The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-11 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 11, 1867.

peachment most, of course, be presented, and
will very probably be discussed—that report is
understood to advise the passing of a vote of cen-
sure on the PRESIDENT, and he will certainly have
to thank his ATTORNEY-GENF:HAL if Congress
should be in a mood to listen to the advice. But
the important work of the session, which is not
likely to be a long one, will be the passing of a
declaratory or explanatory Act putting into the
Reconstruction Acts the meaning and force
which Mr. S star has so carefully taken out
of them. In doing this there is, of course, oppor-
tunity for making them more stringent than be-
fore, and there is at least some probability that
Mr. STANBERY'S liberal interpretation of the dis-
franchising clauses may go the way of his other
readings of the meaning of the Acta. Every hos-
tile interference with the reconstruction policy
which public opinion has so conclusively endorsed
has tended to the disadvantage of those whom
the Administration so officiously befriends, and
if the present attempt to nullify the action of
Congress in enforcing that policy is attended with
consequences disastrous to the present governments
of the South, it will be the fault of the Cabinet.
It is a misfortune for the whole nation that the
question has been reopened ; but we can only
hope, as we believe, that the moderation and self-
control which Congress has hitherto exhibited in
this matter will equally characterise it, now that
a sudden emergency has called it together in the
oppressive fervours of an American summer, and
that it will, as before, reject the counsels of ex-
tremists of all parties, and content itself with
simply preventing the threatened reversal of a
policy which has already been conducted to the
very threshold of success.

Mkt Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, JULY 10.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louis of
Ilene and Princess Louise, drove out yesterday afternoon.
Princess Beatrice took a drive in an open carriage, and
Prince Leopold also drove out, attended by Mr. Legge.
Prince Louis of Hesse went to London yesterday,
attended by Captain von Westerweller. His Royal High-
ness returned to Windsor Castle this morning.
Her Majesty, Princess Louis of Hesse, Prince Leopold,
and Princess Beatrice went out in the grounds this
morning.

Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Barring-
ton, went to London.

The Queen of Prussia left Windsor Castle yestenlay for
Paris, not London, as erroneously stated.
Mr. A. Melville has bad the honour of submitting to her
Majesty his picture of the Prince of Wales receiving the
freedom of the City of London.

The Prince of Wales, attended by General Sir William
Enollya and Captain Ellis, inaugurated the opening of the
London College of the International Educational Society,
at Spring-grove, near Hounslow, yesterday.
The Princess of Wales, accompanied by Princess Louise,
took a carriage drive in the afternoon.
In the evening the Prince of Wales dined with the Earl
of Derby at his official residence in Downing-street.

A deputation from the Colonial Commissioners to the
Paris Exhibition of 1867, consisting of Mr. W. F. De
Solis, Mr. G. M. Waterhouse, Mr. W. Walker, Mr. J.
Currey, and Mr. W. B. Lewis (secretary), had an inter-
view with the Lord President of the Council. at the Privy
Council offioe, Whitehall, yestenlay, on matters connected
with the Paris Exhibition.

A deputation from the county of Oxford and borough of
Banbury, consisting of Lieutenant-Colonel North, M.P.,
Mr. B. Samuelson, M.P., Mr. H. Norris, d.P., M. W. B.
Harrison (mayor of Banbury), and Mr. F. Day (town clerk's
office, Banbury), had an interview with the Lord President
of the Council, at the Privy Council-office, Whitehall,
yesterday, upon the subject of licenses for the movement
of cattle.

A deputation from the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons, consisting of Mr. C. N. Newdegate, M.P., Mr.
W. Field, jun. (the president), Mr. H. M. Wilkinson, Mr.
W. J. Goodwin, Professors Spooner, Siminonda, and
Yarnell, and Messrs. J. C. Broad, Harpley, Fleming,
Gowring, Ernes, Cowie, and Mr. W. H. Coates (the
secretary), had an interview with the Lord President of
the Council, at the Privy Council office, Whitehall,
yesterday, upon the subject of the Veterinary Surgeons
Bill and the granting of diplomas.
Mr. De Solis, Mr. Waterhouse, Mr. Currey, and
Mr. Walker had an interview with the Duke of Bucking.
ham, at the Colonial-office, yesterday.
Despatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial-
office, from the Covernor•Ceneral of Canada. Despatches
were sent to the Governors of Malta, Ceylon, Hong Kong,
Labuan, and the Straits settlements.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO OSBORNE.—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 pro-
ceed, via Basingstoke and Bishopetoke, to Gosport. The
arrangements for the journey will be under the control of
Mr. J. Grierson, of the Great Western, and Mr. W. Godson,
of the South Western line.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. —Hie Highness the
Viceroy of Egypt has signified his intention to honour Her
Majesty'. Theatre with a special visit tl'• reyie::
highness will be acesomparda Lis Excellency the Turkish
Azzsorasatior, and will be attended by their Excellencies
Ragbib Pasha (President of the Egyptian Assembly),Nubar
Pasha (Minister of Foreign Affairs), Telsat Pasha (Chief
of his Highness's Council), Hassan Pasha, and Ries Pasha.
Major-General Francis Seymour, C.B. (Groom-in-Waiting
to her Majesty), who is specially attached to his Highness
the Viceroy, will also be in attendance, as also Colonel
Stanton, C. 8., R.E. (her Majesty's Consul-General for
Egypt).
THE VICEROY OF EGYPT. —The Earl and Countess
of Derby gave a magnificent entertainment to the Viceroy
of Egypt last evening, at his lordship's official residence in
Downing-street, when the Prince of Wales, the Duke of
Cambridge, the Princess Mary Adelaide, and Prince
of Teck were present, The Viceroy was accompanied by
Mahar Pacha and Ragib Paeha, and attended by Major-
General Seymour (Equerry to the Queen) and Colonel
Stanton. There were also present to meet the illustrious
guests at dinner—The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
and Lady Cornelia;Churehill, the Duke and Duchess of Wel-
lington, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl
and Countess of Bradford, the Earl of Malmesbury, the
Earl and Countess of Dudley, Viscount and Viscountess
Barrington, Lord Stanley, Lord and Lady Cecilia
Bingham, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer and Mrs. Disraeli, Hon. Frederick and Lady Con-
stance Stanley, Colonel Hon. W. P. and Lady Emma
Talbot, Lady Cecilia Molyneux, Colonel Clifton (in wait-
ing on the Duke of Cambridge), and Captain Ellis (in wait
ing on the Prince of Wales). The band of the Grenadier
Guards, under the direction of Mr. D. Godfrey, performed
during dinner. In the evening the Countess of Derby had
a reception, at which a numerous and brilliant company
were present.

The Earl of Bective entertained at dinner, at his
residence in Grafton-street, yesterday evening, the Duke
end Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis of Graham, the
Earl and Countess of Listowel, the E.ul and Countess of
Harewood, the Counter of Scarborough and Lady Algitha
Lumley. the Earl Cowper, Lord and Lady Wbarncliffe,
Hon. C. Edgcumbe, Sir Rainald Kuightley, Colonel Leslie,
Mr. Chaplin, Ac.

His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury gave
his annual dinner yesterday at Lambeth Palace to the
stewards of the recent festival of the Sons of the Clergy.
The invitations included the Dukes of Grafton and Cleve-
land, K.G. ; Earl Cadogan, the Bishops of Lichfield and
Peterborough, Lords Cranworth and Digby, the Right
Hon. Mr. Goechen, M.l'. ; Sir John Rolt, M.P., her
Majesty's Attorney-General, the Right Hon.the Lord Mayor,
Aldermen Copeland, Finals, Allen and Cotton ; Mr.
Alderman and Sheriff Waterlow, Mr. Sheriff Lycett ; Rev.
Dr. Thompson, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge ;
Rev. Professor Heurtley, D.D. ; Rev. Dr. Vivian, Rev.
Canon Hawkins, Revs. George Ainslie. J. W. Conant,
C. R. Davy, J. J. Stanton, and J. R. Woodford ; Lieut.-
Colonel Gray, M.P. ; Messrs. Walter Hughes, Henry
Pownall, Gordon Wyatt Clark, R. W. Kennard, M.P. ;
Hunter Rodwell, Q.C. ; Charles John Raker, Elias Chad-
wick, R. N. Fowler, John Bowder, Charles James Monk,
M.P. ; and John Kinaltan and the Master of Merchant
Taylors' company.

The Countess Cowper's ball is postponed from
Tuesday, the IGth, to Monday, the 22nd inst.

It is confidently reported in legal circles (says
the Herald) that Sir John Holt, the Attorney-General, has
been appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
the late Lord Justice Turner, and that in view of the
large arrears of business, there being upwards of 150
appeals in arreer, besides the ordinary lunacy and bank-
ruptcy business, he will take his seat almost immediately.
The good results of the Compulsory Vaccination
Act are strikingly exhibited in the return of deaths regis-
tered in the Dublin district during the past quarter. The
estimated population is 314,409, and the total number of
deaths registered during the quarter was 2,173, yet not
one of these was from smallpox.

It was on Tuesday night that Our American
Cousin was represented on the boards of the Italian Opera,
Faris. The house was full—pit, bores, and galleries.
There were a good many French, and it is no blame to
them if they were usable to make out all that was going
on. They were a good deal amused at the appearance of
Mr. Sothern as his Lordship ; but the hearty laughter
which broke out at his best points—the vain effort to
count his fingers, and the reading of brother Sam's letter—
proved that the majority of the audience were English and
Americans.

A meeting of the Neutrality Laws Commissioners
was held yesterday. Present : Lord Cranworth, Lord
Houghton, Lord Cairns, Right Hon. Sir William Erle,
Sir George W. W. Bramwell, Sir R. J. Philliinore. Q.C. ;
Sir Bounden Palmer, M.P., Q.C. ; Mr. Travers Twits,
Q.C. ; Mr. W. V. Vernon Haroourt, Q.C. ; Mr. Thomas
Baring, M.P. ; and Mr. W. H. Gregory, M.P. Mr. C. S. A.
Abbott, attached to the commission, and Mr. F. P.
001110 W, secretary, were also present.
The CI ifden and Stamford Cups, which were
submitted to the inspection of the Prince of Wales on
Tuesday, are now on view at the manufacturer's, Mr. J.
W. Benson, of 25, Old Bond•street.

to the journals by his friends denying the fact is a
fiction founded upon his desire to be incognito. The
Presse this evening, however, maintains that the
Havre journal is mistaken.
The Bourse was a little firmer, but an attempt to
bring up the Rente to 69fr. did not succeed. The
closing prices were those of yesterday. Italian rose
Inc., and Mobilier. 31r. 50e. Coruptoir d'Escompte
fell sfr.

A SCENE IN THE FRENCH CORPS
LEGISLATIF.

The following scene took place in the Corps
Legislatif at the close of M. Favre's speech on
Tuesday :
Jutzs FAVRE—Maximilian has sealed his foolhardy
enterprise with his blood ; for all of us he is now a victim
whose memory is to held sacred. (Applause.) So long hack
as September, 1865, the French government considered
Maximilian's position to be untenable, and I, therefore,
charge it—entertaining as it did that oonvicticn—with
having taken none of the precautions which prudence
dictated, and with having prevented that prince from
leaving Mexico. (Loud denial.) We are all unanimous
in our feeling respecting the sanginary events of which
that country has been the theatre ; but the French govern.
ment has been wanting in wisdore and in calmness, by
publishing in an official journal words which may produce
a deplorable effect on the other side of the Atlantic.
(Approval from the left.)
M. BILMONTZT—It has given expression to the general
sentiment of Europe.
M. Jt LEN FAVIE—And when it appeals to Divine right
I reply that the fate of the humblest child of France, who
dies obscurely on a foreign soil in the performance of his
duty, is more worthy of sympathy than that of a Prince
who perishes in defence of his throne. (Cries of " Order,
order.")

The PRE•4IDIST—M. JUJU Fayre protests not only
against the sentiment of the chamber, but of that of the
country and of all Europe. (Loud cries of approval.) If
he persists in the expression of such opinions I shall be
obliged to call him to order.

M. EI;GENE PELLETAN—We esteem a Frenchman more
than we do an Austrian archduke.
The Duke nn Manama—Let there be no distinction
between victims

M. JI.LES FAVRE-It is because I repel all distinction
that I pronounced the words which have excited the
Chamber. No reasons of political necessity can justify
the conduct of the government during the latter period of
the expedition. Maximilian went on the faith of our pro-
miles, with our army, and he ought to have been sup-
ported by it. Yes, I have experienced a feeling of pro-
found affliction that this unhappy prince was not brought
back to Europe with our troops, so that France might
have been sheltered from the blood that has been spilt,
and which will fall upon her head. (Loud exclamations
and cries of " Order, order !" Applause from some
benches.)

The Paxiiiimer—The latter words of the honourable
member may well fall upon his own head, in the eyes of
the whole country. (Sensation ; loud applause.)
M. Juun FAVRE—No person in this chamber, not even
our hon. President, whom I respect, is entitled to bold
such language to me—to me, who am one of that minority
which, when it was in power, overthrew the scaffold for
political crimes, which you have again set up. (Loud ex-
pressions of dissect.) I have always protested from this
place in favour of the inviolability of human life, and if
you had taken these protestations into consideration, per-
haps we should not be now deploring the calamity that
has occurred. (Great agitation.)
11 ROUHER-1 will not reply at present to the two
speeches which have just been delivered. I shall defer
that task until to-morrow, if the chamber will permit me ;
but I cannot allow the sitting to close without protesting
against the language used a moment since by IC Jules
Favre—(hear, hear)—and against the insertions which he
has made. The hon. member insists that the responsi-
bility falls on France.
IL Julia FAVIIE—No, no ; on the government.
Several Rumens—You said on France. (Great agita-
tion.)

THE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN.

(REUTER% LLTILZSB.)

MADRID, JOLT 7.

The Official Gazette of the 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 indignation ex-
cited and all persons of right feeling in a
state of alarm, has at length been confirmed.
Thus much is revealed by the successive despatches which,
in place of calming, have continually increased the public
anxiety—Europe, perplexed and amazed, refusing to be-
lieve what she could hardly conceive possible. The
Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, who had been pro-
claimed such by the free vote of the popula-
tion, 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 nut through victory, not
through the forams 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
►ugust prisoner his life, it will now for ever take from this
monstrous deed the character of alegitimate act of warfare.
Yet presently democracies will proclaim humanity a dogma
and will condemn the punishment of death in that society
which only defends itself ! Let peoples learn !