The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-23 00:00:00

CORRESPO'

Lives.

There was neither flattery nor exaggeration in this,
because it is well-known that the Hungarians and
the others concerned in the affair have done all
that they possibly could to bring about the desired
end, and they fully deserve to reap the reward of
their efforts in the cause of freedom and progress.
The EMPEROR frankly acknowledged that the
" heavy blows of fortune which have fallen upon the
Empire" served more fully to convince him of the
necessity for acting in this manner without hesita-
tion, and he earnestly trusted that the Reichsrath
would not refuse its consent to that arrangement
which had been planned, and which secured for the
Hungarian countries a coherence with the rest of the
Empire, and for that Empire its position as a great
Power abroad.
These latter days have shown us many strange
things, but, perhaps, no change more surprising
than that an Austrian EMPEROR should stand forth
as the exponent of constitutional doctrines, and the
advocate of enlightened principles. "The past, the
present, and the future exhort us to vigorously
apply ourselves to the completion of the work
which has been begun." This is earnest and im-
pressive language at any rate, and, in all proba-
bility, it will produce the desired effect upon
those to whom it was addressed. They can no
longer have cause to doubt the sincerity of the EmrE-
ROR, or to think that he is tiding over things; he is,
on the contrary, firmly determined to do their will ;
the desirability of which he is fully convinced alike
from the events of the time and the result of his
own observations. It is a satisfaction to find that
the EMPEROR has sufficient sense thus to resolve to
proceed in, the right direction, and has, moreover,
sufficient confidence in his Parliament to urge them
on. " The Reichsrath, so much I expect from its
justice ; the Reichsrath, its tried discrimination is
my guarantee for it ; the Reichsrath, upon
whose patriotic devotion I rely," are the ad-
jurations he addresses to them in adverting
to that great work before them, which
is to secure the rights of the different
peoples under the Austrian empire, while it
strengthens the empire itself and elevates its posi-
tion among the nations of Europe. The unconsti-
tutional election of Deputies to the Reichsrath is
au absolute necessity in the new order of things
that is to be established, and many minor arrange-
ments are in progress for the purpose of extending
the autonomy of the various kingdonis and pro-
vinces, so as to obviate the chance of curtailing
their rights and privileges.
In the closing passages of the speech the EM-
PEROR, with great eloquence and considerable fox ce
of argument, urges upon the members of both
Houses of the Reichsrath the importance of seek-
ing the accomplishment of their desired ends by
every means in their power. " Let us," he entreats,
" throw a veil of forgetfulness over the immediate
past, and lay to heart the lessons which it leaves
behind ; but let us desire with wish ken courage,
new strength, and the resolve to secure to the em-
pire peace and power.- Further o x he says that
no feeling of revenge should anin2 tlatan, for a

At the Council held yesterday by her MAJESTY,
a proclamation was ordered to be issued relating
to the Canadian Confederation, so that we may
consider this important achievement to be really in
a fair way of accomplishment. The delays have
been tedious, and many times it has seemed as if
local jealousies, the intrigues of interested parties,
the rivalries of the separate provinces, and the thou-
sand and one other obstacles in the way of union,
would prove too strong for the promoters of the
Confederation scheme. Nevertheless, the longer
the question was debated, and the more fully
it was brought out in all its aspects, the more
clear and convincing became its claims to
respect, and the support which it has received from
the leading statesmen and politicians of the mother
country has been fully equal to the hopes and ex-
pectations of the colonists. The aspect of affairs
in America is less threatening with regard to the
British territories, and the ghost of Fenianism is,
we may hope, well nigh laid ; still it is impossible
to forget that the North American provinces lie
contiguous to a powerful and excitable nation, who
are not always to be restrained by the fetters of
conventional diplomacy. The consolidation and
concentration of the British Provinces by 1,10 means
indicates the desire for war, or any reason for ap-
prehending it ; but as in Europe, so on the other
side of the Atlantic, to be prepared for war is the
best security for peace. The Americans are not
childish enough to take offence because neigh-
bouring States endeavour to strengthen themselves
and to improve their form of Government.
They would be the first in similar positions to
organise their civil administration and their
means of defence. The provinces are rapidly in-
creasing in wealth, population, and importance, and
it is time that they should be regarded as some-
thing more than settlements of enterprising adven-
turers. They have in them the constituents of a
great nation ; and, although their territory is
out of all proportion to their population,
there are vast tracts of fertile land not as
yet regularly incorporated with any province.
The natural capacities of the country, despite its
severe winters, are very great. It possesses in a
measure the qualifications of an agricultural and of
a manufacturing country, since its mineral wealth is
as yet but partially understood, and in many dis-
tricts there are rich tracts of pasture laud. The
Hudson's Bay Company has long monopolised a
great extent of country ; but we may expect that
the union, when once it is fairly accomplished, will
give such a stimulus to emigration and enterprise
that the absorption of so much territory by the
trapper and the fur merchant will be no longer
tolerated. It only needs a turn in the
tide of emigration to increase the population
of British America as rapidly as that of the
United States ; and now that the taxation of the
States is growing to be so burdensome, it is more
than probable that the advantages of a more tran-
quil and less costly Government may be appre-
ciated. The finances of America, under the
influence of the Radical domination, are in
a very unsatisfactory condition. Secretary STAN-
TON'S estimate of
.the expense of the War De-
partment for the first yeas ending June 30, 1867,
was $25,000,000. That this estimate is likely to
be exceeded fivefold is not wonderful, when we
consider that during the mouths of Alarch and
April alone the War Department expended more
than $-21,000,000 ! Of course this extraordinary
expenditure in a time of peace is accounted for by
the large bounties given, for no very available rea-
son, to the Army by the House of Representa-
The real explanation of this remarkable
generosity is, of course, not far to seek. Bounties
secure votes, votes return representatives, repre-
sentatives, in their turn, make a haudso me
profit out of the profession of politics. The
alarm about the dollars and cents. did more to
startle the general public out of its indifference than
anything else the Radicals were concerned in. The
predominance of these gentlemen is a costly amuse-
ment to the country, and it is doubtful how much
longer even American daring and speculation
be able to carry on an uninterrupted
course.
The
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Radical Peace Society, an association
what of a contradiction in terms, considering the bel-
ligerent disposition of theleading Radicals, has been
holding a series of meetings in New York, and in
tl.e assertion of their principles they have formed a
solution of the financial difficulties of the situation.
War, they say, is murder. Every Congressman
who votes for war is a murderer,
and
every voter
who votes for such a Congressman is au accessory.
Under these circumstances it was proposed to con-
sider the expenses incurred for war as illegal in a
Christian country, and to repudiate the Federal debt.
The general sense of the meeting was against this
very natural conclusion, so that peace principles are
not as yet fully developed in the States.
The general condition of affairs in the South
continues much the same. The approaching trial
of JEFFERSON DAVIS is naturally a subject of
much interest, though the uncertainties and contra-
dictions of the law leave it very doubtful what will
be the position of the illustrious prisoner. Dis•
turbances between negroes and whites in the South
and between the police and the public in New York
complete the disturbed picture which the Radicals
have succeeded in drawing for their countrymen.

LYNCHING A SWELL MOBSMAN ON CLAPHAM-
commos. Yesterday morning an incident occurred which
created much merriment on Clapham-common among a
large number of persons assembled to witness the road
traffic to Epsom races. In the crowd of people congre-
gated on the footpath a lady complained of having been
robbed of her watch, and pointed out a well-dressed man
as the thief. He was stopped and held by some by-
standers, and while a policeman was being searched for a
van drove up containing some respectable-looking
I mechanics, who at once collared the swell molasman, took
the watch from him and gave it up to the owner, and then
deliberately carried the thief to a pond and threw him in
and as he came to the sides the dose was repeated several
times, when the fellow was left, and he skulked off
drenched with water, amidst the hooting and laughter of
the crowd of spectators.
INCoItPORATED LAW S'iCIETY.—At the examin-
ation of candidates for admission on the roll of attorneys
and solicitors of the superior courts, for Easter term, the
examiners recommended the following gentlemen, under
the age of 26, as being entitled to honorary distinction :
Messrs. Samuel Learoyd, William Frederick Baker,
Gregory Widdrington Byrne, and Thomas Shalleross
Hines. The council have accordingly awarded the follow-
ing prizes of books :—To Mr. Learoyd, the prize of the
Honourable Society of Clifford's Inn ; to Mr. Baker, the
prize of the Honourable Society of New Inn ; to Mr.
Byrne and Mr. Hines, prizes of the Incorporated Law So-
ciety. The examiners also certified that the following
candidates, under the age of 26, whose names are placed in
alphabetical order, passed examinations which entitle them
to commendation :—Messrs. John Jolly Bentham, John
Walter Clulow, John Nelson, and Vernbn John Yardley
Shaw. The council have accordingly awarded them cer-
tificates of merit. The number of candidates examined in
this term was 81; of these 67 passed, and 14 were post-
poned.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Wednesday Evening.
There is nothing of political importance in the
Moniteur to-day, and the Paris papers generally are

destitute of interest.
Prince Oscar of Sweden left Paris for London at
the same time as the Prince of Wales and the Duke
of Edinburgh. Prince Oscar will stay in London a
week or perhaps a fortnight.
The opening of the industrial Exhibition of
Chemnitz took place on Friday last. The King
and Queen of Saxony were present at the inaugu-
ration, and were received with great enthusiasm.
A letter from Florence, dated May 17, says :
" A deplorable event, which recalls to recollection
the violent traditions of the Italian sects, has taken
place at Ancona. An inspector of police, M. Alex.
Viazzi, was assassinated while in the performance of
his duty by two individuals whom it is supposed are
those who have been taken into custody. What is
particularly worthy of remark is the sympathetic
demonstration which took place on the occasion of
this murder. All the most eminent inhabitants of
the city, nearly all the officers of the National
Guard, many officers of the army, and a number of
workmen followed the remains of the murdered man
to the grave. In a country where the authority of
the Government was for a long time nearly over-
thrown, or at all events not supported, such a de-
monstration affords a striking proof of a remark-
able change in the public feeling.
" The al of Tunis has just presented as homage
to King Victor Emmanuel a colossal and magnifi-
cent bronze cannon, which was formerly seized by
the Barbaresque pirates from the galleys of the
Medicis. This homage is in one sense a gracious
restitution. It is about five metres in lengths and
nearly a yard iu diameter at the breech, and weighs
27,500 lbs. It is nearly covered with chasing re-
presenting trophies of arms and allegorical and figu-
rative subjects. The head of St. Paul is sculptured
upon it. This extraordinary implement of war,
which has upon it the date of 1638, is the produc-
tion of the celebrated cannon-founder, Cosino Cenui,
a Florentine, and is a curious specimen of the war-
like weapons of Italy of the period. Whatever may
be the improvements of Armstrong and Whitworth,
and those of the Prussian needle-gan, this weapon
proves that the Italians, even two centuries ago,
were not entirely ignorant of war's vast art."
It is expected that the Commission of the Legis-
lative Body appointed to inquire into the proposed
plan for the reorganisation of the Army will make
their report to-morrow.
The Gazette de la Croix announces that the de-
parture of the King of Prussia for Paris is fixed for
the 4th of June.
Rather violent polemics occupy some of the Ber-
lin papers in reference to the immediate consent
given by Prussia to the evacuation of the fortress of
Luxemburg. Some blame what they call the con-
descension of the Prussian Cabinet, others are angry
with M. Bismark for having so speedily, and, as
they hint, injudiciously deferred to the wishes and
representations of the Great Powers. The Berlin
papers also state that there has arisen such a violent
agitation on behalf of the ex-King of Hanover that
it has become necessary for the Government to di-
rect its attention to the subject. There is some talk
of a plot to restore King George to his sovereignty,
and Prussian police agents have been sent to Hano-
ver to make investigations into the matter.
The first of the four fetes to be given by the
Prefect of the Seine at the Hotel de Vitre, on the
occasion of the Exhibition and the visit of the
Sovereigns, will take place to-morrow at the Hotel
de Ville. To-morrow it will be a grand dinner,
to which 250 persons are invited. The other three
fetes will be balls, at which some five or six hundred
persons will be present. The second fete will be
about the middle of July. It will be on a splendid
scale, and a vast temporary gallery will be erected

for the purpose.
A peculiarly interesting fete will take place at
Nanterre on Whit-Monday. It is the fete of the
rosiere, when the most virtuous and best-conducted
girl of the village is crowned with roses, and is
presented with a dowry on the occasion of her mar-
riage, which takes place shortly afterwards. Sixty-
seven girls have been crowned with rosea since the
institutio❑ of the ceremony in 1800. Death has
been busy with many of them, but 37 will be pre.
sent on the ensuing occasion. The oldest of them
was married in 1802. She is now 81, and lives in
retirement at the Batiguolles with one of her grand-

sons.
Just after I closed my letter yesterday there was
a sudden storm of thunder and lightning, and hail-
stones fell in abundance, as large as cherries. It
was very stormy during the night, and the atmo-
sphere is still unsettled and stormy. There has
not been any rain to-day, but the thermometer was
little above frost early this morning, and it has
been very cold during the whole day.
It is as dangerous as it is ill-natured and im-
proper to carricature the " human face divine',
in Paris. A paper called the Lune gave a grotesque
carricatuee of M. Veiullot, the well-known writer
and author of " Odeurs de Paris." He took pro-
ceedings against M. Levy, the director of the Lone,
before the Correctional Tribunal of Paris, and that
court, considering the caricature of M. Veiullot as
a contravention of Article 22 of the decree of Feb.
17, 1852, has condemned M. Levy to be imprisoned
for a month, and to pay a fine of 100 f. and the ex-
penses. In the text of the Lune there was mali-
cious insinuation against the complainant, but this
was not taken into consideration.

His Highness Prince Grannette Doria and the
Duke Marco Grazioli have arrived at Claridge's Hotel

from Paris.
Their Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Dhuleep Sing have arrived at Claridge's Hotel from
Elmden Hall, Thetford.
The Countess Apponyi will have an assembly on
Monday, the 3d of next month.
The Earl and Countess of Bradford have returned
to town—the earl from Shropshire, and the countess from
visiting Lord and Lady Forester at Willey Park.
MISS BRADDoN.—This popular writer has a new
novel in the press, which, it is understood, will appear
early next month under the title of "Rupert Godwin."
WAR CONTRIBUTIONS LEVIED BY PRUSSIA.—The
following account of the contributions levied by Prussia
upon the different countries opposed to her last year is
taken from a report on Prussian finance by Mr. Hugh
Wyndham, one of the secretaries of the British embassy at
Berlin; Austria, 20,000,000 thalers; Saxony, 10,600,000
thalers; Wurtemburg, 8,000,000 guldens; Hesse Darm-
stadt, 3,000,000 guldens; Bavaria, 30,000,000 guldens;
Frankfort, 6,000,000 guldens ;
amounting in all to about
55,000,000 thalers (X 8,250,000).
PIGEON SHOOTING SWEEPSTAKES.—A number of
the aristocracy, including the Duke of Hamilton, Lord
Willoughby do Broke, and Sir Hugh Campbell, assem-
bled at Mr. Warner's shooting ground, at the Welsh
Harp Fishery, on Saturday, to contend in the first great
handicap Sweepstakes, arranged by Mr. Frank Heath-
cote, the handicapper. Nearly 150 gentlemen had en-
tered their names to contend, out of whom 42 competed.
Mr. Short took the first prize, £l2O, by killing his six
birds in succession. Captain Baskerville, Mr. Dillwyn,
M.P., Mr. Hope Barton, Sir Hugh Campbell, Capt. Peach,
Mr. C. Thornhill, and Colonel Fellowes tied for second
and third prizes by killing five each. On shooting off
Sir 11. Campbell secured the second prize, £5O, and Cap-
tain Buskerville the third, £3O. The latter gentleman
was the favourite at 6 to 1, and was backed fur several
hundred pounds at that price, owing to his winning the
great sweepstakes at the Guu Club the previous day;
100 to 4 was laid against the Duke of Hamilton, 100 to
5 agst Lord Willoughby de Broko, 100 to 6 agst Sir
C. Legard, and long prices offered against the others.
The " Miss Annie Adams" referred to on Monday
last, under the head of "Law Intelligence.—Court of
Queen's Bench.—Judd v. Harding," is not the vocalist of
that name.
THE BRAND TESTIMONIAL._The testimonial in-
tended for presentation to the Right Hon. Henry Brand,
M.P., in recognition of.his services as " whipper in" to the
Liberal party, will be presented on the 19th of the ensuing
month, at a grand banquet at Willis's Rooms, King-street,
St. James's, when Mr. Gladstone, M.P. will preside.
MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—Ever anxious to introduce
novelties into this magnificent Exhibition, Baker-street,
the spirited proprietors have, at a considerable outlay, pro-
cured from the Paris Exhibition a most beautiful new silk
material, which is in every way well suited for ladies'
trains, &c. It was designed by M. Blache, the eminent
silk manufacturer, of Lyons, who has been awarded the
gold medal for the same, and is, we understand, likewise
about receiving the order of the Legion of Honour. The
silk in question now forms the dress on the life-size por-
trait motol of her Boyal, gi hn ss the