The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-16 00:00:00

OFFICIAL DETAILS AND DESPATCHES.

We have to-day received advices from New
York, bringing full and authentic details of the
circumstances attending the execution of the Em-
peror Maximilian.

The following is the telegram of Esoobedo to the
Mexican Minister of War announcing the execution :
Ben Luis Potosi, Jane 19, 1867.

Citizen Minister of War,—On the 14th inst., at eleven
o'clock at night, the Council of War condemned
Maximilian of Hapsburg, Miguel Miramon, and
Tomas Mejia to suffer the extreme penalty of
the law. The sentence having been confirmed at
these headquarters, it was ordered to be carried
into effect on the lfith. The execution was suspended
by order of the supreme government until to-day. It is
now 7 o'clock in the morning, at which time Maximilian
has just been shot.
Please communicate to the Citizens resident of the
republic. Escousuo.
Immediately upon receipt of the news General
Berriorabal sent official information of it to Gene-
ral Reynolds, commanding the sub-district of the
Rio Grande. The event was celebrated with great
rejoicing, manifested by ringing of bells, music,
and other demonstrations.

The Baron Magnas, Prussian Minister, arrived
at Queretaro the day before the execution, and im-
mediately transmitted by telegraph a formal protest
to Juarez, which was received at half-past nine
o'clock on the evening of the same day, and in reply
to which the following was transmitted :

San LOWS Potosi., June 18-10.10 p.m.

To Baron A. V. MAGNA B , at Queretaro.

I am sorry to say to you, in answer to your telegram
which you have been pleased to send me this night, that,
as I had expressed to you the day before yesterday, the Pre-
sident of the republic is not of the opinion that it is pos•
Bible to grant the pardon of Maximilian of I lapsburg, con-
sistent with the great considerations of justice and the
necessity of insuring the future peace of the republic. I
am, baron, very respectfully your obedient servant,

S. Lmum or TIJADA.
The following is a translation of the protest of
Baron Magnus :
To his Excellency Senor Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada.
Having arrived to-day at Queretaro, I become aware
that the prisoner condemned on the 14th inst. morally
died on Sunday last. It is thus that all the world will
consider it, for all their preparations to die having been
made on that day, they waited during a whole hour to
be taken to the place whence they were to receive
their death before the order suspending the execution of
the sentence was communicated to them by means of the
telegraph. The humane customs of our age will not per-
mit them, after having suffered this horrible agony, to be
be put to death a second time to-morrow. In the name of
humanity and of honour I conjure you to order that their
lives be not taken ; and I again repeat that I am certain that
my sovereign, his Majesty the King of Prussia, and all the
crowned heads of Europe, united by ties of blood and kin-
dred to the prince prisoner, his brother, the Emperor of
Austria ; his cousin, the Queen of the British domi-
nions ; his brather-in-law, the King of the Belgians, and
also his cousins, the Queen of Spain and the Kings of
Italy and Sweden, will readily agree to give his Excellency
Senor Don Benito Juarez all security that none of the
prisoners shall again tread on Mexican soil.

A. V. MAGNAS.

...
Aocounta from Matamoros, June 28, mention
the death also of Mejia and Mirsmon, the sentence
being promulgated on the morning of June 14.
Subsequently the execution was postponed for three
days to give Maximilian time to arrange his affairs,
and it was announced that the execution would posi-
tively take place on the morning of June 19, at
11 o'clock. The Prussian and British ministers
visited Juarez at San 'Mill Potosi to endeavour to
arrest the doom of the unfortunate prince ; but
their efforts were vain. Both had returned to
Queretaro to take formal leave of Mexico, when
the prince was executed.
Maximilian was shot faced to the front. His
last words were " Poor Carlotta Minimon and
Mejia were reduced from their rank, and shot in
the back.

Esoobedo write. from Queretaro :—" I have, by
the execution of these master traitors, made terror
the order of the day everywhere. I have imposed
large contributions on the rich, and confiscated
their property and their all. When I could not
do it iu person my delegates have strictly complied
with my orders. I hope, before closing my military
career, to see the blood of every foreigner spilt that
resides in my country."
Berriozabal, the governor of Matamoros, had all
the bells rung and rockets were fired on the receipt
of the news of the execution.

Colonels were sentenced to six years' imprison-
ment, lieutenant colonels to five years' and the
minor officers to two years' imprisonment. The
brigadier generals and the exceptional officers are
to be tried by court-martial.
The city of Mexico was surrendered to Diaz on
the 21st. Juarez sent him a congratulatory
note with directions for the disposition of prisoners,
saying, " The native prisoners you will transfer to
your own command, or give them liberty, accord-
ing to the circumstances in which you find them.
The foreign prisoners you will retain for the further
disposition of the government."
Among Maximilian's papers found in Queretaro
was a will, by which, in case of his death, he ap-
points Theodosia Lanes, Joad Maria Lacunsea, and
Marquez regents of the empire. Portions of Maxi-
milan's service plate are on exhibition as trophies
at Matamoros.

No authentic news has arrived as to the dispo-
sition of the body of Maximilian.

(Limn% nusoLuts.)
FRANCE.

PARIS, JULY 16.

The following is a more complete summary of the
reply made by M. Rouher yesterday in the Legis-
lative Body to the remarks of M. Jules Fevre on
the subject of Luxemburg :
" Our policy with regard to Luxemburg has had
serious results. Ido not wish to exaggerate them.
We must not assume the position with regard to
Prussia of being triumphant. Our policy is a policy
of calmness and conciliation. We have claimed
what we believed just, and our success instead of
being a cause of irritation should prove an element
of concord and peace. The government looks upon
the question of German unity without regret for
the past, and without pre-occupation as regards the
future, with a feeling of its dignity and strength—
it is entirely without apprehension of wounded sus-
ceptibilities, in which it does not believe. The
unity of Germany is a serious fact which must have
been realised either under the Prussian or Austrian
sceptre. It has been accomplished by Prussia.
This unity has marked out its sphere. There is
nothing in that to trouble the peace of the world."
Replying to an interruption from M. niers, who
made a remark relative to the bill for the re-
organisation of the army, M. Rouher declared that
the bill in question was framed with the exclusive
idea of self-defence. "We do not wish," he added,
"to form exclusive alliances. By forming exclusive
alliances permanent enemies are created. To
summarize the policy of the government in a few
words, I may say that its diplomatic tendencies
are essentially directed towards the preservation
of peace throughout the world, and the govern.