The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-23 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

MELBOURNE, MAY 23.
Military affairs in New Zealand remain un-

changed.

A split has taken place between the Governor,
the Ministers, and General Cameron.
Severe gales and floods have taken place in Aw-
iralia.

FRANCE.

PARIS, JUNE 23.

Yesterday evening, at 6 o'clock, :he Emperor,
accompanied by his aide-de-camp, General Goyon,
drove a phaeton along the quays as far as the Place
de la Bastille, whence he proceeded through the
Boulevards to the Madeleine.

His Majesty was warmly cheered during the

drive.

Prince Napoleon, as soon as he could go out,
proceeded to pay a visit to the Emperor at the
Tuileries. The interview was of some length. His
Imperial Highness is about to leave Paris for
Prangins.

BOURSE, June 22.—Although the rates realised in
the markets for Stocks and Shares have not mate-
rially augmented since the opening of business to-
day, a better disposition has been manifested, and
it is satisfactory to have to notice symptoms of a
return of some degree of activity. 'fames, for the
Account, which opened at 66fr. 30c., have since im-
proved, and are uow quoted at 66fr, 37ie. The
shares of the Credit Mobilier are held firmly at
730 fr., being a slight improvement on yesterday's
closing rates. Italian Five per Cents. have also
been done on better terms, the present quotation
being 66fr. 80c. The following were the closing
quotations:—

4i per Cents 95 65 Ditto Threes. —
Do. end month — New Mexican
3 per Cents. 66 35 Do. Bonds 332 50
Do. end month 66 35 Russian B5
Credit Mobilier ... 728 75 Austrian
Do. end month ... 727 50 Spanish Threes
Bank Shares 3590 Home Debt —
Credit Foncier 1250 Deferred
Italian Loan 66 75 Roman —
Do. end month 66 72
RAIL

'AYR.

Ca oh. Acct.
Orleans
Northern 1066 25 ... 1068 75
Lyons and Mediterranean B4O ... 838 75
Southern 578 75 ... 578 73
Western 525 525
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 485 ... 486 25
North of Spain lBO ... 180
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona l5O 150

GREECE.

ATHENS, June 10,

Prior to the opening of the Chamber yesterday
some 90 deputies present in the capital met in the
hall of session, while a numerous crowd occupied
the tribunes and the space ordinarily prohibited to
the public. Deputies and spectators elbowed one
another in the most unedifying confusion. Conver-
sation was carried on in tones considerably above
regulation pitch, and it was hardly possible to make
out what was going on at the President's table,
round which the multitude surged so closely that
no passage was even left open on the side which the
King was to enter. In the midst of this disorder
the business technically termed " constituting the
bureau" of the house had to be effected. The senior
member was provisionally to take the chair, and the
juniors to officiate as secretaries. M. Bulyaris, the
leader of the Opposition, put forward M. Livadas
as the senior member, and the latter gentleman im-
mediately assumed the presidential chair. Four
other Opposition members slipped into the secre-
taries' seats, the youngest of their number being at
least 45, and therefore hardly fulfilling the requisite
condition of juvenility. The main point, however,
was for the Opposition to gain a small advantage,
if possible, over the Ministerialists by getting their
candidates into the posts of authority. The victory
seemed already won. But now came the tug of
war ; Greek did meet Greek practically, and, in
fact, Admiral Canaris presented himself and claimed
the presidency upon the score of seniority to the
present occupant of the chair. M. Livadas de-
clining to give up his post, the deputies and the
general public took part in the squabble. Poor old
Admiral Canaris was bullied or encouraged, told to
come down or go up according to the political bias
of the speaker ; cheers and hisses broke forth from
the tribunes ; a hand-to-hand contest seemed upon
the point of taking place when, luckily for the pre-
servation of the public peace, in came M. Braila,
Minister for foreign affairs. His arrival, promising
as it looked at first, did not ultimately mend matters
much, for with a view of yielding to neither party,
he proposed a third candidate—M. Marcora, deputy
for Corfu—and as a natural consequence succeeded
in discontenting both. The crowd around the table
would not let M. Marcora pass, and when M.
Caumaunduras proposed that the question should
be put to the vote, the !Opposition party rejected
that mild compromise as well.
How the row would have ended is exceedingly
doubtful, had not M. Lazaretas, the member for
Zea, by some means succeeded in getting through
the crowd, and ejecting M.Livadas, by persuasion or
force, from the chair, in which he immediately in-
stalled his own person. " I am the sinner. Let him
turn me out who can," or words to that effect, was
the first Presidential speech of the session. The
roar of laughter that succeeded seemed to put every-
body in a good humour, for M. Lazaretas, though
by no means the oldest member present, succeeded
in keeping his post. Other members dislodged the
opposition secretaries, and the house being thus
" constituted," business commenced. The first thing
to be done was to choose a committee by lot
to receive the King at the main entrance
after which the swearing-in of the members com-
menced by the Metropolitan. The noise, however,
still continued, and it was hardly possible to hear a
word.

At half-past eleven the usher announced the
arrival of the King, which seemed to produce very
little impression. His Majesty was, however, re-
ceived with enthusiastic cheering, although order
and silence were not fully restored in one of the
tribunes. His Majesty began to read his speech in
the midst of the noise, stopping from time to time
in the hope the disturbance would cease. Losing
patience at past, lie called out to the noise-maters
to 12e ailout, but with very little dot) forowtwith-

standing the clearness of his accent and the loud
tone in which he spoke, the speech was very im-
perfectly heard to the close.
Commenting upon the above, La Grke says :

" The mournful impression produced upon thepublic
by the disgraceful scenes that have taken place is
not yet effaced, and more than one already despair
of a Chamber which has so ill inaugurated its
career. God grant that the sinister„presentiments
of the public may not be realised, and that we may
not see the spectacle renewed which the last con-
stituent Assembly so frequently offered us. If
violent men have again succeeded in getting the
people to entrust them with a mission imposing
upon them so many duties, we are happy to believe
that they are few in number, and that the con-
viction of their weakness will make them retreat
within the bounds they ought never to have passed."

CANADA.
MONTREAL June 9.

The following is the farewell address presented to
Gen. Williams by the volunteer corps, together with
his reply :
"To his Excellency Lieutenant-General Sir IV.
Fenwick Williams, of Kars, Bart., K.C.8., com-
manding her Majesty's forces in British North
America.

" Sir,—We, the undersigned, the Commandant,
Staff, and officers commanding corps of the Volun-
teer Militia of the City of Montreal, desire, on be-
half of that force, to express to your excellency the
deep regret they feel at your approaching departure,
and request most respectfully and cordially to wish
you farewell. During the years that your excellency
has commanded the forces in this portion of her
Majesty's dominions events have transpired on this
continent of no ordinary importance ; events, too,
that on more than one occasion have threatened to
interrupt our peaceful relations, and to bring about
the arbitrament of war with our powerful neighbours.
Since the period at which your excellency as-
sumed command in these provinces the volunteer
militia force of Canada, to which we belong,
and which is, in effect, the only organised por-
tion of our militia, has largely increased, both
in number and efficiency, and we are well
aware how much of this satisfactory result is due
to the countenance which your excellency has uni-
formly afforded to those who, under circumstances
of much difficulty and with but little encourage-
ment, have felt it their duty to use their humble
efforts in promoting the military training of the
loyal manhood of Canada. It is in vain for us to
attempt, within the limits of a simple address, to
express to your excellency all the thanks we owe
you for the assistance you have given to the volun-
teer militia during the time you have been amongst
us, or the real regret experienced at your departure.
We can but once again most respectfully bid you
farewell, and pray that you may be long spared to
the profession of which you are so bright an orna-
ment, and to the Queen and country of whom you
are so distinguished a servant.
" Signed on behalf of the Volunteer Militia of the
City of Montreal, this 9th day of June, 1865."
General Sir F. Williams replied as follows :
" To Colonel Dyde, the Staff, and officers com-
manding Corps of the Volunteer Militia of the City
of Montreal,—l return you my hearty and sincere
thanks for the sentiments of esteem and regard
which you express towards me in this address, and
beg to assure you that your regrets at the present
moment of my departure from among you are
mutual. The last four years of my command
have indeed been eventful as regards the history
of this continent, yet peace has been preserved
between us and the United States ; and I firmly
believe that the good sense of both nations, guided
by wise Governments, will insure us a long con-
tinuance of this inestimable blessing. I especially
thank you for the mention you make of my friendly
assistance and encouragement of your zeal and un-
remitting efforts to increase the number and effi-
ciency of the volunteer force of Montreal ; and no
military man or competent judge in private lifewho
has witnessed the results of these exertions can un-
dervalue their extent and efficacy, and it reflects
the higher credit upon the commandant and his
officers when I admit that all this has been effected
under circumstances of peculiar difficulty. In
taking leave of the volunteer force collectively, I
beg to express my sentiments of regard for their
commandant, who has so gallantly and successfully
struggled against all difficulties, and also for those
officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, for
their discipline and subordination. I bid you adieu
with the hope of occasionally revisiting this great
city, and I have reason to hope that one of its first
improvements may be a drill-shed worthy of it, and
which will enable you to pursue your course of
military instruction with increased efficiency.
" (Signed) W. F. WILLIAMS, Lieut.-General.
" Montreal, June 9."

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, JUNE 22.

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 :