The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-19 00:00:00

the Guard, the reg,:ment of the Empress's Dra-
goons, and two batteries of the Artillery of the
Guard. Before the filing off, his Majesty distri-
buted decorations and medals to several sub-officers
and soldiers. The Pr:nee Imperial was present
dressed in the uniform of the Imperial Guard, and
went through the ranks riding on his pony.
During the inspection, the whole of the gates, in-
cluding those of the reserved garden, were thrown
open to the public. The Japanese ambassadors
witnessed the sight from the Pavilion do l'Horloge,
and seemed deeply interested.
The funeral of Boron Salomon de Rothschild took
plan yesterday es announced, and w_.s attended
by an immense conc3urse of persons, including the
principal t celebrities in science, arts, and literature.
B iron James de Rothschild, the father, and. Barons
Alphonse and Gustave, brothers of the deceased,
were present as cilia mourners. There were
also to be seen M. Fould, Minister of Finance ;
Marshal Magnan ; the Duke de Moray; the
Doke de Persigny ; Count Wale wski ; M. Vui-
try, Governor of the Bank ; M. Forced? de La
Roquette ; M. Thiers ; M. Berryer ; General
Changarnier, &c. All the persons belonging to the
firm of MM. de Rothschild and to the Northern and
Strasburg Railways, and the pupils of the Jewish
schools, followed in the cortege. At ten o'clock the
body was placed on a hearse drawn by two horses,
which proceeded along the Boulevard to Pere La
Chaise, followed by a number of mourning carriages,
in which numerous friends of the family were seated.
After the usual prayers by the Grand Rabbi of the
General Consistory and the Rabbi of Paris, the
mortal remains of the deceased were deposited in
the family vault.
"The day for the departure of the Court to Fon-
tainebleau," says the Sport, "is not yet fixed, The
hunting equipages have arrived there. The itine-
rary of their Majesties will, it is said, be nearly the
same as last year. They will stay at Fontainbleau

till the end of June. The Emperor will then go to
Viehy and the Camp of Cha'ons, and return to
St. Cloud; he will then proceed to Biarritz, where
the Empress and the Prince Imperial, who will
reside at St. Cloud during the Emperor's absence
will have preceded his Majesty by a few days."
The France argues from the case of Lesurques
that the punishment of death ought to be abolished
altogether. It says:—" We believe that, in gene-
rously responding to the desire of the Chamber, the Govern-
ment will honourably and legitimately satisfy the public
conscience, But something more solemn hung over this
debate. To rehabilitate the memory of the innocent man,
and indemnify his family, will that suffice ? Will that be
repairing the error of human justice? Will that bring
again to life him whose head was made to roll on the fatal
scaffold by the executioner's axe ? It is that which causes a
feeling of terror, Yes, M. Jules Favre was right to say that
above the terrible Lesurques affair rises the fearful ques-
tion of capital punishment. What in our eyes increases
the importance of the vote just passed by the Legislative
Body is, that we look upon it with pleasure as a protest
against dea h punishments. We are pleased to think that
the public conscience in a French Chamber responds thus
to that universal movement which in all civilised countries
is produced and developed against the doctrine of extreme
punishments. The penalty of death was the arm of barbar-
ous societies; civilised societies reclaim the guilty parties,
and raise the level of human morality towards the divine'
ideal. They have no need to kill to preserve themselves. No ;
the punishment of dech is not a divine law, for when the
first murder steeped the ground with blood, God did not
condemn the fratricide Cain to death, but abandoned him to
the avenging terror of remorse."

BOURSE, May 18.—The market has been heavy,
and owing to a decline in the English funds prices
are rather lower. Threes, for th© Account, are now
at 66f. 70c., and Mobilier 1,160 f. • Railway Shares
quiet, but in genei al the variation has Leen trifling.
The market continued heavy to the close, and left
off as follows

4i per Cent 5....... 93 25
Do. end month....
per Cents .. 66 60
Do. end month.... 66 65
credit Mobilier.... 1160
Do. end m0nth....1157 50
Bank Shares 3367 50
Credit 14oncior
Roman
RAILWAYS.
Cash.
875
188 75 .. 987 50
885 885 --
882 50 ..
650 652 50
500
467 50
867 50 .. 366 25
406 407 60
530 532 50
480

Italian Loan 63 95
Do. end month 69
New ditto
Do. end mouth....
Russian
Austrian -
Spani,th Throes —
Homo Dobt .. 49i
Deferred

Orleans
***** 911••
tiorti‘eru
Lyous and ileditcrranoan
New ditto
SJutticru
Wetern
_Eastern ....
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona ....

Account.

668 7;5 : . 668 75
270 - .. 270 --

THE PRINCIPALITIES.

The following are the chief points of the bill for
electoral reform presented by Prince Cousa in the
Danubian Principalities:—" Are primary electors
all Roumains aged 25 years, who can read and
write, and prove the payment of annual taxes to the
amount of four ducate (11f. 80c. each), may be
eboszn direct electors, Without having to justify