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

BANQUET TO THE BELGIAN OFFICEI?,S.

maintaining the liberties of the people and the rights
of the Crown, and society was now awaking up to
recognise their utility as it bad been recognised of
old. They were favoured that evening with the
company of the Burgomaster of Bruges, a city which
had long been renowned, and he coupled his name
with the toast.
M. BOYAVAL, the Burgomaster of Bruges, speak-
ing in French, thanked the Lord Dlayor for the
courteous reception he had given them, and joined
with him in his expression of admiration for muni-
cipal institutions. It would afford him, he said, the
greatest pleasure to be allowed to propose the health
of " the Corporation of Loudon," to whom the Bel-
gian Volunteers were greatly indebted for the hos-
pitality they had received. (Cheers.)
The toast was drunk accordingly, and with that
the entertainment was brought to a close. The
guests afterwards adjourned to the State drawing-
rooms, where tea and coffee were served, and thou
took their departure.

On Saturday evening the Lord Mayor and the
Lady Mayoress gave a banquet at the Mansion-
house in honour of the office of the Belgians.. The
whole of the Belgian rs, with the principal
members of the Reception Committee, had been in-
vited, but owing to the review at Wimbledon, they
were not all able to be present, although the dinner
bad been retarded to afford them the opportunity.
The company, about 150 in number, also included
the chairman (Mr. Deputy Fry) and the rest of the
members of the Guildhall Entertainment Commit-
tee. Miss Burdett Coutts had been pleased to accept
an invitation, and occupied a seat immediately on the
right of the Lord Mayor. She was accompanied by
Mrs. Brown. The banquet was served in the Egyptian
Hall, which was expresdy decorated for the occasion,
the Belgian and English flags being grouped to-
gether over the chair, and the Turkish tricolour,
with its crescent and stars, suspendedfrom a gallt-ry
in front. On the left of the Lady Mayoress sat Col.
Gregoire, commander of the Belgian detachment,
and among the Belgian officers present were Lieut.-
Col. Peesteus, Count Robiano, commander of the
Cavalry Garde Civique, Brussels ; Viscount Goupy
de Beauvolers, Count Gaston d'Arschot, Lieut.-

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Col. Douxchamps, the whole of the medical staff.
Major Charmet, 4th Lancers ; Capt. Chesselinck
and Lieut. Dessert, aides-de-camp of Lieutenant-
General Department de Belgique ; Lieut. Rynen-
broeck, M. Boyaval, the Bourgmeistre of Bruges,
the Bourgmeistre of Malines, M. Herry, the Bourg-
meistre of Lacken, the Bourgmeistre de Shaerbeck,
and M. Dailly, President of the Tir National ; the
whole of the Etat Major ; M. de Cock and M. de
Lew, Echevins de Gand ; and the Viscount de
Renesse Breidbacb. There were likewise present
Mr. Graves, M.P., Alderman Col. Wilson, Lieut.-
Col. Gourley, the Belgian Consul and Madame
Delepierre, M. Ch. Donnay de Casteau, Attache
Belgian Embassy ; Alderman Sidney, Alderman Sir
F. Moon, Alderman Lawrence, M.P., Alderman
Gibbons, Alderman and Sheriff and Mrs. Water-
low, Lieut.-Col. Thompson, Capt. Mackenzie, Lieat.
Farley, Mr. Cockraft, the Mayor and Mayoress of
Scarborough, Captains Burgess and Clode, Major
Metier, Mr. C. Pascoe, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Merteus,
Mr. R. Harrison, Lieut. Dean, Ensign Remington,
the Rev. J. Russell Stock, chaplain to the Lord
Mayor, Mr. Joseph Gibbs, private secretary, and
many others.
The band of the Coldstream Guards played dur-
ing dinner.
On the removal of the cloth the Lord Mayor and
the Lady Mayoress drank to the company in a
lovieg cup, and then the toast of " The Queen" was
given from the chair and drunk with every mark of
respect.
The LORD MAYOR said he had next to invite the
company to drink "The Health of his Majesty the
King of the Belgians." (Cheers.) He was sure his
English friends would not forget the close and inti-
mate relations which for many years has existed be-
tween the two nations, nor the affectionate relation-
ship between their own beloved Sovereign and the
late King of the Belgians, who earned for himself
the esteem of the English people as the sagacious
and confidential adviser of her Majesty. In times
of trouble she relied upon him for judicious coun-
sel and sympathy, and heavy was the loss which
her Majesty had sustained in common with the
whole Belgian nation by his death. It was a
satisfaction now to know that the Belgian
people were governed by the son of that monarch,
and that he revered the memory and followed the
example of his honoured father. (Cheers.) The
effects of his Government were manifested in a
loyal and faithful people, prosperous in commerce,
and enjoying all the blessings that could arise from
civil and religious liberty. (Renewed cheering.) It
was a satisfaction to know that what was revered
by us as good government was as much revered by
the Belgians. No two nations, in fact, were more
bound together by a community of ties, of interests,
and of sympathies, and long might they be so.
(Cheers.)
The toast of " Ms Majesty's health" was drunk
with acclamation, and the band played the " Bra-
banynne." It was followed by the toast of "The
Prince and Princess of Wales and the other mem-
bers of the Royal Family," which was received with
equal cordiality.
The LORD _flavor, said ho was now about to pro-
prose what might be called the toast of the evening
—" The Belgian Volunteer officers." (Cheers.) lie
deeply regretted that the timo 1-101.71 an
friends had at their disposal did not enable him to
gird a longer notice and so insure a larger company
to give them welcome. He also regretted that as
that was the only day they could accept his invita-
tion the Volunteer review at Wimbledon had
prevented him having the pleasure of seeing many
other officers, Lord Elcho among the rest, who
would otherwise have graced his board with their
company. However, many of the Belgian officers
were present, and be tendered them a very hearty
welcome. (Cheers.) The metropolitan COMMU.
nity had seen with great pleasure so many of the
loyal subjects of Belgium on this occasion, and they
did not forget that this was but a return visit to
that made by our Volunteers to their country last
year, nor the hospitality and good feeling displayed
to them on that occasion by every class of the Bel-
gian people, from the poorest inhabitant to their
noble Sovereign himself. (Cheers.) He could only
hone that the welcome given to the Belgians in
England was such as to assure them that we were
not at all insensible to the hospitality and good feel-
ing which they had shown oar countrymen.
(Cheers from the Belgian officers.) The weather
had not been so propitious as could have ben
wished, but our Belgian visitors could not fail to
have been struck with the food for reflection which
the contemplation of such a metropolis as London
presented to the mind of every intelligent man, and
in that respect their visit would not have been un-
profitable to them. At all events, we had all been
delighted to see them. In England we all knew the
full import of the word " Volunteers," and he did
not think he could better describe it, or the motive
which actuated them, than in the eloquent words
used by Lord Elcho the other day—" duty and love
of country." (Cheers.) Undoubtedly those were
the principles which had influenced our Volunteers,
and which had induced some 180,000 of them to
muster and train themselves in defence of our be-
loved country. The principles that actuated the
Volunteers of both Belgium and England were the
same ; long might it continue to be so, and might
nothing ever occur to disturb the friendly relation-
ships between the two nations ! (Loud cheers.) In
many well-contested battles the armies of the two
countries had made the acquaintance of each other,
and had fought side by side, the object of both
being the same—namely, liberty. Long might it
be before they had again to marshal themselves in
the field ; but should the occasion ever arise each
knew well the reliance that could be placed in the
other. Let them hope, however, that the only in-
vasions of either country would be the friendly raids
which one was now making upon the other in these
annual visits. (Cheers.)

Colonel GREGOIRE, whose name had been coupled
with the toast, said, speaking in French—ln the
name of my compatriots I beg to propose a toast to
the noble Lord Mayor of London, and to his
worthy companion the Lady Mayoress, for the cor-
dial and sympathetic reception which we have re-
ceived at the Mansion-house. We shall ever pre-
serve the souvenir of the hospitality we have enjoyed
in England, and we shall bear to our own country
recollections which will never be effaced from our
memories—recollections which will excite in Bel-
gium the deepest gratitude towards our hosts and
the generous and patriotic band of Volunteer rifle-
men. I drink, then, to the health of the noble lord
and of his gracious lady, a toast which will, I am
sure, be received with the warmest enthusiasm.
The toast was duly honoured, and by the Belgians
in particular, who raised an enthusiastic cheer.
The LORD MAYOR in proposing " the Munici-
cipalities of Belgium" said the company well knew
the great public services which in bygone days had
been rendered by ancient municipalities, and might
still be rendered should occasion arise. They were the
nurseries in connection with the old civic guilds of
freedom and thought, and of manly independence.
In past ages they had played an important part in

On Saturday last the 13th July, the City of
New York arrived at Queenstown. On the 14th
the Cunard extra steamer Palmyra arrived at the
same port with 125 passengers and $345,000 in
specie, and on the 15th, the City of Baltimore, having
left New York, July 6, with 62 passengers, and
$751,761. At Southampton there arrived on the
13th the Western Metropolis from New York on the
29th ult., and on the 16th the North German
Lloyd's steamer New York with 101 passengers
and $115,000. She left New York on the
4th instant. On Wednesday, the 17th, the Fu/ton
arrived at Falmouth with 116 passengers for Havre
and 17 for England. She had on freight $423,200,
and a cargo of cotton and general merchandise for
France. She left New York on the 6th inst. The
Denmark, of the National Steam Navigation Com-
pany, arrived at Queenstown on the 18th, and the
Royal Mail steamship Russia also arrived at 9.20
p.m. on that day with 145 cabin passengers and
$1,441,748 in specie. She brings news to the 10th
instant. The Hamburgh American steamship Ten-
tonia arrived off Cowes on the 18th instant with 74
passengers and $260,000. I
The Inman steamer City of Paris, and the North
German Lloyd's steamer Ilernzann, arrived at New
York on the 13th July, as well as the Hibernia,
from Glasgow. On the 15th inst. the Cuba, the
Nova Scotian, ani Germania arrived out. On the
).6th the Cunard extra steamship Ilecla arrived.
On the 17th the Virginia and the Europe reached
New York.
The Royal Mail Steamer Russia, having made the
passage from New York in less than eight days,
brings news to the 10th instant. The item of most
importance relates to the Supplemental Recon-
struction Bill passed by the House of Repre-
sentatives. It declares " all civil Governments
in the rebellious States illegal and void, and
gives the district commanders discretionary
power to remove civil officials, to appoint their suc-
cessors, and to annul civil enactments. The bill
declares the mere taking of the oath prescribed for
the voters an insufficient qualification for registra-
tion, authorises the registry offices to decide as to
the eligibility of applicants for registration, and
those already registered, and declares that no civil,
national, or state court has jurisdiction in questions
arising under the Reconstruction Act, nor over ac-
tions against the district commanders or their
subordinates. It prohibits the removal of district
officials, excepting at their own request or through
the action of a court- martial, and authorises the ex-
tension of the time for registration until the Ist of
October."
Permanent direct telegraphic communication be-
tween London and Hamburgh and London and
Bremen is now established by the completion of the
land lines of Reuter's Telegraph Company in con-
nection with their submarine cable and Norderney.
The direct line of Reuter's Company to Berlin will
be completed in about two months.
The Paris regattas belied the anticipations gene.
rally entertained. It was thought that the repre-
sentatives
of the English Universities, and the
highly-trained oarsmen of London would carry off
the prizes. But they were defeated on more than
one occasion by French crews, while a Canadian
boat walked away from all competitors. The Cana-
dian crew c)nsisted of four, without a coxswain,
the bow oar steering by means of a simple apparatus,
which he accomplished in a superior style. The
advanta2e of beinz without the dead weight of a
coxswain was considerable. They rowed without
buttons to their oars, and without stretchers. It is
to
,be hoped that the Canadian crew will try their
powers on the Thames, and if the result be the same
as on the Seine they will work a revolution in the
English style of rowing. Since the above was
written we learn that the Baltic, which sailed on
Thursday for New York, from Cowes, had among
her 300 passengers the Canadian crew who won
everything they competed for in the late Paris
Regatta. One of their two boats remains in the
Exhibition, and the other has been sold to a person
in Hamburgh.
Advices received in Paris from Monte Video,
through a Paraguayan source, state that the rivers
have overflowed their banks and caused great
danger to the allied camps. General Ozorio has
been ordered to invade Paraguay, and to replace
Marshal Polydoro in c)lntuand of the Ist Brazilian

army corps.
It is no wonder that the rapid progress of the
Anglo-Saxon race excites alarm, though the Journal
d Italie is in error in supposing that the advance can
be checked by such means as it proposes. As long
as the United States and England work in harmony
that progress is assured, nor need the nations of the
Latin race be alarmed. The English-speaking
peoples will not act the part of the Goths or Iluns.
They invite all nations to participate in colonising
and developing the resources of the countries lying
in a state of nature. If they lead it is because they
have displayed more energy, and have thus earned
for themselves the foremost place. It is thus the
Journal d Italie concludes its article :—" The Scla-
vonian and Anglo-Saxon races develope an invading
ardour which the Latin race must stop, in Europe
at least. It is, therefore, necessary that the Italian
navy should play a part in the Mediterranean. With
those of,France and Austria, Italy must save the
Bosphorus from the invasion of the Sclavonians ;
it must co-operate to insure the liberty of the Suez
Canal, because if England did not oppose its being
made, she will await the opportunity of taking
possession of it, or, at least, she will try to get the
key of the Red Sea to the south, and command the
Straits of Bab-el-Mandel with the batteries at
Aden.
From the tenour of a despatch of Escobedo, the
position of all connected in any way with the Em-
pire in Mexico may be imagined. lle wrote as
follows :—" I have, by the execution of these master
traitors, made terror the order of the day every-
where ; I have: imposed large contributions on the
rich and confiscated their property and their all ;
where I could not do it in person my delegates
have strictly complied with my orders. I hope,
before closing my military career, to see the blood
of every foreigner spilt that resides in my country."
It is known that Maximilian's fate, or even a worse
one, has befallen all the officers included ii
the
capi-
tulation of Queretaro,
toh o
ewereal
servitude,executedi
t o the
the
at
same time, or condemned
number of several hundreds. It was
body of Maximilian had been mutilate '"
dthataid
,
and the
for
that reason Juarez would not hand it over to those
who claimed it. But this is contradicted, and it is
asserted that the murderers intend to sell the corps,.
of their victim. France will aid in the mission of
Admiral Tegethoff to obtain the remains, and the
Admiral will proceed to Washington to secure the
support of the United States. A mortuary chapel
has been constructed on board the frigate Novara
for the body.
Little that is new from Mexico has transpired.
Congress has called upon the President to furnish
information relative to recent events. Americans
are roused by the brutality shown to Maximilian by
these yellow half-breeds, and they desire to know what
course their Government took to avert so disgraceful
an affair. There is a nobility of sentiment running
through the nation which appreciates highly the
generous self-sacrifice of Maximilian, and which
views with score And disgust the conduct

the present terminus of the Pacific Railroad "
(Eastern Division). The Secretary of War has
thought it right to issue to the workmen engaged
on the road 1,000 breech-loading arms and 500,000
cartridges with which to defend themselves. En-
gineer Riley's camp at Wilson's Creek was also at-
tacked, and several men were killed and wounded.
' There was a report, on which little reliance was
placed, at Fort Hacker, Kansas, that a large force
of Indians had surrounded a small body of cavalry
under General Custer, and killed the whole party.
The Colorado Volunteers, notwithstanding the pro-
mises of reward for fresh scalps with the ears on,
are disbanding, as Uncle Sam neither supplies horses
nor gives any promise of pay. A few scalping
scouts are still out ; but there will not be any
great pull on the Treasury of Central City,
as they have got but one scalp. The Indian agent,
Colonel Patricks, is acting shepherd to 11,000 of
these red sheep belongi❑g to different flocks, whom
he has penned near the South Platte. He hopes for
more of those who promise to remain quiet
during the hostilities. lie may find that his lambs
are veritable wolves, the more dangerous the greater
their number. A despatch is published from General
Sherman to General Hancock, proposing to clear
the broad belt between the Platte and the Arkansas
rivers, and then to move in force against the hostile
tribes beyond. The U.S. Cavalry is now fairly out
on the war path, and, however difficult, unprofit-
able, and disagreeable may be the service, it is neces-
sary to make the savages feel how strong the white
men are to chastise when once their wrath is fairly

of his executioners. A resolution was pre-
sented by John Peter Cleaver Shanks, expressing
approbation of Maximilian's execution, who the
Cleaver Shanks described as a self -styled Prince of the
so-called House of Hapsburgh. Max. was what
the noble Austrian called himself, though the world
styled him Prince, and Hapsburgh was the name of
his family before the mongrel race who slew him
had come into existence. The House refused to re-
ceive this resolution. But Congress is moving in
another direction, for a committee has been ap-
pointed to investigate the recent forcible abduction
of General Santa Anna from an American vessel.
The change of feeling also in the United States
bodes ill to Mexico. At the 4th of July dinner
Mr. Weller, ex-Governor of California, gave as a
toast at the St. Charles's Hotel, New Orleans, a
sentiment, received with great enthusiasm :—" On
to the Halls of the Montezumas !" From Mexico
by the Russia's advices, a movement was repol.tecl
against Juarez by a party organising at New Orleans.
Some Austrian officers in the Foreign Legion parti-
cipated in the movement. The Mexicans will learn
to feel disagreeably being the pariahs and outcasts of
society, and Escobedo may learn as bitter a lesson
of the folly and impolicy of giving the reins to his
ferocious nature.
The life raft for the preservation of shipwrecked
crews which left New York, May 13, for Southamp-
ton, was spoken by an American ship, July 10, in
lat. 47 North, long. 31 West. The three men re-
ported " all well." These interesting voyagers, by
this account, had been nearly two months at sea,
and had accomplished more than half their journey.
If they reach England in safety they will give the
most conclusive proof of the value of the invention
for preserving life, and it is but justice to these
brave men that the difference should be pointed out
between a mere foolhardy piece of bravado and the
best practical test, that on board every ship there
can, with ease, be carried a means of refuge as the
last resort, which can brave any gale, and make
almost any voyage.
On the 3d, at noon, 34 senators answered to their
names, and in the Representatives 129 replied to
the call. Of these only two in the Upper and
eight in the Lower House were Democrats. There
is a general wish expressed that the work of the
session may be confined to the Reconstruction Act,
and as the weather in this season at Washington is
far from inviting, it is probable that this business
will soon be despatched.
Generalwith such peacemaker's part
h influencent on
dis
friend Sheridan that that
general at once gave way, publishing an order
throughout his district that in deference to the
President's opinion the time for registration was
extended until further notice. How Sheridan's
letter came to be published in the papers before
k •
General Grant had seen it, has not transpired.
New The
Orleans commander appears to work with the
construction being about $lOO,OOO, against
greatest economy, his expense for carrying out re-
dent never entertained the idea of removing, $500,000 required by General Sickles. The Presi-
Sheridan, an act which would be regarded by Con
Sheridan,
in the country.
gress as one of hostility, and be attended with un-
popularity General Sickles adheres to his bar-room order,
and on the 2LI instwer. te
re-he ta
opened ps were all shall evut upents,. It is
for
to
the " Fourth," or there must have been a doleful
be hoped they at
Independence Day in Charleston. lie has post-
poned registration in his district until the qualifica-
tion of voters is explicitly defined by Congress. He
advises universal suffrage and a general amnesty in
Westmoreland, Bruin nwick, and Geor
on gia
the 5t
Rethsolu-
of
tions were passed Congress
thanks to Generals Sheridan, Sickles, Schofield, and
Pope. There is another military commander,
General Ord, who appears to have been left out ;
probably his course does not meet with the approba-
tion of the legistative body.
The Nation gives an account of an execution at
Franklin, Kentucky, on Friday, June 28, when
William King and Abraham Owens were hanged
in a manner better calculated to increase the num-
ber opposed to capital punishmentthan all M. Victor
lingo's rhetoric. They had been convicted of ob-
structing and robbing trains on the Louisville and
Nashville railroads (highwaymen on a grand
scale ! ) and they afterwards murdered Harry
King, the brother of the former, to prevent his
informing. After five ministers had prayed with
and exhorted the prisoners, they were dressed
in
gloves,
a il
black coats
~ttrso. trousers,,
Their
lasting
ds swhoerees,
tiwedh,itae
running noose of grass rope throo quarters of an
inch in diameter encircled the neck of each culprit,
lighted cigars were put into their mouths, and the
cavalcade set out for the gallows. A brass band led,
followed by a military company ; then the prisoners
and sheriffs, behind them a waggon containing two
coffins ; next citizen guards, then clergymen on foot,
and finally the citizens, male and female, of whom
the number was very great. The band played a
funeral march, and the condemned men addressed
their friends in the crowd, whom they
exhorted
to meet them iu heaven. On reaching the
place
of
execution the sheriff on the scaffold introduced
Captain King to the crowd, and from
this plat-
form he made a long speech. " This is my last
speech," he said ; " in two hours from now I hope
I shall be with my Father in heaven.
I am to die
for the death of my brother. No one better loved
a brother more than I did that murdered boy. Had
I known his murderer I should not
have said yea or
nay, but I should have killed him." As he died so
died his companion, both protesting th • ear innocence,
though both, says the Nation, doubtless
King's request the complacent sheriff had so ar-
ranged the noose that the neck should not be broken,
and he lived no less than twenty-two • t mtnu es after
the drop fell. The Nation may well state that the
formalities used on this occasion • gtve one a plea-
sant notion of the region.
The Washington correspondent of the Boston
Advertiser states that Messrs. Boutwell, Lawrence,
Williams, and Thomas will present a report on im-
peachment at the present special session of Congress,
offering the following grounds for impeachment :
First, the President's general disregard of properly-
enacted laws ; next, specifications under this
general head ; and, last, two or three points show-
ing general corruption, one of these being in the
matter of pardons. It is rumoured that the object
of certain leaders is to remove Mr. Johnson, to
make way for Mr. Wade, who, as President of the
Senate, succeeds to the seat, by which the chances
of the latter gentleman will be increased for the
regular nomination. The nomination of Mr.
Johnson's successor will occur in little more than a
year, and his election under a year and four
months. The sense of the country is decidedly
opposed to further action in impeachment, and it is
unmistakably signified both by the press and the
sentiments everywhere expressed by the people.
The nation wishes that the Reconstruction Act
should be so patched that Mr. Stanberry will fail in
picking a hole in it ; and, that done, that Congress
should disperse peaceably to their homes. The
country is in no mood for witnessing further
wrangling between the Executive and Legislative
branches of the Government.
We have received from a reliable authority a
statement of the earnings of the Union Pacific Rail-
way (Eastern Division) which, showing the progress
of this magnificent work, ought, if itdoesnot, to in-
terest every one : —Auditor's Office, St. Louis, Mo.,
June 29, 1867.—Gross earnings for May, 1867.
$172,196 28 ; working expenses, $100,898 25 ;nett
proceeds, 71,908 03. Forty additional miles of the
Northern or Omaha line have been accepted by the
United States Commissioners, making 885 miles
complete, equipped, and in working order.
It will be interesting to some of the French wine
houses to know that, one of the great champagne
cases, the Government, versus fraudulent importers,
who were charged with making fraudulent invoices,
was terminated on Saturday, June 29, at New York,
the jury disagreeing ; but as 11 stood for the im-
porters and only one for the Government, the
decision was virtually against the Government, and
the other cases of the same character now on the
docket will probably be dismissed.
The Indians, 400 strong, attacked Fort Wallace
on the 224 June, but were repulsed after a hard
fight, with the loss of 20 of their number. A ser-
geant and seven privates of the garrison were killed
and wounded. This fort is About 10 wiles N.E. of

COMUERCIAL.
NEW Youx, July 6,

aroused.
On Thursday, the 2d instant, the ironclad ram
Dunderberg sailed from New York for Cherbourg,
under the French flag. She carried a large party of
gentlemen down the bay, who expressed the opinion
that she was the most formidable man-of-war afloat,
and that it was a mistake of the Government in
allowing her to fall into the possession of foreigners.
Two days afterwards she returned in. a leaky con-
dition, having got as far as Five Island. The
Japanese succeeded in obtaining compensation for
the man-of-warpalmed off on them ; but the French,
who are supposed to be well able to take care of
themselves, bought the Dunderberg with their eyes
open, and unless the builder has to deliver her in
French water and cannot float her across the
Athntic, they will become the happy possessors of
the most formidable ironclad.
The trial of Surratt drags on its weary length,
uncoiling more of its wriggles, and showing still
more plainly in the prisoner the snake in the grass.
Mr. Weichman, after a great deal of badgering by
Surratt's counsel, came out with a remark of Miss
Surratt's on the day after the assassination, that the
murder of Lincoln was no more than the death of a
nigger in the army. The prisoner had proceeded
by the Peruvian from Quebec to Europe in the
autumn of 1865. Of this ship Dr. AP Alillan was
the surgeon. A Roman Catholic priest was in
charge of Surratt in the boat by which the Peru-
vian's passengers went down the St. Lawrence from
Montreal. At sea M'Carty, Surratt's alias, moved
freely about, and had many conversations with the
surgeon. He boasted of the large amount of Con-
federate secret service money he had had in his
possession—of his trips to Richmond—while he
hinted that he could make the doctor stare if he
informed him of something he had done. He knew
that if he ever returned to America that he would
swing—that he intended to kill any man who should
attempt to arrest him, and signified his desire to do
for Johnson what he had done in the case of Lincoln.
He told a little story, which is said, whether true or
false, to have had a bad effect on the jury, and is
not likely to enlist public sympathy in his favour.
On one occasion, on going to Richmond with four
or five others, he met several half-starvel Yankees
escaping from Southern prisons, and helpethem. During the cross-examination Dr.
A,ola
kill
seems to have been worried into the use of very un-
diti\ok
P
alinwitness-box Merrick,
ite ess-
hoenxe
he
stated that his language was that of a coward and
Surratt'srrii enetaeruy counsel.
language.
While byin nr.
the
a sneak. Dr. M'Millan alleged that Surratt came
on board the steamer in disguise, describing the
manner in which he was secreted in Canada and the
means taken to prevent his discovery by any detec-
tive before starting. On the way to the steamer
General Ripley, of South Carolina, and Beverley
Tucker conversed with the prisoner, and, accord-
ing to the witness, Surratt sail he had received large
sums of money from Mr. Benjamin, the Confederate
Secretary of State. The most singular assertion
in Dr. AP.Millan's testimony is that on arriving at
Liverpool he made affidavits to thogo Rtatpments of
Surratt, but there is no evidence that the Consul
moved in the matter. We suppose the affidavit
could not have reached the Consul, for he could
scarcely have remained silent in the face of what
Dr. 111`Millan states, that Surratt had actually dis-
closed to him his true name. Henry Benjamin
St. Marie was also examined. He recognised
Surratt in the Papal Zouaves in April, 1866.
In several conversations Surratt acknowledged
to him his part in the assassination plot, in which be
stated that, on the night of the assassination, he
hastened back to Canada from Washington. A
little incident occurred after the court closed on
Tuesday, 2d June. Mr. Bradley, Surratt's counsel,
seC notwithstanding his
met Judge Fisher in the hall, when a dispute arose
as to the ruling of the judge. Both seem to have
warmediiieess, up,pe ara
p aenddad Judge Fisher,
shtiruff with the two Brad-
leys, the younger brother having joined the elder as the
fray was passing from words to blows. The Mar-
shal, however, took action in the matter in a manner
r e
that would have petrified an English judge with
astonishment. It was not the counsel but the judge
that was locked up, being turned loose into his own
1
room till he cooled off. Judge Fisher's illness has
delayed the trial, necessitating short sittings. The
prosecution is now nearly finished, and its tendency
is to settle all disputed points, throwing a strong
light on the dark plot of which President Lincoln was
the victim. Notwithstanding Gen. Butler, it is now
seen that Mrs. Surratt took a conspicuous part
in the murder, and has very properly met a felon's
death. The prisoner, who had maintained a stoical
indifference till Wednesday, the 3rd, then exhibited
signs of anxiety and fear, especially while Wood,
the coloured barber of the Ebbitt House, was on
the stand. This evidence we give elsewhere. The
defence will require two weeks to examine witnesses.
They hope to prove three things—an alibi that
Surratt was in Elmira, New York, on the assassina-
tion day ; that the plot was for the abduction of the
President only ; and the worthless character of the
witnesses for the prosecution. By the advices of
the Russia we learn that the defence commenced on
Monday, the Bth inst., and that the examination of
the witnesses was directed
to establish the bad cha-
racter of the chief evidence for the prosecution.
With reference to the trial, the Russia brings an-
other piece of news, " The House of Representa-
tives has appointed a committee to investigate
the Lincoln assassination conspiracy with power to
pardon the witnesses turning State evidence."

;From Messrs. Bowles, Brevet, and Co.'s Circular.)
Paris, July 19, 1867.

Then has been but little animation upon the Bourse
during the past week, and prices have generally shown a
tendency to decline.
In Americans to the above has been added the advance
in gold to 140 reported from New York, and we have to
report lower figures, the Bonds of 1862 selling, at date of
our last circular, at 83, being to-day dull at 82 7-16.
Tho difference in value between this issue and that of
1865, lately 21-, is now but 11, the latter selling at 801 2.
Tho Rente closes at
The Italian closes at 49 55
Exchange on London 25 171-

From E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular, July 10.
London, July 17th, 1867.

. _
By the China, wo have advices from Now York to the
2d instant ; they report increased ease in the money
market, as much as was needed being obtainable on Go-
vernment securities at five per cont., and on other colla-
terals at six per cent. This abundance had considerably
increased the demand, not only for the public funds,
but for many of the leading railway stocks. In the
latter, Michigan Central and Erie were in especial
request, with a view to carry the approaching election
of directors. Erie showed an advance of SG, and Michigan
Central $2. Chicago and North-Western stock was also
much inquired for on the prospect of an unusually abun-
dant harvest ; the improvement amounted to $7 on the
commor, and $5 on the preforrod stock. State stocks were
well supported, the quotation of many of them being
slightly above the previous week, when the amount of
coupon paid is taken into account.
The following is from the New York Tribune of the
3d inst.:—

"It is becoming generally understood that a fresh effort
will be made this summer to oust the present direction of
the Erie. It is argued that management as good as that
which has raised the Harlem from the position of a
worthless fancy to that of a sound dividend-paying stock,
worth a premium in the market, would render Erie valu-
able as an investment. And it is felt that so groat an
enterprise as the Erie deserves to bo in better hands than
those of stock gamblers. The opposition last year would
have succeeded in electing their own mon had not a com-
promise been effected at the last moment. This year, we

understand, the party which aims at obtaining control of
the road will be satisfied with nothing short of an entire
change of direction and the inauguration of a now and

economical system of management."
We live to report a fair amount of business in American
securities on the London market since our last, though
United States 5-20 Bonds of the first issue have been de-
pressed by the increased premium on gold reported from
New York; they close 721 to 1. The 1865 issue have been
in more request, and the price approximates more nearly
to 1862'5; the difference which at one time was three per
cent., being now only 11. Illinois Shares are steady at
761 to 771, ex dividend ; the quotation is about the equiva-
lent of the price of this day week cum dividend.
Eries have been largely taken for shipment to New York
with a view to control the approaching election of direc-
tors ; they have risen during the week to 46 to 47, and are
scarce for immediate delivery, as much $ll being paid for
the loan of the shares on the recent settlement.
The decrease of traffic on the Atlantic and Groat Western,
and the absence of any report from the Committee of In-
vestigation, havo induced some sales, and the different
classes of securities close very flat, the Debentures being
28 to 30, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds 211 to
221.
Virginia Six per Cents. are now dealt in ex Ist July and
overdue coupons; they leave off 331 to 341.

Although the Government has disbursed $10,000,000 in
gold during the week of the $19,000,000 now duo, yet the
markot maintains its upward tendency, and closed on
Wednesday last at 138.
Foreign exchange is dull at 110 to 1101. Business im-
proves in view of the excellent harvest now being reaped,
and it is thought will increase towards the fall. The
foreign demand is not strong, the exports on Saturday
being only $926,987,
on Wednesday
the receipts from California amounted to $1,138,165, which
UieidnY the
andlhgnh
balances as closely as possible the imports and experts
of the precious metals. T
ST2lr3e Treasury
ary whilepub-
lishes
no monthly account for June, as the pressure On
the clerks who are working up the fiscal year, which his
just closed, prevents this, yet it is understood that the
accounts for the month of Juno aro satisfactory. Some
interesting facts have come out in a semi-official way. The
Treasury receipts for Juno aro about $13,500,000 from
Customs, and from internal revenue $20,400,000, giving an
increase over May of
$3,500,000, and a decrease for the
corresponding month in 1866 of $400,000. The total re-
ceipts up to Juno 30 from this source are $265,853,194,
while for the year before they amounted to $305,861,182,
making a decrease of $40,000,000 in round numbers. It is said
the decrease in the debt will amount to $150,000,000, making
in the aggregate since the tide turned atthe end of July,
1865, at which time it was at its maximum of $251,253,000.
The gold bearing stocks by moans of the conversion of
the currency debt have increased $420,000,000, which
will be a profitable tranbactien to the Government if gold
ever approaches par.
Miti9ll t 4 iniut• Thew is A 9 iAcitICEDUAt t 9 §ezi goaey
Capital is abundant, with little dis-

to your side in the face of a falling market and an over- that indicates the cordial desire of the Parliament
whelmingly abundant supply. So long as sor 6 per cent. to uphold the national credit ; but what can be
can be obtained here merchants will not remit to Europe expected from the immorality of confiscating the
to meet accounts until the last moment, as there is no
Church property, the patrimony of the poor ?
means whatever of employing money there. People
anticipate more activity soon when we get well into Every country that has had recourse to that revo
the harvest, and they prefer to leave their money idle till lutionary measure has never restored credit by
it can be then well employed. The half year ending June that means ;on the contrary, it weakens every title
30 does not show so great a decrease in American com- 5
of prosperity in the country. Also, the Italian
merce as crokero prognosticated. The total falling off in the per Cents., which were nearly at 54 at the begin-
imports is some 71 per cent. It is a heavier decrease at
ping of last month, when uncertainties were at
New York, amounting to 12 per cent., but this has been
lessened by an increase of business on the Pacific coast, their height, range now between 48 and 49, and
in the Southern ports, and along the frontiers of the political and financial situation is looked upon
Canada. It is satisfactory to know this, especially with the greatest mistrust.
as tho season has been unusually dull, and to The 2,237 bonds, amounting to £70,300, of the
listen to some people it might have been snpposed Viceroy of Egypt's loan for £3,387,300 of the year
that the country was going headlong to destruction.
1865, to be paid at par, are in due course of pay-
There is more business in the Stock Market, and specula-
tion gives signs of greater activity. The dividends pro-
ment. The drawings take place twice a year, in
claimed on the railroads are 4 per cent. on the Paterson April and IsTovem, ,
ber and the entire loan will be
and Hudson, 21 on the Paterson and Ramapo, and 5 cn paid off in fifteen years from the date of issue. 'This
the Philadelphia and Reading. Erie Railroad has ad- loan is secured by a mortgage upon land, taken at
I
vanced. General Baxter, it is said, will succeed President 110 an acre. When it is considered that the returns
Keep in the New York Central next December. Thurs- from the estate are said to be more than sufficient
day-our glorious " Fourth"-was, of course, a holiday,
to pay both interest, at 7 per cent., and sinking
and business ceased early on Wednesday afternoon,
to give all the best possible chance of enjoying it. fund, it is surprising that the price of the stock is
The following aro last Wednesday evening's prices •- not better quoted in the market, the present price
Gold 1381, United States Five-Twenties (1862) 1071 to being about 68 ex dividend. No other loan in the
1101, (1864) 1071, (1865) 1071, (1865, New Issue) 1061, market has the privilege of being secured upon
United States Ten-Forties 1001, United States 7 3-10 Loan mortgage property. But the Viceroy will be in
1061, New York Central Railroad 105, Erie 68, Erie pre-
ferred 1211, Hudson River 1101, Reading 1091, Michigan want of more money to pay off existing obligations.
Central 1011, Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana The prospect of a new loan, in the present state of
76/, Illinois Central 1211, Cleveland and Pittsburg 861, the money market, no doubt, prevents that confi-
Cleveland and Toledo 1211, Chicago and North-western dente which the resources of that country would
46, Chicago and North-western Preferred 621, Pittsburg, otherwise command. Letters from Vienna, dated
Fort Wayne, and Chicago 1001, Chicago, Rock Island, and July the sth, state that since the partial opening of
Pacific 971, Ohio and Mississippi Certificates 261, Western
Union Telegraph Company 451, Pacific Mail Steamship the Suez Canal an arrangement has been made
Company 1481, Atlantic Mail Steamship Company lost, between the Sudbahn, the Nordbahn, and the Rus-
Cumberland Coal Company Preferred 371, Canton Com- sian railroad authorities, for a direct communication
pany 47, Quicksilver Mining Company 231, MariposaMining between St. Petersburg and Trieste. A ton of Indian
Company 91, Boston Water Power Company 231. or Levantine goods will be conveyed, according to
this arrangement, from Trieste to St. Petersburg
for 130 francs. Fifty thousand hundredweight of
oil has already been transmitted in accordance with
this agreement, which would otherwise have been
sent by sea. The Suez Canal Company has also
established an agency in Vienna for the transit
trade. Signor Rattazzi is expected to visit Paris at
the end of the present month to arrange for the
loan of £24,000,000 on the Church properties ;
which, it is believed, is to be raised by redeemable
bonds, and not, as first contemplated, in the form
of Rentes. But is the Italian Government in a
position to offer the Church property as a mort-
gage ? And what confidence can such a confisca-
tion give to capitalists ?
A telegram from St. Petersburg reports that the
Nicolai Railway has been sold. The purchase-
money will be raised by the issue of 600,000 obli-
gations, of 125 silver roubles each, bearing 4 per
cent, interest, and repayable in eighty-four years.
The issue price will be 611 per. cent. It is under-
stood that arrangements have been entered into for
this loan at Paris, with Messrs. Bearings, Hope,
and nottinger, and that the subscriptions in that
capital are to be opened by the Comptoir and
Escompte. At present, however, the tone of the
Bourse, and of a number of the principal financial
operators, is unfavourable to its introduction. The
Portuguese Government is said to have lately ob-
tained at Paris a temporary loan of £300,000, at
the rate of 12 per cent., and it is added that nego-
tiations were in progress for a further amount, but
regarding
ebeen stopped by the publication of the facts
the South-Eastern Railway of Portugal.
'7estminster Gazette.

Juarez's Plea, for Maximilian's Execution,

The report of ESCOBEDO announcing the execu-
tion of AlAxiatimAtsT has at last reached this country.
The EMPEROR, with MinAmoN and MEJIA, were
condemned on the night of the 14th June ; the
sentence confirmed at head-quarters on the 15th,
the 16th being named as the day for execution. It
appears that JUAREZ suspended the order until the
19th, when at 7 o'clock a.rn. the three were shot.
MAxlmiumi was shot face to the front ; his last
words were " Poor CARLOTTA 1" MIRAMON and
MEJIA. were reduced from their rank, and shot in
the back. Mexicans are jubilant., and foreigners
are horror-stricken. If the world cared for MeLi-

cans they would be more horror-stricken at the fate

before the country than even at the murder of MAXI-
MILIAN. They would view the general rejoicing as
a sober and staid man views the orgies of the most
abandoned wretches in the last stages of drunken-
ness and sensuality. The sight excites disgust ; the
feelings are those of pity for the miserable creatures,

and while contact with such wretches is shunned, the
heart bleeds to see the self-imposed degradation of

humanity.

The Prussian and British Minister

visited JUAREZ at San Luis Potosi, to arrest, if pos-
sible, the execution of the sentence, but in vain. They
went back to Queretaro, to take formal leave of
➢lexico on the execution of the Prince. On his
return Baron MAGNAS, the Prussian Minister,

addressed another communication to JUAREZ, urging

,hat the prisoners condemned on the 14th had un

dcrgone the horrors of death, having waited an hour
to be taken to the place of execution before informed

of the respite. He pledged his own Sovereign, the
Archduke's brother the Emperor of AUSTRIA, as
well as the Prince's cousin the QUEEN of the British
Dominions, his brother-in-law, the King of the
BELGIANS, his cousin, the Queen of SPAIN, the
Kings of ITALY and of SWEDEN, that none of the
prisoners should again tread on Mexican soil, if

banished. To this he received a cold reply—tha
the President of the Republic did not consider it
consistent with the future peace of the country to
grant the pardon of MAXIMILIAN.
There is no cause, however detestable, that will
not find apologists ; aye, apologists who
andhonestly believe in the views they express. Thus
men of known good repute have come forward to
justify the Sheffield outrages. We need not, there-
fore, be surprised that this disgraceful transaction,
which has covered with infamy the leaders of the
Mexican Republic (that is, if there remained a spot
of respectability on the hide of any one of them to
be so covered), has found its apologists. There are
people so infatuated, so wedded to names and
colours, that they cease to judge of events by the
broad standards of right and wrong. Because
these detestable brigands call themselves Liberals,
therefore they are to find supporters in the
advocates in America and England, of the noble
cause they disgrace ! We are wrong in say-
ing they disgrace the cause ; they have no more
right to assume the name than any pads that
rob on the highways. The pleas used in justifica-
tion of JUAREZ are two—first, that ALUCIMILIAN
was a Fillibuster; second, that he issued an order un-
der which many Mexican defenders of their country
were shot, as he was shot.
October 3, 1863, a Mexican deputation was
received at Miramar, when an address was pre-
sented to MAXIMILIAN, offering him the throne
of Mexico. His reply was —" Although the
task of assuring the independence and wellbeing
of Mexico by means of durable and free in-
stitutions is a very noble one, still I must
acknowledge that the monarchy cannot be restored
on legitimate and lasting foundations unless the
whole nation of its own free will, ratifies the wish of
the capital. Therefore I must make my acceptance
of the throne which is offered to me depend, first,
on the result of the vote of the entire country.
Should the assurances of a well-grounded security
in the future be obtained, and should the universal
choice of the noble Mexican people fall upon me, I
shall be ready to accept the throne." It was not
till the 10th April, 1861, that MAXIMILIAN, assured
that his call to the throne was by the voice of the
people, accepted the offer.: It was distinctly
intimated 1. y him that it would be necessary
to employ foreign soldiers to give a perma-
nence and stability to his Government, until
Mexico could recover from the horrible state
of disorganisation, and consequent prostration,
into which the reign of brigands had plunged her.
He renounced unconditionally his share of the
family estates, amounting to two millions sterling,
and, at the same time, surrendering his right
of succession to the throne of Austria, unless
within six years he resigned the crown of Mexico.
It has never been denied that MAXIMILIAN acted
honestly and to the best of his judgment and ability
in carrying out his pledge to redeem the country.
He was a Prince of the highest rank in Europe, tried
and proved to be a good Governor. He was invited