The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-12 00:00:00

and civilisation. ABDUL Aziz himself, indeed, has
has not been long an occupant of the throne, but
he faithfully represents the traditional policy of his
dynasty, whose members have been among our
most trusted allies: All possible honour will be
paid to his Majesty on the occasion of his visit, and
he himself will travel with all the pomp and cir-
cumstance worthy of his exalted position. His
suite will consist of fifty-nine persons. The pro-
gramme of entertainments prepared for the enter-
tainment of the illustrious visitor will be extremely
brilliant, and we hope that the SULTAN will have
good reason to acknowledge that splendid and cor-
dial hospitality is not confined to the East.
Much interest of a different kind is felt in more
homely but not less welcome visitors. The Belgian
Volunteers, whose long-promised visit has now ac-
tually begun, have been looked for with kindly ex-
pectation, and every possible effort has been made
to secure them a full supply of entertainment of all
kinds during their ten days' visit. They are to be
welcomed, as a matter of course, by the hospitable
City ; they are to visit Wimbledon, on the
invitation of the Prince of WALES. Her
MAJESTY is to receive them at Windsor, and
a splendid ball is to be given in their honour in
the Agricultural Hall. Miss BURDETT COUTTS has
invited them to a fete at Highgate—in short, there
is an almost bewildering variety of festivities to be
crowded into the programme set before them. The
Belgians, however, have come prepared for very
hard work in pleasure-seeking, and received the
intimation what was expected from them with
every demonstration of satisfaction. The weather
yesterday was all that could be desired to give them
a pleasant reception, and although, as is universally
the case, there were some little contretemps in the
arrangements, the visitors seemed in the best possi-
ble spirits, and fully prepared to enjoy themselves.
The recent melancholy events in Mexico have, of
course, disappointed the hope that the King of the
BELGIANS might have honoured the fetes with his
presence ; but his subjects will at least be able to
carry back to him the news that the English sym-
pathise deeply with the cause of his sorrow, while
they rejoice at having the opportunity of manifest-
ing their hearty goodwill to his people.

Lord STANLEY'S remarks on the Mexican ques-
tion last evening were distinguished by his usual
moderation and calmness. In answer to a question,
put by Sir L. PALK, as to the notice to be taken of
the execution of the EMPEROR by the British Par-
liament, Lord STANLEY said that he thought that
there were very grave objections to recording
a judgment of the House upon such a
matter. He did not see how they could
come to such a resolution withoat discussing the
whole merits and policy of the Mexican expedition,
and he thought, too, that such a judgment would
set an inconvenient precedent, as we could not ex-
pect to take notice of every outrageous act com-
mitted in civil war. As for the recal of our
representative, the Minister to Mexico was
now in England on leave ; and as he had
been accredited to the late Emperor, therefore
his functions had ceased. He did not propose
to suspend all diplomatic relations with Mexico, as
such a course could do no harm to the Mexican
Government, but great harm to the English resi-
dents ; the Charge d'Affaires would, consequently,
remain. Lord STANLEY showed his usual good
sense and prudence in this decision, though he
might have expressed more indignation against the
outrageous act. He appeared to forget that by his
own showing MAXIMILIAN was the recognised
ruler of Mexico, and, therefore, his execution
could not be set down as nothing more than the
common excesses of civil war. If it was worth
while to accredit an Ambassador to the EMPEROR,
we might surely take some public notice of his
murder, while such neglect on our part is unbecom-
ing alike to the Emperor of AUSTRIA and to our
own SOVEREIGN, who might both reasonably ex-
pect some expression of condolence from the Par-
liament for the murder of their near relation.