The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-22 00:00:00

an insult and a mockery to the intelligence
of those to whom they are addressed, unless deeds
are substituted for words, and a meaning is found
to exist in the promises besides the desire to cajole
in lieu of coercing the people, or compromise them-
selves so that they cannot afterwards extricate them-
selves from the arrangements hastily made in good
faith.

LA TEST . INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

ROME.

ROME, Nov. 21.

Four encounters between the Pontifical gendarmes
and the brigands have taken place, in which the
former displayed great energy.
No case of cholera has occurred here.

Although by no means so dangerous and un-
scrupulous as Prussia, Austria pursues so tortuous
a policy that it is impossible to place any
implicit reliance in the professions she makes.
However good the proposals may be that emanate
from the Vienna Government, there can be no cer-
tainty that they will be carried out in their entirety,
or allowed to continue in full working even if they
succeed to the extent of their promises, or beyond
them. The suspension of the Constitution of the
26th of February has naturally given rise to great
misgivings, and people inquire, with great justice,
what confidence can they place in such a policy
of inconsistency, and a system which has no solid
foundation. It is not the way to inspire respect
or to secure confidence thus to veer about to suit
the fancies of the hour; and the attempt to make
political capital out of national rights is neither a
fair nor a faithful interpretation of the duties of a
Government. Attention is very naturally directed
to this subject at present, on account of the excite-
ment that prevails concerning it in Vienna just now.
The Abend Post has lately contained an article on
the suspension, and it is the more significant on
account of its having been revised by Count
BELEREDI.

SPAIN.
MADRID, Nov. 21 (Evening).

The Queen's health continues to improve.
The Bolsa states that Senor Madoz will not sign
the forthcoming manifesto of the Progressist party.

FRANCE.

The Moniteur publishes the following note :

great number of persons pretending to have claims
to the succession of a General Genin, reported to
have recently died in Brazil leaving a considerable
fortune, have claimed the intervention of the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, in order to obtain
information respecting the said succession. From
information transmitted by the French legation at
Rio Janeiro it appears that no heritage of that name
is known in Brazil, and that the oldest functionaries
of the country, when interrogated on the subject,
declare that they have never heard any, one
speak of a General Genin."
Several Imperial decrees, issued at the instance of
the Minister of IVar, make twelve promotions to
the rank of Officer in the Legion of Honour, and
twenty-four nominations as Knights. Other
decrees confer the military medal on fifty-nine non-
commissioned officers and. privates as an acknow-
ledgment of long and gallant services, or for dis,;
tinguished conduct during the prevalence of the
cholera.
The collection of paintings, drawings, and curio-
sities belonging to the late Marquis de Villette, who
so long had the custody of Voltaire's heart, was
lately sold by auction at his chateau near Pont St.
Mayence (Oise). The historical curiosities excited
great competition. A crown of gilt paper presented
to Voltaire at the Theatre-Frangais was knocked
down at 440 fr. ; a satin waistcoat belonging to him
fetched 4901 r. ; his robe de chambre, 990 fr. ; his
arm-chair, 2,000 fr. ; and a portrait of him at the
age of 35, by Largilliere, 6,200 fr. Voltaire gave
this picture to Mlle. de Livry, but afterwards ex-
pressed a wish that Mme. de Villette should have it.
Mlle. de Livry, who had become Mme. de Gouver-
net, consented, and Voltaire himself carried it to
Mme. de Villette, in whose family it has since

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AMERICA.

It will not surprise many far-sighted judges to
leern that no period is fixed upon for a return to
the forms of the Charter, although it was generally
supposed in the country immediately interested that
such would be the case. Itis curious to noticethe rea-
sons given in this official document for the policy of
the Government. We are told that the bases of the
political aims are the Imperial Manifesto of the 26th
of September, and the Patent Law of that date.
Further on it is stated that those daily papers are
incorrect which have been declaring that the " sus-
pension of the Constitution will end in a given
time." It is a very hopeless prospect that lies be-
fore the lover of freedom in Austria according to
this account, and no doubt it is a substantially cor-
rect one. It was not likely that so peculiar an ar-
rangement as the suspension of the Constitution
would have taken place had not there been
some other motive in the background than the
professed one of conciliating Hungary. We find
it has been confidently set forward that "before
there can be a general constitution having in it the
principle of vitality" there must be accord in the
fundamental laws of the empire in all its different
parts. If it be necessary to wait until the relations
between the Crown and Hungary are definitively
settled there will be a very long time to wait. No
real reason exists for the suspension of the law for
the representation of the empire until Hungary shall
consent to send representatives to the Austrian
Reichsrath. It is playing off one against the other
in a very dexterous but not a very creditable manner.
The " constitutional organisation" of the Empire
is made the stalking-horse for a great many
purposes, but there is little reason in any of, them,
and a very short investigation will serve to show
their fallacy. In reality, it was quite unnecessary
for the Government to have suspended the
Constitution at all, and the best proof of
the undesirability of their course is given
in the delay that has taken place in restor-
ing it. Such a course naturally unsettles
the minds of the people, and gives rise to all kinds
of suspicions as to the honesty of the powers that
be. Clever as these German Governments may be,
they will find out their mistake if they go
too far in trifling with the feelings, and abus-
ing the confidence of the people. The Hungarians
are not so easily tal,:en in as may be imagined, and
they will look well to the meaning of all proposals
to them before they commit themselves. The
EMPEROR and his Ministers will very likely end by
displeasing all parties, and incurring the indig-
nation of those who trusted that a better era
was dawning for Austria. If one thing makes
people more angry than another it is the notion
of being entrapped and the more we consider
the aspect of affairs in Vienna, the more must
we consider that they have been greatly mis-
managed. It is idle to go backwards and forwards
in this trifling manner with the conduct of a great
country, and the shuffling course pursued will
inevitably result in evil, unless a very different
leaf is shortly turned over by the Imperial Govern-
ment.

remained.
The Imperial Court of Lyons has just heard an
appeal from a judgment of the Correctional Tribunal
under the following circumstances :—ln August last,
a stone-cutter named Lauras, a medium who pre-
tended to be in communication with St. James the
Less, and M. Bidreman, an officier de sante, were
charged, the former as principal and the latter as
accomplice, in committing frauds on several sick
persons, by pretending to give them infallible
remedies. Lauras was condemned to a month's im-
prisonment, and Bidreman to six days of the same
punishment, and also to 15fr. fine for infringing the
laws concerning his profession by not getting his
diploma duly signed on establishing himself in
Lyons. Bidreman now appealed against that deci-
sion, and as it appeared that he fully believed in
the virtues of magnetism and in the results obtained
by the remedies recommended by Lauras, the Court
decided that he had not been guilty of swindling
within the meaning of the law, and accordingly an
nulled the condemnation to imprisonment, but
maintained the fine for infringing the regulations
with regard to his diploma.
The Courrier de Bretagne states that the Em-
peror, before leaving Paris for Compiegne, gave
orders for the examination of a plan for draining
and fertilising the lands of Brittany. The mode to
be adopted will be the same as that already em-
ployed in the country between Bordeaux and Bay-
onne.

The bulletin of the Paris Observatory givos tho
following as the atmospheric situation yesterday :
" Between Sunday and Monday the barometer fell
about 10 millimetres in the North Sea. At the
Helder on Sunday it was 764, and this morning it
has fallen to 754. This decline is also extending to
all the coasts of the Channel and to the greater part
of France. The atmospheric pressure has become
weaker by 5 millimetres at Brest, and by 4 at Bil-
bao. With this fall of the barometer corresponds a
return of winds from the S.W., and this morning
the sky was overcast over the greater part of the
coasts in the west and north-west of France ; rain
fell at Bilbao, Napoleon-Vendee, Lorient, and
Havre. The wind is in general moderate, neverthe-

less a despatch from Boulogne signalises a very
strong gale from the S.W. In the Adriatic the
calm which was momentarily disturbed was re-esta-
blished this morning." In Paris yesterday the
atmosphere was humid and the temperature mild.
At three the thermometer marked 12 Centigrade
(53k Fahrenheit.)
The Imperial Court of Paris has just heard an
appeal from a judgment of the Civil Tribunal of
the Seine in an action brought by M. Frezier,
horse-dealer, of Paris, against the Duke of Saxe-
Coburg Gotha, to recover the sum of 8,100 fr., the
price of four horses bought for the duke, but of
which he had refused to accept delivery. It appeared
from the statement of counsel that the duke went
to M. Frezier in 1863 for the purpose of purchasing
horses, but did not find any to suit him. M. Frezier

then said that he was going to the fair of Guibray,
and would there buy the horses required, which,
according to his statement, were four Anglo-Nor-
man post-horses, but the duke maintained that he
only ordered two horses for a sporting carriage. On
the 15th August, 1863, four horses were sent off to
Germany under the care of a man named Wouters,
who received 1,350 f. for travelling expenses from M.
Antoine Kcenigswarter, banker, brother to the Saxe-
Coburg charge d'affaires at Paris. The duke refused
the horses on the ground that there were four in-
stead of two, that they were Percherons, not Nor-
man, as he wished, and that the price was above
2,000 fr. each, whereas he had fixed his maximum
price at 1,600 fr. each. He, however, expressed his
willingness to pay the travelling expenses. The
horses were in consequence brought back to Paris
and placed at livery, as M. Frezier refused to receive
them. The latter maintained that the duke had
authorised M. Konigswarter to select the horses,
and that they had transferred the duty to Wouters,
who received from them his travelling expenses,
and the money to buy four sets of harness. The
Duke was therefore bound to take the horses. The
Tribunal, however, considered that the plaintiff had
not established the fact that the horses had been ac-
cepted by a person duly authorised by the Duke,
and accordingly rejected his demand. Against this
judgment M. Frezier now appealed, but as he failed
to satisfy the court that the horses had been duly
accepted, it confirmed the decision of the Civil
Tribunal.

One of the theatrical journals, in announcing tha4
M. Sardou dined on Friday at the Emperor's table,
remarks that such was not the case when another

piece of his, " Les Ganaches," was represented under
similar circumstances and before the same illustrious
audience. The difference in question," says the same
journal, " is not attributable to the cool reception
of the former production as compared with the pre-
sent one, but to the fact that M. Sardou has since
then received the Cross of the Legion of Honour.
It appears to be decided that writers in the latter
position may dino at the Imperial table, whilst
those not so decorated are assigned places at
the table of the Commandant of the Palace with the
performers playing in the piece."—ln the " Famine
Benoiton," M. Sardou makes Mlle. Fargueil, who
plays one of the ladies, exclaim :
"Ah ! simple attiro of my early youth, what is now be-
come of you ? Ten yards of muslin, throe of ribbon, and
a flower in the hair ? and with that, 15 years of age, a
brilliant complexion, and the delight of a first ball ! What
worn-out pleasure-seeker would not feel a thrill of emo,
tion at the sight of a dross so simple and a joy so naivo ?
Ah ! muslin, white muslin ; the ungrateful mothers who
were indebted to you for their husbands now deny you to
th;ir daughters! 0 sacred muslin, Virgin of the toilet,

THE SUN, LONDON,` WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 18b5.

save our young girls who are drowning themselves in
floods of lace !"

As a comment on the above it may be mentioned
that the toilettes of the four ladies who play in the
" Famine Benoiton" cost not less than 80, 000 fr. ;
and that Mlle. Fargueil pronounces this eulogy of
white muslin in a dress valued at 7,000 fr. ! -
BOURSE, Nov. 21.—Two o'Clock.—The market
is inanimate, with a fractional advance on certain
Securities, and a similar decline on others. Three
per Cent. Rentes are quoted 68f. 521 e. Italian
Fives are doing at 64f. 95c. French and Spanish
Mobiliers show a slight decline. Comptoir d'Es-
compte have receded 2f. 50c., and Lombard and
Austrian Shares are quoted lf. 25c. lower. In the
Railway Market North of Spain have an advance of
2f. 50c., and Southern If. 25c. Northern and
Lyons are unvaried. Three o'Clock.—The market
has left off at the following quotations :-
4i per Cents 97 Ditto Thaws —
Do. end month Roman 74
3 per Cents. 6B 50 Mexican Loan 49 25
Do. end month 6B 55 Do. Bonds 327 50
Credit Mobilier ... 875 Russian —
Do. end month ... 876 25 Austrian
Bank Shares 3730 Spanish Threes 42 50
Credit Fonder 1330 Home Debt

Daferred -

Acct.
... 822 50
... 1008 75

- - 825 -
- - ... 568 75
- - ... 533 75
... 518 75
207 50
- ... 408 75
- ... 383 75
- ... 176 25
- - ... 211 25

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158 75

(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)
(For City of Boston.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 11 (Noon).

An important interview took place, on the 9th
inst., between President Johnson and a delegation
of the members of the North Carolina State Con-
vention. The delegates urged upon the President
the anxiety of the people of their state to effect a
full restoration of their former relations with the
National Government. He requested also that the
test oath prescribed for Congressional Members
should be repealed. Mr. Johnson, in reply, con-
gratulated the gentlemen upon the progress made
by their state towards reconstruction, and com-
plimented the spirit evinced by the people.
He, however, said that it was absolutely neces-
sary, in his judgment, that the Legislature of North
Carolina should adopt the slavery prohibition
amendment of the national Constitution. He also
informed the delegates that Provisional Governor
Holden will be instructed to continue to act as State
Executive until he shall be relieved by express
orders.

Southern advices are unusually meagre. Governor
Humphreys, of Mississippi, has issued a proclama-
tion calling upon citizens to maintain law and order,
and to avoid oppressing the negroes in any manner.

Texas advices state that the freedmen in that state
generally refuse to work, and that the agricultural
interests there are suffering greatly in consequence.
Colonel Thomas, Assistant Commissioner of the
Freedmen's Bureau in Mississippi, announces that
the Legislature of the State manifests, through the
action of the Committee on Freedmen, a disposition
to deal fairly and generously with the negroes,
several bills for their protection having already been
framed.

The n egroes in Louisiana are said to be regarded
by the white population with increasing aversion.
Secretary Seward recently telegraphed Provi-
sional Governor Perry, of South Carolina, instruct-
ing him, in the name of the President, to continue
to exercise the duties of his office until further in-
structions are received. The telegrams adds :
" The President observes with regret that neither
the Convention nor the Legislature of South Caro-
lina has repudiated the debts and obligations in-
curred by the State in aid of the rebellion. He
also regrets that the State seems to decline the
constitutional amendment abolishing slavery. The.
President directs me to inform you that an early
adoption of tbat amendment is deemed peculiarly
important, and especially desirable with reference to
the general situation of the Union."

Captain Henry Wirz was hung in the yard of the
old Capitol prison, in Washington, at 11 o'clock
yesterday morning, all efforts of his counsel to
secure a commutation of his sentence having proved•
unavailing. A strong military guard was present,
and no disturbance whatever occurred. Wirz met
his fate with remarkable calmness and fortitude,
and earnestly protested his innocence to the last.
During his last interview with his spiritual advisers
he declared that he was the victim of vile perjury,
but would meet his death like a man. He
entreated his friends to spare no efforts after his
death to vindicate his character. It is said that his
wife, during a recent interview with him in gaol,
attempted to supply him with the means of self-
destruction, by passing into his mouth from her
own while kissing him a bolus of strychnine, but
General Baker sprang upon him and choked him
until ho forced the pill from his mouth. Another
story in general circulation is that Capt. Wirz was
informed on Wednesday that if he would confess
that Jefferson Davis was concerned in the Ander-
sonville conspiracy, he might obtain a commutation
of his sentence, but that he rejected the offer, de-
claring that he knew nothing of Mr. Davis in such
connection. Mr. Schade, one of Wirz's counsel,
and Father Boyle, his spiritual adviser, state that
they received information to this effect, purporting
to come from " a member of the Cabinet."
The recent elections have resulted in a decided
Republican victory. In New York, Slocum, de-
mocrat, was defeated for State Secretary by Barlow
by about 27,000 majority. In New Jersey, Marcus
L. Ward, Republican, was elected Governor by a
majority of 2,000, while in Massachusetts, Bullock,
Republican, was elected Governor by 76,000 ma-
jority, General Conch, his opponent, receiving but
25,000 votes. The elections in the Western States
also show large Republican gains.
It is semi-officially stated that the United States
army now numbers 180,000 men of all arms.
The following is published by the New York
papers :

" A Toronto despatch announces that the Cana-
dians have at last discovered the Fenian plot to
rob their banks, for which they have been for some
time most assiduously watching. Two men, who,
it is said, have made a confession of the conspiracy
and disclosed its plans, have been committed to jail
in Toronto, and the financial community of that
place is much agitated over the affair. The Fenian
bonds are selling in Quebec and Montreal. Our
Ottawa correspondence informs us that meetings of
the Executive Council have been held both there
and in Montreal, at which plans for placing on the
frontier an armed force of six or eight thousand
men were considered."

THE RUMOURED DEPARTURE OF THE FRENCH
MINISTER FROM WASHINGTON.—The excitement
consequent upon the telegram in a Halifax paper of the
9th instant to the effect that the French Minister at Wash-
ington had demanded his credentials has entirely abated
in Liverpool. Yesterday the news by the City of Boston
so effectually contradicted the report and restored confi-
dence that the Halifax telegram is now believed to have
been got up at the last momant for stock-jobbing purposes,
and that it had not the remotest foundation upon which
the truth of the statement could rest.

THE GOVERNMENT AND REFORM. —There is reason
to conclude that the Government have already
commenced the discussion of a measure for Parliamentary
reform, tu be introduced by them early in the ensuing ses-
sion of Parliament. Applications are being received from
the Government ..by the clerks of the various poor-law
unions throughout the kingdom fora return of the number
of the dwelling-houses of the poor, classified according to
the respective rates paid.
DROWNED IN A TUNNEL.—SPECIAL RECOM-
MENDATION OF THE Juan.—On Monday an inquest was
held at the Marylebone Workhouse on the body of Win.
Moore, a boatman, who was drowned in the tunnel of the
Regent's Canal between Blomfield-road, Maida-hill, and
Lisson-grove, on Friday last. The jury returned a verdict
of Accidental Death, but added a resolution recommending
the Canal Company to light the tunnel, or employ a steam
tug to take the barges through.