connivance of the deceased, who intrusted the prisoner with the business, as they were in partnership together, and it was done for their mutual benefit. In conclusion the learned counsel said—" I repeat, the prisoner had not ex hibited any fear, because she knew that it was God who enlightened judges, and as God enlightened there could not be any mistake, and therefore the jury would say that she was innocent." Nothing is thought of to day but the grand Ate, and the crowds are everywhere enormous. An extraordinary change in the weather took place about three o'clock this morning. It became much colder, and rain began. There was a great deal of rain in the early part of the day, and the temperature was fresh--an excessive relief aftcr the tremendous and prostrating heat of yesterday. The fete to-day is not only that of Napoleon, but is kept by the Catholic Church as that of Sainte Marie and the Assumption. Soon after the arrival of the King of Greece in Paris he left for the camp at Chalons to visit the Emperor PARIS, Friday Evening. No papers have been published this morning, the printers having had a holiday yesterday in order to enjoy the Emperor's fete. Never was it celebrated with such eclat. The spectacle last night in the Champs Elysees, the Place de la Concorde, and the Tuileries surpassed in glittering splendour all that is recorded by fancy in Eastern tales. It may be safely described as a sight unparalleled for brilliancy and marvellous dazzling. The miles of route of the Champs Elysde,s, with the avenues in all directions, formed a rich blaze of various coloured lights. The flower-beds and trees seemed on fire, and the fountains played around lamps ex hibiting all the colours of the rainbow. The crowd was enormous, but, as far as I have heard, nothing occurred to mar the delight of the evening, as was unhappily the case last year. As to the fireworks, the " oldest inhabitant" never saw anything like them. They as well as the fete went off well. The last word is not yet said about Madame Fri gard, the lady who commits murder and forgery without premeditation." Seldom has so much morbid curiosity and interest been displayed as in this case. Sad to say, the women seem to sympathise more with the prisoner than with the victim. The court was crowded with women. The jury deliberated more than an hour. On their return into court the foreman of the jury, on the question being put by the President, rose with great solemnity, and placing his hand upon his heart, said in a faltering tone, " On my honour and my conscience, before God and before men, the reply of the jury is, upon the first question (assassination of Madame Sidonie Mertens), " Yes ; the accused is guilty. (A. feel ing of horror pervaded the court at this announce ment.) The answer of the jury is affirmative on all the questions relative to the forgeries. The ver dict is mitigated by the admission of extenuating circumstances." In France a prisoner is not present when the verdict is delivered, as in England, but on his return to court the judge informs him what there is in store for his advantage. The president ordered that Madame Frigard should b e brought back into court. She looked very pale, but beard the reading of the verdict with perfect indifference, She turned towards her counsel, and with a sad and melan choly look, thanked him for the exertions he had made to save her. The president told the prisoner that, in consequence of the verdict of the jury, she was condemned to hard labour for life. 'I he pri soner was conducted to her cell, and the persons in court departed, evidently in deep emotion. One strange thing is that Mme. Mertens had many admirers. Even two of the young men who were witnesses went so far as to openly express their admiration of her. Although so well known a con test has arisen as to the colour of her hair, some speaking of her as a blonde and others as a brunette. This knotty point has been settled somewhat in the same way as the dispute be tween the true travellers as to the colour of the cameleon. Doctor Leblanc, who dissected the body, speaks almost in the same tone of adoration as the two witnesses just mentioned. He says " the head of the deceased was ornamented with luxurious blonde (fair) hair." Bets, it appears, were made as to the colour of the widow's hair. Fortunately (or unfortunately, however, as the case may be) a per son, who says he saw the body of the victim twice, said she wore a wig ! As to Kelly or Williams — the myth or Mr. Harris—or the imaginary being, as the prisoner's counsel called him, he really was at Melun in person during the whole of the trial, but this husband for a day left the town immedi ately upon its conclusion. A person employed at the Hotel at Fontainebleau, where the two ladies slept, told a traveller that his master was afraid the murder might cause injury to his establishment. So far from this being the case, however, the hotel has become quite a card for tourists, who go and visit it as one of the curiosities of the locality. The coachmen and guiles of the forest do not fail to take travellers to the spot where the body of the victim lay for five days before it was discovered. Nor is this all, for there is no want of persons who go to sleep in No. 11 and No. 12 at the hotel, the rooms occupied by the murderess-and her victim, on the night previous to the murder. The remains of Sidonie Mertens were interred in a grave at the cemetery of Fontainebleau with becoming respect, but in that portion of it which is devoted to the burial of the poor. She was of course very poor at her death, for "her friend" bad robbed her of all money, although " without premeditation." The effect, however, was the same. " Who steals my purse steals trash." As to the " good name" of the victim, that—but no, de nortuis. Count de la Bedoyere, Senator, whose death I mentioned, was born in 1814, and was consequently 53 years old. He was the son of the unfortunate Bedoyere who in 1815 paid for his attachment to the Imperial cause with his life. The deceased was one of the Emperor's chamberlains. More meetings of sovereigns are announced. The King of Prussia was to meet the King of Sweden and Norway yesterday at Cassel, after which he would immediately return to Berlin. Some writers always attribute political objects to these Royal meetings, but it would bo almost too much to imagine that Prussia wants to do anything in the annexation line with Sweden. Perhaps she only follows the advice of Earl Russell, who said when you lose the friendship of one Power, " we must make other alliances." Ira Aldridge, the black tragedian who played Othello at Varseillcs a short time ago without paint ing, died recently. He was on his way to St. Petersburg. Alexandre Dumas wrote a work about him a short time ago. The iron-clad French Mediterranean squadron, under the command of Vice-Admiral Count de Gucydon, is at sea before Bastia, and in the course of a month will be joined by three naval divisions in the roads of Ajaccio. The squadron is constantly occupied with various new and important naval evolutions. The squadron will not leave the coast of Ajaccio till September. According to the Memorial Diplomatique, M. de Beust is very desirous to announce to the Cham ber that the negotiations with the Holy See for the revision of the Concordat are likely to lead to prac tical results. With a view to accele rate the pro gress of the negociations, the Minister has thou g ht it right to concentrate them at Vienna, and Baron de Hubner, Ambassador from Austria to the Holy See, will mine from Rome to the former city, in order to take part in them. Baron de Hubner has conferred with the Pope upon the subject, and there is every reason to believe that his Holiness is pre pared to make any reasonable concession in order to arrive at a satisfactory solution of the difficulties with which this important mater is environed. The heat has returned. It has been stormy and showery like April. About three o' clock in the afternoon the rain fell for ten minutes in what may be truly described as torrents. The sun then again shone with intensity. There is every indication of a tempest ; indeed, there was a slight admixture of thunder with the heavy rain. A letter from 13rusels states that the Empress Charlotte of Mexico is considerably improved both in health and appearance, and a hope is held out that she will yet be restored to reason. Her Ma jesty and the Queen of the Belgians drive out daily in a pony chaise. The inventors of startling news are very hard up, for in political matters nothing is stirring but stagnation. The last canard was that yesterday's illoniteztr would contain something that would astonish, if not alarm, the natives, but the official journal was singularly destitute of exciting topics or announcements. LATEST INTELLIGENCF. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ITALY. FLORENCE, Aug. 16, Evening. Chevalier Nigra leaves this evening for Paris to resume his functions as Italian Minister at the French Court. The Opinione, alluding to his de parture, expresses the hope that he will be enabled to remove any ill-feeling which may yet exist be tween France and Italy relative to the strict ful filment of the September Convention. MADRID, Aug. 16. SPAIN. A grand ball was given here last night, at the Palace of San Ildefonso, in honour of the King and Queen of Portugal. Their Majesties will arrive at Madrid to-morrow. PORTUGAL. LISBON, August 17. The Government have granted to an English firm a concession for laying down a submarine telegraph cable between England and Portugal. BAVARIA. MUNICH, August 17. The Kiug leaves for Augsburg to-day to meet the Emperor Napoleon, who will arrive in that town and stay the night there on his way to S.klz burg. THE CANDIAN INSURRECTION. TRIESTE, Aug. 17. Intelligence received here from Athens to the 10th of August states that the Cretan Insurrec tionary Government have notified the foreign Consuls of its intention to issue letters of marque for the equipment of privateers. The Cretan pri vateers were to carry a white flag, with a red raven, and the motto " Crete." The removal of the Cretan families from the island by French, Russian, and Italian vessels continued. The insurgents still held out, and the Turks had withdrawn front Sphakia. Omar Pacha was greatly dissatisfied at the removal of the Cretan families, and had asked permission to leave the island and return to Constantinople. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Aug. 16 (Evening; The Emperor leaves to-day for Ischl, whence, ac companied by the Empress and a large retinue, he will take his departure for Salzburg, arriving there on the evening of the 17th. The Emperor and Empress of the French will arrive on the evening of the 18th. A telegram feom Salzburg states that the com mon council of that town have resolved to con sider the visit of the Emperor Napoleon as strictly private, and to avoid any political demonstration. Baron von Beust leaves for Salzburg to-morrow. He received yesterday Baron Hulmer, who hai arrived hero from Rome. VIENNA, Aug. 17 Baron Von. Beust has given instructions to Baron von Ilubner, the Austrian Minister at Rome, in reference to the demand made by Austria for the revision of the Concordat. The Council of Minis ters took this question into consideration yester day. Further liberal concessions by the Austrian Go vernmeut to the Protestants arc cxrected. HUNGARY. The Hungarian Government have confiscated at he frontier 9,000 needle guns sent from Berlin to Belgrade. THE BOMBAY MAIL. MALTA, Aug. 16 The Tanjore and Nyanza leave at 6 p.m. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 19th, and the latter at Southampton on the 25th inst. The Euxine, from Southampton, 4th inst., arrived on the 14th at 7 a.m., and left at noon for Alex andria. The Delta, from Marseilles, 12th inst., arrived at 10 p.m. on the 14th and left at 3 a.m. on the 15th for Alexandria. HAMBURG. HAMBURG, Aug. 17, The Austrian Consul-General in this city has re ceived the necessary instructions for forwarding to their homes the former soldiers of the Mexican Legion, who are shortly expected to arrive here. FRANCE. PARIS, Aug. 17. M. Pietri, the Prefect of Police, has been named Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. BOURSE, Aug. 16, Two o'clock.—The bi-weekly settlement takes place to-day ; the market shows every sign of indifference, and the few requisite transactions are done at lower rates. Threes are quoted at 69f. 70c., with a decline of 10c. ; Italian Fives are 25c. lower, at 491. 20c. Credit Mobilier have declined 3f. 75c., at 328 f. 25c. ; Credit Fon cier and Comptoir d'Escompte each 21. 50e., at 1,392 f. 50c. and 722 f. 50c. Immobiliere Shares lose 6f. 25c., at 153 f. 75c. Railway Shares are also quoted with a decline of from 21. 50c. to sf. ,owing were the last quo- Three o'clock.—The fol: tations :- 41 per Cents lOO 50 Do. end month — 3 per Cents. 69 80 Do. end month 69 671 Credit Mobilior 325 Do. end month Credit Foncier 1390 Do. end month 1385 -- Bank Shares 1345 Italian Loan 49 40 Do. end month 49 40 Mexican Loan l4 Do. Bonds llO Spanish Threes _, Home Debt Deferred BAILW LT 8. For Account. Orleans Northern ll6O Lyons and Mediterranean 892 25 Southern 555 Western 572 50 Eastern Sardinian — Austrian Lombard 3Bl 25 North of Spain — Saragosea - - Roman. 65 AMERICA. (Per Persia.) NEW YORK, Aug. 7 Tho Stanton imbroglio is the topic of the day. The President on the sth instant, according to the New York Times, addressed Mr. Stanton as fol- lows : " Considerations of public interest will persuade me to accept your resignation if tendered." To which Stanton replied :—" Considerations of pubic interest have prevailed with me to hold this office for months past, and considerations of public in terest will prevail with me to hold it till the assembling of Congress." The Herald's version of the correspondence is substantially the same, excepting that it makes the President actually request Mr. Stanton to resign. The affair causes great excitement iu political circles, and it appears to be generally apprehended that an issue involving serious probabilities cannot be avoided. Mr. Johnson's power to remove the refractory Secretary is denied by some, who contend that the Tenure of Office Bill deprived him of that power. The clause relating to the case is as fol lows :—" Provided that the Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, Navy, and Interior, and the Post master-General and Attorney-General, shall hold their offices respectively during the term of the President who appointed them, and one month thereafter, subject to removal by and with the ad vice and consent of the Senate." It is understood that Mr. Johnson takes the ground that he can remove Mr. Stanton under this bill, as lie did not appoint him. Mr. Pierrepont, one of the counsel for the pro secution of Surratt, during his su;nming-up addre.s, asserted that when Democrats denounced the exe cution of Mrs. Surratt they denounced President Johnson, as when the President signed Mrs. Sur ratt's death-warrant he had before him a recom mendation that clemency should be shown her on account of her age and sex, which recommendation was signed by Judge-Advocate Bingham, General Hunter, and several other members of the Military Commission. It is emphatically denied by the National lntelligencer and other Washington jour nals that the recommendation referred to was seen by the President until some two months ago ; its delivery to him having been purposely intercepted. It is said that a certain prominent official will soon furnish particulars concerning Mrs. Surratt's case that will astonish the public and cause great indig [ nation against a prominent Cabinet officer. The iron Monitor Onandaga, recently sold to the French Government, started for Cherbourg on Friday, but was compelled to put back next day in a disabled condition. The vessel would not mind her rudder, and was generally pronounced by her officers unseaworthy. The cholera and yellow fever are prevalent at New Orleans and Galveston, and fears are enter tained that they will become epidemic. The cholera is also said to be increasing in the valley of the Mississippi. The evaporations from the flooded lands and the protracted rains will, it is feared, cause the disease to spread to a serious extent. Some few cases have been reported in New York and vicinity, but these are considered merely sporadic. Advices from Western Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado indicate a protracted Indian war, unless the national forces can be brought against the Indians before they effect much further organisa tion. The Cretan Insurrection. (From a Correspondent of the Times.) ATHENS, Aug. 8. The bad success of the insurrection in Crete having destroyed the prospect of an immediate union of that island with the Greek kingdom, a deep gloom has fallen over Greece. All the plans and dreams of the political leaders at Athens have been dissipated. There will be no garrisons to send out, no rich staff appointments to bestow, and no places with which to reward hosts of hungry em ployes. Yet in one important point the manoeuvres of the Greek Government have been attended with complete success. The cry for foreign intervention on the ground of humanity has been listened to by the Cabinets of the Continent, and France, Russia, and Italy, persuaded that humanity ought to pre vail over every political consideration, have sent ships to Crete to carry off all the Christian families in Sphakia who may desire to leave the island. At first Omar Pasba objected to this act of intervention, as tending to injure the cause of humanity by pro longing hostilities ; but he subsequently accorded a tacit consent to the measures adopted by the French Admiral. Already more than 3,000 women and children have been embarked on the shores of the district of Sphakia and landed in Greece by French, Russian, and Italian men-of-war. This morning a French corvette has entered the Piraeus with upwards of 300, and in the course of a few days the French and Russian Admirals are expected with as many as they have already brought. Nor is it only with foreign ships of war that refugees are arriving from Crete. Numbers escape in the Arkadi to Syra every week, and small sailing vessels carry families to the islands of Cerigo and Milo. Before the end of the next week there can be little doubt that the new emigration will have added upwards of 6,000 re fugees to the number already in Greece, and will, in all probability, carry it up to 20,000 souls. The funds supplied by private charity from Eng land, Russia, and the United States being nearly exhausted, the Greek Government is compelled to undertake the charge of feeding these emigrants, who have been dispersed about in different towns of the continent and in the islands which afforded the greatest facilities for lodging them. The security in which the whole insurgent population of Sphakia, Selinos, and the neighbouring districts has now placed its non-combatants will enable it to take measures for recommencing a vigorous guerilla war , fare, and as soon as Omar Pasha withdraws hie troops into the fortresses and the posts which he proposes to occupy permanently bands of armed men will issue from the fastnesses of the Spbakian mountains and the heights of Mount Ida, where they have concealed themselves. The Ottoman Government protested energetically against this intervention on the part of the Euro pean Powers, declaring that the massacres reported to have occurred by the Consuls at Canea were in most cases mere fabrications, that the prolongation of the insurrection is due to the same agency as that which fabricates these reports, and to the direct supplies of troops and ammunition which are con stantly sent into the country from Greece, that if numbers of families are really wandering about in the mountains and on the sea shore thisis caused by the instigation of Greek agents, who promise them support in Greece. The Ottoman Government declares that it is anxious to transport these families back to their native villages, but, though it has objected to all direct interference on the part of the European Powers, it will now give orders that no impediment be placed in the way of removing the women and children whom the foreign admirals may desire to embark. Even concerning the embarkation of these fugi tives we have had the most absurd reports put in circulation at Athens, in order to increase the hatred which the Greeks bear to the Turks. Omar Pasha was said to have cannonaded the rocks of Sphakia that overhang the sea, in order to drive away the women and children before the arrival of the foreign ships, and the French Admiral was told that it would be needless to visit Sphakia, as ho would find nobody to save. Count de Gobineau and Admiral Simon were not deceived by this imaginary assault of Omar Pasha on the rocks. The admiral hastened down to Sphakia, and embarked nearly a thousand women and children who were assembled in the villages on the coast waiting for foreign interven tion, but who had not yet heard of the cannonad ing. The condition of the refugees who have arrived in Greece recently differs greatly. Those brought by Admiral Simon were in good condition, and ap peared to have suffered comparatively little of the miseries of war, for they belonged to the families of the Sphakians, and had been living almost until the time of their einbarcation in their native villages. But those who have arrived subsequently by the Arkadi were refuges from Selinos, whose villages were destroyed some time since, and who have been long wandering up and ace, and mountains of Sphakia in a state of absolute destitution, often n w ant of bread. The hardships which these fami lies have suffered, and the state of misery in which they were found at the time of their embarkation is indescribable. The newspapers of Athens, with that contempt for numerical exactitude which has characterised their general treatment of the Cretan insurrection, boldly assert that there are alre t3y about 40,000 Cretan refugees in Greece, and that their support costs the country 60,000 drachmas a month. How Greece will employ and educate these emigrants is a subject of deep interest and great political im portance, even though the number may not exceed 01ie-half of that which the papers report. In all probability before many months are past the Bri..ish Government will have good reason to congratulate itself A having abstained from interfering to aug- - meat the mass of misery and the amount of demo ralisation which this emigration will render both intolerable and irremediable unless wise measures bo taken while there is yet time. Reports are spread whenever the Austrian steamer arrives from Crete of victories gained by the insurgents in order to keep up the hopes of the Greeks. But the feeling that the insurrection has failed and that, for the present at least, the hope of union must be abandoned, is spreading in spite of the endeavours of the Government to prevent it, and this feeling is causing dissatisfaction among the people and alarm to the present Ministry. It would, however, be very unjust to render the Cabinet of Mr. Koumoundouros responsible for evils which have resulted from pursuing a line of policy im posed on the Government by the people. A discon tented people, however, which made success a necessity in the course it dictated, may now prove very unjust to a Ministry which has been unable to command, and, it may safely be said, even to deserve success. The dilemma caused by the expenditure of money, overstraining political force, and sur exciting national hopes in Crete, Thessaly, and Epirus, is now said in every coffeehouse in Athens to be internal ruin or war with Turkey. Ruin seems to mean an empty treasury, which, consider ing the manner in which the Greek Government I has been employing its resources for the last two years, might turn out to be a blessing to the country. With regard to war with Turkey. It is only suprosed that such a war would save Greece from worse than financial ruin by rendering foreign intervention an immediate necessity. Foreign in terference would, in the opinion of many, efface the black spots, moral, financial, administrative, and military, which now deface the political prospects of Greece. The Ministry is accused by some and praised by others for having made some demon strations of an intention to revive movements on the Thessalian frontier ; but the resources of Go vernment are exhausted, the confidence of the nation in its military and political leaders is shaken, and the Turks have already taken the alarm, and are ready for any event. ~ --i - tiffnii .M 4 t__ Ike • 115Grkr ---- tirailat HER MAJESTY, &c• OSBORNE, Aug. 16. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, and attended by Lady Waterpark, drove to St. Clair yesterday afternoon, and honoured Colonel and Lady Catherine Vernon Harcourt with a visit. Major-General F. H. Seymour was in attendance upon horseback. Her Majesty and Princess Louise walked in the grounds this morning. Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also walked out. The Earl and Countess of Hardwieke have left Osborne. A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council sat yesterday at the Privy Council-office, Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle plague. The Lords present were the Lord President and Lord Robert Montagu. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, August 16. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Aug. 16. fr. c. Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 Profits in addition to Aug. 8. 182, fl - 0,000 -- capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,014,776 02 7,014,776 02 Reserve of the Bank 22,105,750 11 22,105,750 14 and its branches Reserve of landed pro perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 --- Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur rent creditor 90,374,342 86 90,338,066 59 Current accounts, Paris 256,371,263 12 251,705,602 43 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 1,643,931 75 1,890,985 70 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 28,179,021 71 25,710,029 50 - -- 7,70,228 11 8,135, -----• 571 09 Total CREDITOR. Aug. 16. Aug. 8. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. e. Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis- 4 counted, not yet duo 223,784,909 68 236 2,52332,232992 65 Do. branch banks 230,018,609 226,179,243 -- Advances on deposit of 57 bullion ,767,500 59,088,000 -- Do. branch banks 9 ,56 8 ,131 9,477,991 --- Do. on French Public Securities 12,566,500 12,435,900 -- Do. by branch banks 7,013,500 7,223,400 -' Do. on railway shares and debentures - Do. branch banks - Do. on Credit Foucier Bonds - Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60 , 000,000 Government Stock re serve 12,980,750 1 1 12,980,750 11 Do. disposable Rentes Immobalis6es (Law, June '2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 ..'" Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed p ro pel ty branches Expenses ,of manage ment 673,081 46 636,197 514 Sundries _...6' ------ q 6 Total 1,766,079,414 24 1,759,487,215 - Certified by the Senator Governor of the Bank of Franc e ' (Signed) BouLaxn. The Bank Returns. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the c if ; cu lation of the private and joint - stock banks in Engl6ll,: and Walbs for the four weeks ending the 20th of JU These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the s ame p eriod, and the aVerago cu lation of the Bank of Englan d for the four weeks encle.r the 17th of July (the nearest date furnished by o ° l , r eturns), will give the followi n g results of the circulittit, of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with previous month June 42, • July 20, $ 0 1867. 1807. Increase.lDe...2„...-tela • -- --- -- Bank of England... 22,80,89 G 23,952,320 1,058,930 ;;/0 Private Banks 2 ,66 2 ,84 2,657,26: - ".,' 1 „.. J o i n t-stock Banks 2,2 5 1 ,093 2,45 7 .23 4 6,135 ............ --- --- , 1 kt Total in England. 2 7 , 807,82 . 28,867,314 1,059,456 1 252 ,4 Scot l an d 4,733,753 4,530,907 1 4 6 9* I re l an d 5,363,5:1 5,158,827 ... --- " ...• United Kingdom. - , 37,955,107 1 39,557, , )48! 601,441 And as compared with the month ending the 2let July, 1866, the above returns show £1,157,426 in the circulation of notes in England, s il ; a te 3 d e crease of £925,523 in the circulation o f the IJL'.- Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fired issues oftbe several banks the following is the state of the circulation'' The English private banks aro below their fixed xi,376,355 issue The English joint-stock banks are below the . 481, 40 1 fixed issue £1,85 6 +36 Total belowfixed issue in England ... ; The Scotch banks are abov e their fixed issue ,-166' The Irish banks are below their fixed issue ;g n 6 g The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of land in both departments du rin g the month ending the c4 i of July was £22,502,624, being an inc rease of 1.1136',• 9 o f as compared with the previous month, said au WOO° 1i Yr. £8,112,927 when compared with the same period e the The following are the amounts of specie held by n t h Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the of July : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ... £2,625, 107 by B Gold and silver held the Irish banks •.. . 2,58° Being a decrease of £198,407 as compared with the l' r r eci .. Rolls return, and an iucrease of £301,677 wh en c omFa with the corresponding period last year. ....a A FALSE WEIGHTS AND Y M EA SURES.—YeStadaer-strcett Petty Sessions was he ld at the Vestry-hall, TIPP 'Li ood Islington, when a grea t number of tradespeople at.t° to answer summonses char g ing them with being 11'sNvere s ession of fulse weights, scales, and measures. '1 wposed vn about 100 persons.