The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1867.

outbreak, and it is fortunate that the Govern-
ment have had discernment to recognise them
These tokens of her MAJESTY'S approval are
most appropriate, and will serve to mark
their services to a distant time among other scenes
when the temporary excitement of the affair is over.
The Marchioness of ABERCORN presented the
symbols to each of those chosen for the honour,
and the Lord-Lieutenant addressed some suitable
remarks to them. He said that it was a pleasure
to all to witness the distribution of the rewards of
merit so worthily bestowed. We agree with his
Excellency that these rewards have been given for
no " common services," and that in earning them
they rendered no common service to the State.
" Shut out, as you were, from any assistance, de-
pendent on your own courage, and in numbers in-
finitesimally fewer than your assailants, you yet
showed most effectually what loyalty and discipline
can accomplish." It is satisfactory to know that
these services of the constabulary have not been
passed over so slightingly as many others have been.
As the Lord-Lieutenant reminded his hearers, these
men have received the recognition of both Houses
of Parliament, and her MAJESTY bas not been un-
mindful of them. The QUEEN has commanded that in
future the force shall bo called the .Royal Irish
Constabulary, in recognition of their distinguished
services in time of need. Lord MAYO also made a
very interesting speech. After stating the readi-
ness with which Lord DERBY bad communicated
his Excellency's wishes on the subject of conferring
some special mark of favour on this body of con-
stabulary to the QUEEN, and the gracious man-
ner in which her MAJESTY had acquiesced in the
suggestion, he went on to comment upon the
unusual nature of the services rendered. "I sin-
cerely hope," he contended, that " you may never
again be called upon to discharge such painful duties
as you then so nobly performed, and to point your
rifles at the breasts of your fellow-countrymen.
Your duties are not to impose on an unwilling people
the yoke of despotism, or to enforce the mandates of
an absolute ruler. You are the free servants of the So-
vereign of a free people, and your duty is to maintain
that order, without which society could not exist,
and to enforce those laws which are formidable
only to the evil-doer." After the many distress-
ing scenes which have taken place with respect to
this Fenian conspiracy, it is a welcome change to
meet with an affair of this kind ; and we hope that
while it afforded satisfaction to those immediately
concerned, it will serve as an encouragement to
others similarly concerned to emulate their zeal, and
if the occasion occurs to " go and do likewise."

We are glad to find the wanton destruction of
our small birth, which annually goes on during the
spring, summer, and autumn, is being brought
under public notice. What with the sparrow
clubs, the bird-sellers, the farmers, the collectors
of rare specimens, and the general mischief-makers,
boy and man, who rejoice in the mere destruction
of anything living, the death lists of the feathered
tribes is something startling. It is only wonderful
that we have any songsters left. Every grand
holiday, such as Easter-Monday, Good Friday, and
Whitsuntide celebrates a holocaust of birds, and
few are found who care enough about the
matter even to make a protest. The farmers, who
are most concerned to stop the slaughter, encourage
it in every way, from the old prejudice that the
birds injure their crops. The birds no doubt get
their living out of the crops, at least in a measure,
but they do good service for it. Like the farmer's
other labourers they live at his expense, but their
work pays their living many times over. We fear
it is only experience will make men believe this
when it is too late. In parts of the Con-
tinent where the bird slaughter has been
pushed still further than among ourselves the
increase of destructive insects puzzled the farmer and
destroyed valuable crops. In Australia the common
sparrow has been thought worthy of importation, a
fact which might teach a good deal to our whole-
sale slaughterers, who have no regard for the humble
brown-coated sparrow, or for his more brilliant
rivals. CAMPBELL says, speaking of the home-
sick emigrant, that he will—

"Regret the lark that gladdened England's morn ;"
but according to modern fashions, he would only
regret the lark for want of something to shoot at!
It is time that a better theory, at least, were adopted,
and that men who have an idea beyond the range of
their guns should consider whether they cannot find
some more rational amusement than the wholesale
slaughter of our pretty and useful feathered friends.

CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDEIN'T.)

PARIS, Sunday Evening.
There was a Cabinet Council yesterday afternoon
at the Tuileries, at which the Emperor presided.
The Emperor and Empress have left Paris for
Biarritz.

The Siecle says--" The Cabinet of Berlin has
been satisfied with the explanations given of the
interview between the Emperors of Franco and
Austria at Salzburg. We have not yet seen the
Austrian note, but it is probable that the Cabinet,
of Vienna will follow the example of that of the
Tuileries, and that which we shall very soon have
the opportunity of comparing the language of M.
Beust with that of the Marquis de Moustier."
Some of the Paris papers begin to descry another
" black point" in the horizon, arising out of the
attitude of England and America in regard to the
Alabama. One of them is of opinion that the re-
cently published documents prove the imminent
probability that further serious complications will
arise although the difficulty is not of recent origin.

In a work by M. Guillaume Legean, formerly
Vice-Consul of France at Massoura, who lived a
long time in Abyssinia, there are some very inte-
resting particulars relative to the Emperor Theo-
dore. The Emperor is 49. He is of middle height,
of commanding appearance, and has an open and
sympathetic countenance. His features are not so
regular as those of the Abyssinians in general, but
are expressive, although not characteristic, of the
dignity which marks certain Oriental types. His
eyes are piercing, and the profile indicates the iron
will and power which have enabled him to place in
subjection the most free and the least docile
people of the East. Rigorous towards others in
regard to etiquette, he himself affects great indiffe-
rence as to dress. Europeans have often declined
to present themselves to him in consequence of the
peculiar costume required on state occasions. He
dresses like a simple soldier, wearing a belt with
pistols and an English sword. Over all is an em-
broidered toga. This contempt of luxury is ex-
hibited in all his arrangements. The furniture of
his tent is very simple, although his residences
of ;Magdala and Dewra Tabor are encumbered
with the richest silks and ornaments of France and
the Indies. The Negus, as he is styled, sacrifices
everything for effect when he gives audience to
foreigners or to chiefs who come to make their sub-
mission. He leans negligently upon two lions
tamed for the purpose, and two other lions roam
about the room, rather to the terror of strangers.
This strange fancy, however, is not a whim of his
own, as it appears from the traditions of the country
that former Emperors of Abyssinia always had lions
to accompany them in their campaigns, who keep
guard close to the Imperial tent.
The Almanach de Paris says the name of the
present Emperor of Abyssinia is Theodore the
Second (Kassa Feuaranga), Emperor of Ethiopia,
son of Hailo Marian, Prince of Kuava. The Em-
peror was born at Cherghi (Kuava) in 1818. He
was Prince of Dembea in 1850, and elected
Emperor at Gondar, and crowned on the 7th of

February, 1855. He was first married to Iteghe
Tzoobedje, who died in 1860. His second wife
is Iteghe Toroneche, daughter of Dedjaz Oubie,
Viceroy of Tigre, who was born in 1814. The
official title of the Emperor of Abyssinia
is Negus nagast ha Ditopeya (King of the Kings
of Ethiopia). The Empire of Abyssinia covers a
superficies of 50,000 square leagues, and is peopled
by four millions and a half of inhabitants. The
capital is Gondar, with 8,000 inhabitants. The
other principal towns are Adona (capital of the
Tigre), with from 7,000 to 8,000 inhabitants;
Axoun, called the sacred city ; and Kaovato Basse,
and Emfror. The Emperor Theodore, founding his
claim upon Abyssinian genealogical tradition, boasts
of very ancient descent, that is to say from no less
a personage than King Solomon, who had a son by
the beautiful Queen of Saba, called Meuilek, whose
posterity, with slight interruptions, has governed
iu Abyssinia up to this day.
Among other new and ingenious methods of ob-
taining publicity in Paris is that of the dog adver-
tisment. A bookseller, who publishes a guide, sends
dogs about the streets. Attached to their ears is a
small handsome card, on which is printed " Don't
travel without my Guide," the name and address,
of course, being given underneath. I don't know
the price of the Guide, but I suppose it is dog
cheap.
Five persons named Varennes, Meuuier, Guichard,
Billandon, and Morin, employed in various capaci-
ties on the Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean Rail-
way, who were on duty when the terrible accident
happened recently, have appeared before the Tri-
bunal of Correctional Police at Macon, charged
with having, by want of caution, imprudence, neg-
ligence, and want of attentions to the regulations,
caused the deaths of various persons, and severe
injury to a number of others. The Tribunal, although
admitting that Varennes had exposed his life in en-
deavouring to save the victims, condemned him to
two
months,
that
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civilly responsible for thecondemnations pronounced
against the persons they employ.
The commencement of the shooting season in
France has been marked by more than the usual
number of fatal casualties. Messrs. Gagnard and
Durand, tradesmen at
the property of M. Rollet, a farmer at Gron. M.
Rollet accompanied
them. The game was very
scarce, and one of the party remarked that their
friends would laug • hat
them if they went home
without any. Upon this M. Durand replied that
he would sho,srhis capsule, which was covered with
verdigrease, and would prove that he had not used
his gun, so that it could not be want of skill. M.
Rullet was going to look at it when the gun
accidentally went off, the trigger having been
touched, and the charge entered his head through
the ear, and he died in a few minutes. M. Durand
was in such despair that he would have shot himself
if he had not been prevented by his friends.
M. Lemaine, the agent of an insurance company,
was shooting at Longpre, les Corps Saints, when
his gun burst, and he was instantly killed.
Two brothers were shooting near Liege. A
partridge rose suddenly, and in the excitement of
the moment one of the brothers fired without look-
ing round, and shot the other. The gun was only
loaded with small shot, and happily the injury will
not be very serious.
A steam boiler at the manufactory of M. 'ling,
near Carpentras, exploded on Friday last, and
three men who were at work were so fearfully
scalded that they died in two hours. Some others
received injury, but were not seriously hurt.
Some important and beautifully-executed drain-
ing works are nearly completed to the west of Paris.
A tunnel has been formed at a depth of from 50 to
60 yards from the place de l'Alma to the island of
la Grande Jatte, at Neuilly, a distance of more
than 6,000 yards. The tunnel crosses under the
Seine, and will carry the contents of the gutters
and refuse from the left bank. It will also carry
away from Paris the impurities from the river Bievre.
According to the observations of the Board of
Longitude of France, it will be on the night and
morning of the 13th and 14th inst. that the last of
the four eclipses of the moon this year will take
place. The entrance of the moon into the penumbra
will be on the 13th, at 911. 53m. evening; entrance
into the shadow, 11h. 7m. ; middle of the clipse on
the 14th, at 14 minutes before one in the morning ;
departure from the shadow, 2h. 4m. The moon
will emerge from the penumbra at 3h. 19m. The
extent of the eclipse will be as much as the 69th
Part of 100 of the adi meter of the moon.
It is not necessary to go to Switzerland to form an
idea of the mode of living and occupations of the
Swiss peasantry, for at the Exhibition you may see
a great many peculiar and handsome constructions
called chalets or cottages. They are situated iu
various parts of the Park, where there are also three
beautiful Turkish kiosques. It is in cottages of this
kind that the celebrated Gruyere cheese is made.
It owes its name to a small village in Switzerland,
in the canton Fribourg, the name of which (Griers)
has been changed or corrupted to Gruyere. In some
of the Departments of France cheese of a similar
kind is made, but the French admit that it has not
the peculiar flavour and good qualities of the
Gruyere cheese. It is made from fresh drawn mifk,
and the press is effected with great care. It is made
by an association of small cultivators called
44 fruiterers," the formation of which dates from
several ages. A manufacturer of Gruyere cheese is
in Switzerland now called "a fruiterer." The
corruption of it in France is enormous. The treail
price is about a franc a pound.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

41.-

THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES,
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Sept. 8.

Her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Constanti-
nople reports on the 6th by telegraph that no news
has reached him of the release of the Abyssinian
captives, and that he cannot account for the

rumour.

BERLIN, Sept. 9.

The " Bank uud Handelszeitung" of to-day says
that an interview will probably take place between
the King of Prussia and the South German sove-
reigns at the castle of Hohenzollern.

GENERAL GARIBALDI.

FLORENCE; Sept. 9.

The assertion of the Etendard, that Garibaldi on
passing through Belirate was entertained by Count
Von Usedom, the Prussian Ambassador, is entirely
without foundation. Count Von Usedom has been
in Germany for some days past.

GENEVA, Sept. 9.

Garibaldi arrived here last evening at 6 p.m. An
immense crowd was assembled to receive him. The
General made a speech from the balcony of his
hotel, in which he said he would go to Rome.

THE INDIA. AND CHINA MAILS.
MARSEILLES, September 8.
The Messageries Imperiales steamer Said, with
the above mails, arrived here at 1 a.m. to-day.

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Sept. 7, Two o'clock.—The market is
not so good, and little business is doing. Threes
are at 69f. 70c., or 10c. lower. Italian Fives are at
49f. 40c., with a decline of sc. Credit Mobilier lose
5f., at 285 f. Spanish Mobilier and Comptoir d'Es-
compte without change, at 196 f. 25c. and 677 f. 50c.
Credit Foncier lose 2f. 50c., at 1,360 f. Railway
shares without much change. Orleans, 898 f. 75c. ;
Northern, 1,1701.; Lyons, 906 f. 25c., with a rise of
25c.; Southern, 845 f., with a decline of if. 25c. ;
and Lombard, 390 f. English Consols are reported
with the lose of e.
Three o'clock.—The last quotations are as fol-
lows :

41,- par Cants 9B Bank Shares 3370
Do. end month — Italian Loan 49 10
3 per Cents. 69 75 Do. end month 49 50
Do. end month 69 70 Ilexicau Loan —
Credit Mobilior ... 290 Do. Bonds —
Do. end Month ~.. 293 75 Spanish Threes

Credit Foacier
cud mouth 1360

home Debt
Daforred

I:AMWAY:3.

For Account.
Orleans
Northern ll6O
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman ...

883 75

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.