The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-22 00:00:00

them. The librarian mounted upon a table LATEST INTELLIGENCE•
and read some verses composed upon the occasion
denouncing the cupidity of usurers, and expressive (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
of joy that the reign of imprisonment for debt was
over. In the evening the prison was splendidly
illuminated. Many men of note have been im-
prisoned for debt in France, among them Ouvvard,
the great banker, and the Prince of Kaunity,
brother-in-law of the former Prince Metternich,
who was detained for 400,000 f. at the suit of a
manufacturer of toys for children.
There exists in Egypt a tree under which,
according to tradition, the Virgin Mary rested
during her flight in Egypt. On the arrival of the
Viceroy of Egypt in Paris he made a present of
this tree and the surrounding land to the Empress,
which her Majil3ty accepted.
The wheat has been cut in several parts of
France, and in some of the bakers' shops in Paris
bread may be had of the produce of the present

BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS, July 22.

A Royal decree has been published creating a
new decoration for the reward of long services in
communal and provincial offices, paid or unpaid,
and acts of courage, devotion, or humanity. The
decoration will be called the " Civil Decoration:"
There will be two degrees, one consisting of a cross
and the other of a medal divided into five classes,
two belonging to the cross and three to the medal.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, July 22.

The Chamber of Deputies voted yesterday the
Budget of the Ministry of Finance by 193 to 27
votes.

year.
The Court of Assize of the Allier has just con-
demned to death a man named Jacques Boulanger,
a man of 74, for murder. This old man broke into
the house of the brothers Sarrapat, situated in a
lonely spot at Nory, killed one of the brothers with
a hatchet, and attempted to kill the second, and
also a servant, but they overpowered him. This
assassin was condemned to hard labour for life for a
murder in 1863, but his friends managed to obtain
a commutation of his punishment.
The Nice Court of Assize has condemned a
woman named Clarissi for having murdered her
father, an old man of 87, on the Ist of April last
while the other members of the family were

The discussion on the Ecclesiastical Property
Bill continues.

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, July 22.

Senor J. M. do Casal Ribeiro, Minister for
Foreign Affairs, has left for Paris. lie will be re-
placed during his absence by Senor Andrado Corso

Murito.

TILE LATE EMPEROR MAXIMILD.N.

LivEurooL, July 22.

Admiral Tegethoff and his suite left on Saturday
by the China, en route for Mexico, via Washington.
He is sent by the Austrian Government to obtain
the body of the late Emperor Maximilian.

absent.
The Clichy Debtors' Prison, which will soon be
relieved of its occupants, was built in the year
1834, and has therefore been in existence for 33
years. Some strange anecdotes are told respect-
ing some of • the debtors who sojourned there.
The famous banker Ouvvard, who was
confined there, owed a little debt of five
millions. Some persons were astonished that he did
not get out, as he could have done so, but his inva-
riable answer to questioners was, "Show me another
way of gaining five millions in five years, and I will
go out to-morrow." An Englishman, who was as
rich as Crcesus, made avow that he would never pay
the debt of the creditor who had put him into prison.
The creditor said, on the other hand, that he should
remain there until he did pay. lie remained in pri-
son for eight years. Every day the Englishman's
splendid carriage, with footmen in livery, was
paraded through the Champs Elysees as if he had
been inside. When he died in the prison it was
found that there was a clause in his will expres-
sively forbidding his executors to pay the debt.
Another debtor, who had a hard-hearted creditor,
contrived to outwit him by an ingenious device.
Creditors are compelled by law to send a certain
sum daily for the support of their debtors in prison,
and if there be a single failure in the payment, the
debt is cancelled and the debtor is free. The debtor
in question caused an announcement to be made in
the papers of his death. The creditor, of course,
saw it, and thinking it was of no use to send money
to a dead man, failed to send the stipend next day.
The consequence was, that the debtor was allowed
to depart, but he was polite enough to send a note
to his creditor informing him that, as he knew he
would be sorry to hear of his death, he took the
first opportunity of informing him that there was no
foundation whatever for the report.
The 16th of July was the anniversary of the en-
trance of the Prussians into Frankfort. A letter
from that city states that all the ladies residing there
spontaneously appeared in mourning on that day.
The provincial papers record various instances of
serious damage caused in the French provinces by
severe storms of thunder and lightning. No case of
death or personal injury is, however, mentioned.
" What's in a name?" Few people have more
names than the King of Portugal, who has just come
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Juliu Volfando. He is not quite thirty. The Queen
is an Italian Princess, daughter of King Victor
Emmanuel, and was born on the 16th of October,
1817. They have two children, the Prince Royal,
Charles Ferdinand, aged four, and the Duke
d'Oporto, aged two years. The "T.T.F. F. Tres
Fidele," prefixed to the title of the King, was given
in 1849, when the Pope Benoit XIV. gave to the
to izfliEffterml the title of "Kings very faithful
_tile prospect of constructing an immense ceme-
tery for the burial of the dead of Paris will shortly
be carried into execution, and there will be no more
interments at Pere La Chaise or the other cemete-
ries. The city of Paris has purchased about 850
hectares of territory near Poutorse, some 60 miles
from the metropolis. The corstroesfpetlolte
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FRANCE.
BOURSE, July 20, Three o'clock.—The marke
closed as follows:-
4 per Cents 99 50
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 6B 90
Do. end month 6B 80
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month
Credit Foncier —
Do. end month 1100

Bank Shares 3360
Italian Loan 49
Do. end month 49
Mexican Loan
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred
vAlts.

RAIL'

For Account.
Orleans
Northern ll6O
Lyons and Mediterranean BBO
Southern 550
Western 562 50

Eastern —
Sardinian
457 50
Austrian
375
Lombard
88 75
North of Spain
100
Saragosea
76 25
Roman.

THE ATLANTIC CABLE.

To THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN.

SIR,—A telegram dated Valentia, yesterday,
6 p.m., reports that the cable of 1866 was broken
suddenly Saturday afternoon ; that the prelminary
experiments give the locality at 50 nautical miles
from the other side—i.e., from Heart's Content.
This would indicate a very moderate depth of
the injury can be repaired with
in the case of the recent accident
gwraetaetr ,f
facility,
cni l which
to the shore end of the same cable. The 1865 cable
is in perfect order.—l am sir, your obedient
servant, CHARLES STEwART, Chairman Anglo-
American Telegraph Company.
102, Lancaster-gate, July 21.

A morning representation of M. Victorien
Salami's celebrated comedy, "La Familia Benoiton," was
given on Saturday at the St. James's Theatre. The house
was filled with a distinguished and fashionable audience ;
and the admirable play, admirable not only for the merci-
less severity with which it lashes the vices and vanities of
the day, but for the morality which it inculcates, was
acted in a manner so perfect as to leave nothing to desire.
M. Ravel's performance of Champrosd, the well-descended
and well-thinking nobleman, was a masterpiece natural
and dignified, where dignity of manner was required,
accompanied by a touch of feeling when occasion demanded
it, and pervaded all through by a vein of humour which
was irresistible. Messrs. Mercier as Benoiton and
Hoqueta as Formichel, were inimitable in their
delineation of the worldly fathers, while La
Petite Gerard,
as Faufan Bcnoiton, kept the
house in a roar. The scene whore Champrose, the
man of the world, first meets the precocious young gambler
on the Bourse, is
perhaps the best and most amusing one
in the play, and both performed in a style which none but
French comedians could accomplish. Madile. Dechamp's
personation of Clotilde fully sustained her well-earned
reputation ; while the fast young ladies were well repre-
sented by Madlles. Tahel and Molls, as was Stephen, the
schoolboy, by
31(1121e. Chandora. In fine, all the actors
were perfect in their rotes • and we can only express our
deep regret that the engagements of M. Felix will not
permit us many further opportunities of enjoying the per-
formances of his admirable troupe.
TILE SULTAN.—After several days' preparations at
the Castle and at General good's residence in Windsor
Great Park, for the reception of the Sultan, who had deter-
mined to spend a day inspecting the interesting objects at
the Castle, and visiting the unrivalled scenery of Windsor
Forest, it was finally determined that the Sultan should
arrive at Win Isar on Sunday morning, and the necessary
measures were taken both at the Castle and at General
flood's residence at Cumberland-lodge for his Imperial
Majesty's reception. A grand promenade on the terrace of
Windsor Castle in the afternoon was to have taken place,
and two military bands were to have b:en present, but the
lamentable and unexpected intelligence of the death of the
Turkish Ambassador's wife disarranged the whole of the
contemplated proceedings, pre venting the Sultan's second
visit to Windsor.
PENN'S YACHT.—The yacht of Mr. John Penn,
which it is stated has been transferred to the Sultan of
Turkey, has been fitted up
in a magnificent manner at
Deptford dockyard, and now remains in the basin at that
establishment to await his Imperial Majesty's pleasure.
The State saloon greatly exceeds in elegance that of the
Queen's yacht. Amongst the furniture is a crimson silk
covered largo square sofa. The seat and back is a foot
thick, with compressed air, feathers, and articles of the
softest materials. The seats of other sofas, chairs, (ice., are
staged in the same manner. The backs of the chairs are
inlaid with pearls. The pillars and claws of the tables are
elaborately c:irved awl gilt, and the tops inlaid with pearls,
&c., thewholo being ixvm, Turkish designs.