The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LOIDOI9. WEDNESDAY EVENUNU, NOVEMBER 20, 1%7.

Bonds in coin. Be denounces the national banks,
and recommends the issue of four million dollars
legal tender monthly for the redemption of the
bonds. This question of the finances is likely indeed
to occupy apr ominent position in the discussions
of the coming Session, and we have yet to see
what will be the effect of a more moderate and
less reckless assembly. The Democratic majority
in the late New York State elections was
over 42,000, which indicates a considerable change
in the feeling of the people. The several conven-
tions throughout the States are adopting various
courses. One of them, the Conservative Conven-
tion in South Carolina, has issued an address pro-
testing against negro supremacy—a protest in which
they will have a good many secret if not avowed
sympathisers. The Alabama Convention has taken
up a new grievance, and memorialised Congress for
the removal of the cotton-tax.

General GRANT has issued a singular and some-
what mischievous order respecting the property in
the South. He has ordered the Freedmen's Bureau
Commissioners to take possession of all property in
the South recorded as abandoned, and to dispossess
unlawful occupants and all owners of property not
making formal application for restitution before the
Ist of January. This is placing a dangerous weapon
in the hands of the Freemen's Bureau Commis-
sioners, and is paving the way for that confisca-
tion of the planters' property for the benefit of
the negroes, which has been so often talked
about by Radical leaders, but always denounced
by the common sense and justice of
the country. If it is not intended to
lead to any such consequences, its effect is still
likely to be bad, because the blacks on bearing of
the order will naturally believe that the good time
which they have been taught to look for so long is
actually at hand, and in the present disturbed and
unsettled state of their minds the disappointment
which awaits them will be like a spark to tinder.
The PRESIDENT happily seems determined to main-
tain his authority as Commander-in-Chief, and
as such assumes the supreme direction of
military affairs. He has assigned as a
reason for suppressing the militia organisations in
Washington the fact that they had been organised
without his sanction as Commander-in-Chief under
the Constitution. A firm hand is much needed on
the reins, and we hope he may succeed in keeping
his turbulent subordinates in check.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

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(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Tuesday Evening.
There is nothing of interest respecting Italy un-
less a proclamation from Mazzini, dated Nov. 8,
may be so classed. It is as absurd as the Garibal-
dian manifestation. In this proclamation Mazzini
calls upon his "fellow-citizens" to rise en masse,
overthrow the Government of Victor Emmanuel,
and march upon Rome. These are bravo words,
quite in the Garibaldi style, and will, no doubt, be
as effective in thair results as the projects of the
hero of Caprera.
A letter of a similar character also sees the light
from Count de Falloux, the ultra-Conservative and
reactionary Minister of 1848. The count is quite
as angry with Victor Emmanuel as Mazzini. In-
deed he is equally displeased with the French Go-
vernment for not sending an army to Rome much
earlier than it did. The count, however, is pleased
to believe that there is no essential difference in
principle between France and Italy.
I yesterday briefly noticed the spectacle out of
doors on occasion of the opening of the Legislative
Session. The crowd in the environs of the Louvre
was immense, greater, perhaps, than on any similar
ceremony of the kind. The Ambassadors, Cardi-
nals, Ministers, and other great personages arrived
by the Rue de Rivoli, and entered the Court of the
Palace of the Louvre by the gate opposite to the
Rue de Marengo. There was an uninterrupted suc-
cession of splendid carriages for a long time. Places
were reserved for the Officers of State, the Ambas-
sadors, and their wives. The Empress left the
Palace in a carriage drawn by two horses, the
National Guard being formed in line to the right,
and the Imperial Guard to the left. Her Majesty
was received, on her entrance, by the Princess ,

Mathilde and the Princess Lucien Bonaparte. She
proceeded to the Tribune to the right of
the Throne, preceded by the officers on duty,
and followed by the Princesses, the Ladies
of Honour, the Officers of the Household, and the
Emperor's Aide-de-Camp. The reception of the
Empress was cordial and enthusiastic in the extreme.
A salute of 21 guns announced the departure of the
Emperor and the Imperial Prince, who were received
on their arrival in the Galerie Francaise by Prince
Louis Lucien Bonaparte, Prince Lucien Murat,
Prince Lucien Bonaparte, Prince Joachim Murat,
and Prince Napoleon Charles Bonaparte. The whole
assembly greeted them with warm and earnest
acclamations.

The Emperor immediately took his place upon
the Throne, and the Grand Master of the Cere-
monies, by the Emperor's order, then said, " Gentle-
men, be seated." The Speech was several times
interrupted by cries of " Vivo l'Empereur ! Vive le
Prince Imperial."

The Minister of State, having received the direc-
tion of the Emperor, requested the members of the
Legislative Body who had been elected since the
close of the Session to take the oaths to the Emperor.
The following Deputies took the oaths accordingly :
Viscount Cornudet, M. Dessaignes, Baron de Four-
ment, and M. Geliot. This proceeding being con-
cluded, the Minister of State declared, in the name
of the Emperor, that the Session was opened. The
Emperor, Empress, and the Imperial Prince then
retired amidst the prolonged and hearty acclama-
tions of all.

This was probably the last time that the ceremony
of opening the Session of the Chambers will take
place in the Salle des Etats of the Louvre, as the
splendid new building in the centre of the Carrousel,
so long in course of construction, will be finished
by the opening of the next Session. The Emperor
will then be able to walk from the Tuileries to the
Salle, where the Session will be opened, and the
building, where the ceremony took place yesterday,
will again be devoted to the Museum of Painting
of the Louvre.

The Siecle cavils a little at some of the points of
the Speech, but it has given satisfaction to almost
all the other journals ; and go where you will in
Paris you hear expressions of approval of it, and
the most favourable auguries are drawn from it as
to the continuance and consolidation of peace.
The Figaro has a correspondent at Rome, who
sends as authentic an account of a conversation be-
tween the Pope and Captain Marambat, of the
59th Regiment of the Line. The Pope, after having
visited the wounded of his own troops, the French,
and Garibaldians, said to the captain" You have
in the French army a new plaything, which it ap-
pears produced marvellous effects upon the field of
battle. My soldiers were much less solidly armed,
and the great loss among them no doubt arises from
that circumstance. Give me some explanation
about this Chassepot gun." The captain, although
wounded, and still suffering great pain, sent for
some of his soldiers, and gave them orders to take
his gun and exhibit all its capabilities to the Holy
Father.

The most productive month of the year for the
theatres during the Exhibition was the last. During
that month the total receipts were no leas than
2,875,919 f. 19c. So that great intellectual compe-
tition gave an impetus not only to art, manufacture,
science, and industry, but to the drama.
An ingenious swindler has managed to obtain
200 f. in this way :—A well-dressed gentleman went
to a cafe in the Faubourg St. Martin, and address-
ing the proprietress at the counter, asked her if she
would have the goodness to take charge of 200 f.,
which he expected a commissionaire would bring to
him at her establishment. The lady of course was
ready to oblige a customer, who ordered a glass of
Madeira. He sipped and sipped for some time, and
theDin§tep4ed to be impatient. At hot the coromisi-

• sionaire appeared, and going straight to the counter,
presented the 200 f. to the lady, saying he came by
appointment to give the money to a gentleman who
had sent for it, and who would come and claim it.
The customer got up immediately. A recognition
tookiplace between him and the commissionaire, and
a liberal recompence was made to the latter for his
trouble. The swindler paid for his Madeira and
left without delay. In the evening the lady's hus-
band, who is occupied elsewhere during the day,
came home, and, somewhat angry, asked his wife
what was the " pressing emergency" which had
induced her to send to one of the persons with
whom he dealt rather largely for 200 f., explaining,
as her reason, that her husband had inadvertently
taken the key of the cash-box, and that she had
an immediate payment to make, and could
not wait till his return. Explanation en-
sued, from which it was discovered that it was
the swindler who had sent the letter requesting the
person to whom it was addressed to send a corn-
missionaire,with 200 f. in an envelope, to be given to
the proprietress of the cafe, at the counter, without
any remark, the lady promising that her husband
would call upon the gentleman to explain about it.
This ingenious device is said to have been carried
into operation in a great many instances of late.
Another nocturnal attack, of a more serious cha-
racter than the previous one, is mentioned. The
clerk of a brewer of St. Germain, who is in the
habit of bringing home money to his employer, has
been murdered at Quarante Sous, which leads
across the forest from St. Germain to Poissy. At
nine o'clock in the evening the cook of a rich pro-
prietor at Mesnil, between St. Germain and Mai-
son, was attacked by several ruffians, who left him
for dead, after robbing him of 180 f., which he had
been to receive for his master. The injuries re-
ceived by the unfortunate man are so serious that
he is not expected to recover. The Commissary of
Police, of St. Germain, has taken what is supposed
to be his dying declaration.

THE EXECUTION OF THE FENIANS A 7
MAN CHESTER.

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Yesterday morning a meeting of the Salford
magistrates was held in the Town Hall to consider
what steps should be taken to preserve the peace on
the occasion of the execution of the condemned
convicts, on Saturday morning. The Mayor of
Salford (H. D. Pochin, Esq.) presided. A corres-
pondence has taken place between the authorities
of the borough, the military officer in command of
the district, and the Home Secretary. From this
correspondence it will be seen that the duty of pre-
serving the peace is primarily thrown upon the
local authorities. If they should be unable to pre-
vent a riot or disturbance, or if any attack should
be made upon the civil forces, the military may be
called to assist. It was arranged yesterday morning
to swear in one thousand special constables, and
summonses for that purpose will at once be issued
The special constables will be employed in aid of
the borough police, who will also have the assistance
of the city police force, and a detachment of the
county constabulary.
Subjoined is the correspondence referred to :

" have the honour to forward to you the
enclosed copy of a letter from the Home Office, by
which you will preceive that Mr. Hardy concurs in
opinion with Major-General Sir J. Garvock that it
is the duty of the civil power to prepare a civil
force to carry out the due administration of the
law in the case of the convicts now awaiting execu-
tion in the New Bailey Prison, Salford.—l have the
honour to be &c.,
" J. W. REYNOLDS, Colonel,
" Assistant Adjutant-General.
" To the Worshipful the Mayor of Salford."
The following is the letter referred to :--
" Immediate.
" Whitehall, 18th November, 1867.

"I have just laid before Mr. Secretary Hardy
your letter (herewith returned) from Major-General
Sir J. Garvock, respecting the arrangements neces-
sary to be made for the preservation of the peace
on the occasion of the execution of the Fenian
prisoners at Manchester on the 23rd instant ; and
lam to acquaint you, for the information of the
Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, that in the
opinion of Mr. Hardy the entire arrangement of the
military force should be left to the military
authorities ; and that it is the duty of the
civil power to prepare a civil force to carry out the
due administration of the law.

"If extraordinary means are used against the
civil force, or if it is in danger of being overpowered,
the military will no doubt be so placed as to afford
instant assistance.—l have the honour to be, &c.,
" ADOLPHUS LIDDELL.
" To Lieutenant• General Foster, K.

Emigration to Canada.

(From the Canadian News, Nov. 14, 1867.)

Recently at the School-rooms of Esher, a place
Ln Surrey, the Rev. Stewart Williams in the chair, a
lecture on emigration to Canada—being the first of
a series to be given in different parts of the country
was delivered by Mr. W. F. Lynn to a crowded and
attentive audience.

Mr. Lynn commenced by comparing the relative
advantages of home and colonial life, pointing out
that a labourer in Canada secured higher wages
than in England, whilst he paid little more than
half for the necessaries of life--that he was able to
obtain work as soon almost as he set foot in the
country—that he might easily accumulate savings,
which he had the additional advantage of being able
to lay out in the purchase of land, to be bought at
prices ranging from as low as 2s. an acre, and thus
raise his social status by becoming a substantial
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render him the possessor of 100 acres in Canada, liable
to no taxes, save a small municipal rate, the whole
of which is expended on the making of roads and
improvements inthaetolvns the township
Imperial where he resides,
and not Imperial
revenue,
as
in England ; that there were no poor rates there,
and the tax-gatherer was altogether unknown.
Mr. Lynn then, after alluding to the free grants
which it is the intention of the Canadian Govern-
ment to offer to settlers in the ensuing year, and to
companies such as the Canadian Land and Emi-
gration Company, who offer farming land of the
best quality at the price of 4s. an acre, with many
facilities in the mode of payment which tend to
smooth the settler's way, gave a vivid description of
the country—its splendid climate, mines, gold dig-
gings, and other resources, illustrated by specimens
of minerals collected out there by himself. The
lecture was enlivened by anecdotes of personal ad-
ventures, and the lecturer concluded by showing,
with the aid of some large and well-executed
pictures, the different stages of the settler's life in
clearing and cultivating his land.
Mr. Lynn, iu the course of his lecture, proved
his various statements by reading extracts from the
official reports of the chief agent for emigra-
tion (Mr. Buchanan), and from the letters of seve-
ral settlers in various parts of the country ; he also
referred to his own experience in Canada West of
the beauty of the climate, stating that the general
impression as to the severity of the cold was an ex-
aggerated one, there being only three months of
actual winter weather, to which period the Cana-
dians look forward as their season of recreation, it
being passed in one continuous round of gaiety and
amusem en t.

At the termination, the Rev. Mr. Williams pro-
posed a vote of thanks to Mr. Lynn, which was
warmly seconded by a gentleman in the room, who,
announcing himself as a Canadian, thanked Mr.
Lynn for the eulogies he had passed upon his coun-
try, but declared that he had fallen far short in his
description of the actual beauties which exist and
the advantages to be-attained by emigrants of both
sexes who select this province for their future home.
As the assembly broke up, Mr. Lynn distributed
to a crowd of eager applicants a number of pamph-
lets, published by the Canadian Government for the
instruction of intending emigrants.

MOUNT VESUVIUS.—The Naples journals state
that on the night of the 14th Mount Vesuvius burst out
into eruption, sending out fire and flame. The director of
the Observatory, M. Palmieri, at
_once set out for the
mountain to make obooryations.