The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, F.RIOAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1867.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 6, 1867.

No further intelligence has been received to con-
firm the statement relative to the release of the
unfortunate prisoners of Abyssinia, and hence the
Government is placed in a very awkward position.
It will be the wisest thing for them to do to go on
with their preparations, no matter what parties may
say about the useless outlay of money, and so on.
This is pre-eminently one of those political situa-
tions to which we may apply the rule, " When in
doubt, learn the truth." It will never do to let
precious moments slip by, and then find out
that the good news was false when it is too
late to follow the original course marked out, to
deliver the victims of caprice and tyranny. Public
opinion is sure to be on the side of continuing the
preparations that have been begun with so much
vigour and comprehensiveness; and we feel sure
that Lord STANLEY will be too prudent to be
led aside from his purpose by any supposition of
useless expenditure. It is satisfactory to know
that the intention of the authorities is to
carry out the thing as fully and completely
as possible. Sir ROBERT NAPIER has the
entire control of the expedition, and the care and
precision employed in the arrangements have anti-
cipated the suggestions made by several persons
who have been anxious to impart information and
warn them of perils.
Concerning the news supposed to have been re-
ceived the other day, it is observed in a letter to
the ?Imes to-day that it appears strange that this
news should come to us by Constantinople, when
the authorities of Aden and in Egypt seem to know
nothing about it. It is also curious that THEODORE
should have yielded to the request of an insignificant
bishop of the Greek Church what he would not
concede to the solicitations and demands of the
British Embassy. It is said in intelligence received
from Aden that the report of the death of two of
these captives is not correct. Colonel MEREWETHER
has received accounts of them up to the 12th of
June, at which date all were well. 'While disap-
pointment is naturally felt at the idea of the cheer-
ing accounts lately given being false, we must
remember that things are not worse than before,
and that we may confidently expect before long to
hear good tidings that will not be refuted.
Since the above was written we have received in-
formation
from the Foreign-office that up to 11 a.m.
this morning no positive intelligence had yet ar-
rived announcing the liberation of the captives.
Whilstthe gratifying intelligence announced is want-
ing the preparations for the Expedition will go
forward with the utmost despatch and energy.

French politics seem in vogue lately, and so soon
as one topic of interest departs another springs up
to engage attention. The Marquis de MOCSTIER,
French Minister for Foreign Affairs, has addressed
a circular to the diplomatic agents of France abroad
relating to the meeting between the Emperor
NAPOLEON and the Emperor FRANCIS JosErn.
This circular will be sure to attract a good deal of
notice just now on account of the excitement which
prevailed concerning this affair, and the various
speculations to which it gave rise. The Marquis
commences his lengthened explanation by stating
that he is actuated in this course solely on account
of the interview in question having formed the
" subject of interpretations which tend to distort
the character it possessed." The EMPEROR and
EMPRESS went to Salzburg, it is said, guided by a
sentiment -which public opinion could not otherwise
have mistaken, and it is here stated to have been a
desire to bear an affectionate testimony of sympathy
to the Imperial Family of Austria, which had just
been cruelly afflicted by a great misfortune. After
this rule is decidedly laid down, the Mar-
quis admits that these distinguished Sove-
reigns could not be together in " confiding
intimacy " for several days without exchanging
ideas on questions of great interest, and confiding
their mutual impressions to each other. " But,"
he adds emphatically, and this assurance is doubt-
less the chief point of the circular, " neither the
object nor the result of these interviews was the
formation of combinations which there is nothing
in the present state of Europe to justify." It must
be admitted that there were no real grounds on
which to form the opinion that the meeting at
Salzburg contained a hidden meaning ; but, as we
said before, it was the complicated state of things in
Germany which gave rise to the surmises in question.
"Conscience makes cowards of us all," and BISMARCK'S
position is such that he can ill afford time for inter-
views and consultations, or even an exchange of
ideas, to take place with his victims on the one hand,
and his rivals on the other. Hence his fears give
rise to hopes on the part of those who resent his
interference, and dread to become the tools of his
caprice. It was not the fault of the French E3l-
- R 0 R, nor that of the Austrian, that these rumours
got about, but they arose from the jealousy and
suspicion of the Berlin Government. Not content
with having made this commotion, and proved to
the world how unsettled they felt in the midst of
all their boasting than they forthwith change their
tactics, and declare that the attempt was made, and
that it had proved a failure.
The French Government could afford to laugh at
the notion of the Emperors having met to under-
mine the security of nations, and to set Europe by
the ears, but it will not do to let the sequel of the
story go uncontradicted. Hence this circular, which
has for cud and object to give a flat denial to the
beginning of the tale, in order to show the falsity
rat the several parts of it.
,The Marquis de MousTtEn
to the language by the Emperor
point 3 Liniticautly
APot.EoN's Government on each occasion, when
it has had to explain itself concerning the state of
things created by the military events oi last sum -
mer. This attitude was defined in various ways—
by the Circular of last September, by the language
of the EMPEROR at the opening of the Senate and
the legislative body, and also by the speeches of the
Minister of State during the course of the Parlia-
mentary debates of last session. After referring
to these notable events the Marquis triumphantly
adds that at " a recent conjuncture we have
seen the Cabinets of Europe do justice to
the straightforwardness of our policy, and lend
their concurrence to our ideas of pacification."
Certainly the turn which affairs took and the opinion

gen, orally entertained at the time of the London
Col iference were decidedly in favour of France
rat her than Prussia ; and that overweening Power
btu I to submit to arrangements and compromises
wfn ich at first she stoutly refused to entertain. This
i
Circular concludes by asserting that the Salzburg
interview is to be regarded in the light of a
fresh security for the preservation of peace, in-
stead of the several Courts of Europe thinking
s that they must see therein a subject of " pre-occu-
w.tion and anxiety." Thus the matter ends for
flits present, and we must all wait for the next
see) le of the drama to be enacted. All that is here
put forth is no doubt strictly true so far as the
mattkv goes, but the readers of history need hardly
be told that the most peaceful assurances are the
most rife, and the most serene state of things the
most apparent, very often upon the eve of contro-
versy, and that the calm which precedes the storm
may be mistaken for that which follows after it.

The intelligence which reaches us from the United
States, both by mail and telegraph, is very sugges-
tive. It is evident that the PRESIDENT intends to
exercise his authority with vigour and determina-
tion, and that whatever new and mischievous legis-
lation may be in store for the country when Con-
gress re-assembles, the recess at least shall restore
in some degree the semblance of law and order. A
telegram, dated New York, Sept. 4th, 6 p.m., is to
the effect that Mr. JOHNSON has issued a proclama-
tion warning persons not to obstruct the decrees of
the Federal Courts, as was recently the case
in Carolina, and ordering the military and civil
officers to assist the enforcement of those decrees.
The order is based upon constitutional law and
common sense. There can be no possible reason
why, in the- present condition of affairs, civil law
should be subverted by military authority. No one
is in arms against the Government, there are no
plots or conspiracies afloat except those of Radical
manufacture. Why then should one of the first
and most important guarantees of the rights and
liberties of a people be wilfully and recklessly
abandoned ? It may make very little difference
to the residents in New York or Washington
just now that civil law is subverted in the
Southern States, and an organised military
despotism substituted ; but they may depend
upon it that the precedent is a very dangerous one,
and the example now set in Carolina and the vici-
nity may yet be turned against them in future days.
It is not a little singular that the people who so long
shrunk from maintaining a regular army should
now be giving their tacit sanction to so extravagant
an elevation of military authority. The PRESIDENT,
who in spite of occasional mistakes and extrava-
gances always upholds the spirit of constitutional
law, has from the first set his face against this
scheme of the Congress. On the very face
of it it is a contradiction in terms. How
can there be a veritable " Reconstruction,"
a restoration of internal tranquillity, prosperity, and
confidence under an irregular and despotic military
system ? To make matters worse each district
commander puts his own interpretation upon the
law, so that there can be no kind of certainty as to
the extent of his powers. If the South were still
ripe for rebellion, or, more properly speaking, revo-
lution, if there were a formidable party advocating
another outbreak and organising a secret force, if
the orders from Washington were rejected
or disobeyed, there might be some reason for
stern repressive measures. But the Southern
people have accepted their fate, however unwel-
come, and there has been no indication of any de-
sire to draw the sword anew, if indeed they could
muster force enough to be formidable. The course
adopted by General SHERIDAN could only be justified
among a chronically disaffected people, whereal the
great desire of the Southern whites now is to obtain
representation in the National Assembly. SHERIDAN,
we learn from the intelligence brought by the Java,
has removed the city attorney and city surveyor of
New Orleans, and ordered the jurors to be chosen
from among the registered voters. As we know
how the registration is conducted, we may guess
what sort of persons are likely to be selected.

It is rumoured all the members of the Cabinet
have notified to the PRESIDENT their willingness to
tender their resignations, if requested to do so ; but
this is not confirmed, and we may accept it cum
grano salis. The PRESIDENT, however, seems to
have resolved upon a vigorous course of action, and
we may hope before the autumn is over he will have
as far as possible restored public confidence, and
protected civil rights and constitutional liberty.

The annual gathering of the members of the
British Association is always an interestinr, event.
It breaks the monotony of autumnal discussions,e by
lifting us for a while into the higher and purer
atmosphere of scientific inquiry. It forms a
standing point from which to look back upon the
achievements and advancement, the gains and
losses of each year, and to look forward at the plans
and hopes of the future. The assembly of this year
is held at Dundee, and is presided over by the
Duke of BUCCLEUCH, who has always taken a
deepinterest scientific progress. His
Grace
delivered
inthe inaugural address on
Wednesday evening, and, contrary to usual
form, he delivered it extempore. With straight-
forward simplicity, he said that he had broken
through the customary rule, for he had never been
accustomed to prepare a written address, and had
he attempted to do so he must have called in the
aid of others. He preferred therefore to speak in
his own words, which were certainly very much to
the point. The Duke observed that none of his
ancestors, the " bold BUCCLEUCEIS," of Border song
and legend, had attempted so bold a deed
as the acceptance of the Presidency offered
him, but from the specimen he has given us
there is very little doubt that, in true Border
fashion, he will come
.off victoriously from
the charge. The DUKE summed up briefly the
salient points of discussion, alluding more particu-
larly to the increase of scientific education in schools,
and to the restoration of a system of storm signals.
He had urged, he said, in common with others in-
terested in the subject, upon the Government of
the day the importance of renewing the storm signals
at different ports. His Grace urged very sensibly
that without expecting the Board of Trade to turn
into weather prophets, it is not unreasonable to
ask them to give us the benefit of their supe-
rior information. "As they have the means to
ascertain the strength and prevalence of winds
by telegraphic communication over this country and
over Europe and other distant parts, they can in-
form us whether there are any great disturbances of
the elements prevailing. For instance, there may
be a tremendous gale of wind on the south coast of
Ireland and at the entrance to the Channel. Well,
notice of that is telegraphed to Glasgow, Liverpool,
and other ports upon the West coast, and com-
manders of vessels will hesitate to set sail when they
hear of such a storm in the seas which they had
expected in the course of a few hours to pass
through." Such a system of signals, as the Duke
observed, may save many lives and a vast amount
of property, and the British. Association will do the
public good service, if they can suceced in obtaining
its renewal from the Government.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Thursday Evening.
There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at the
Tuileries, at which the Emperor presided.
The evening Moniteur, in reviewing political
facts, has the following :
" King Charles XV. of Sweden returned to his
capital on the 24th of August. On his arrival at
Stockholm he immediately went to the chateau,
where, in the presence of his Minister, he dissolved
the Regency and resumed the reins of Government.
The manoeuvres of the camp, which is formed every
autumn, will this year be commanded by Prince
Oscar, his Majesty's brother.
" The plenipotentiaries who compose the Federal
Council of Northern Germany began their labours
by preparing a programme of the matters which
will be submitted to the Confederate Parliament
during the approaching session. The budget of
the federal expenses has been arranged. They
amount in round numbers to 270 millions of
francs. The expenses of the army are estimated
at 67 millions and a half of dollars. Taking
the total budget, 54 millions of dollars will
be derived from the receipts of the Zollverein, and
the duties upon articles of consumption and the
excess of receipts over the expenses of. the post-
office and telegraphs. Thus 21 millions of dollars
will be demanded from the Confederate Govern-
ments pro rata according to their population.
Prussia will have to pay rather more than 18 mil-
lions, Saxony 1 million, and the other States of
Northern Germany collectively will contribute
almost a million of dollars.

" Numerous postal treaties have been concluded
between Prussia and the various States of the new
Confederation. Hesse Darmstadt, like all the coun-
tries where the family of Tour and Taxis continues
to exercise its privilege, has confided the postal ser,
vice of the Grand Duchy to Prussia. Royal
Saxony, Brunswick, and the two Mecklenbourgs
are now the only States of Northern Germany
which have preserved an exclusive postal service for
themselves.

" The military arrangements concluded between
Prussia and the Confederate Government are now
in course of execution. The towns situated out of
the kingdom in which the Prussian troops keep
garrison under the title of Federal troops are
Keenigstein, Hamburg, Lubeck, Sonderhausen,
Detinold, and Buckebourg.
" At the meeting of the last Council of Ministers
of the kingdom of Hungary, it was decided that
the Diet of Pesth should be again convoked towards
the end of this month to vote the national loan of
40 millions of florins to hasten the completion of the
Hungarian railways.
" The hopes which we have several times ex-
pressed for the complete frustration of every attempt
at disorder in the Pontifical States seem to be
realised. The agitators who reckoned upon the
co-operation of the Romans appear to be discou-
raged by the good sense of the population. The
Italian Government continues to post numerous
troops on the frontier to prevent any formation of
revolutionary bands, and to cause the convention of
the 15th of September last to be respected. Active
watch is kept throughout the whole territory. By
a privilege which dates from the times of Louis
XLII., whenever the Pope is at Rome on the 25th
of August he honours the Church of St. Louis des
Francais with his presence, where be is received
with solemnity by the representative of France.
The ceremony was celebrated this year with the
accustomed solemnity. The Iloly Father bad a con-
versation with the charge d'affaires of the Emperor,
and at his arrival, as well as at his departure, Pius
IX. was greeted with cordial acclamations from
the crowd. The Italian Government is actively
occupied in the preparation of all the measures re-
lative to the liquidation of ecclesiastical property.
" M. Deno, who has arrived at New York from
Mexico, will come direct to France, with all the
tneml ers of his legate. _

"The Viceroy of Egypt, who has been at Con-
stantinople since the 17th of August, intends to stay
a month longer in that city. The Egyptian Go-
vernment has recently declared that it is about to
enter upon a course of reform and economy, which
will enable it to provide for every want with the
ordinary resources of the country, without having
recourse to a loan. This system will be assisted by
a good harvest, the rise of the Nile having this year
taken place under circumstances favourable to agri-
culture. A direct service of boats between Alex-
andria and Venice is about to be established."

Kossuth, it appears, is not satisfied with the new
Germanati
arrangements,
emeelneters of Vaitzen have chosen
atO
and will not return to his
n
him to represent them, but he has written a letter
in which he declines to accept the mission. Kos-
v e land. ar ra
suth in this letter explains the reasons which induce
him to prolong his exile. lie disapproves of the
arrangements concluded with the Hapsbourgs, and
says he will not connect himself with the policy of
the Government. Hungary, he adds, does not want
the assistance of Austria ; Hungary is powerful
enough to play a perfectly independent part in
Europe.
The Salzbourg reports and fabrications are re-
vived, but faintly. Various diplomatic notes are
still talked of. The report of one from M. Beust
to the diplomatic agents of Austria is formally con-
tradicted.

hasOccaut Tarbes, which the law
pied the Court of Assize
of Athel terribleau te
s case
Pyrenees,
in England would consider as murder, but in France
this occurrence is not treated as such. A gentle-
man, named Arnaud Castaignet, his wife, and Anna
Junca Cassagnet, the victim's mother, were indicted
for having inflicted blows and wounds, on the 22d
of March last, upon Colina Cassagnet, which blows
and wounds were not inflicted with the intention of
causing death, although death ensued from them.
Colina Cassagnet, the deceased, a girl of 16, who
was servant to M. Castaignet, died on the 29th of
March last, and in consequence of rumours that
her death was caused by violence the body was
examined by surgeons, who found numerous serious
wounds and bruises, which, in their opinion, were
the cause of death. It appeared, from the evidence,
that the deceased left her master's house on the
morning of the 23d of March, and went to stay with
her aunt, a woman named Prehau, at Vie, not far
from Tarbes. She was so ill that she was compelled
to go to bed, from which she never rose, but died
five days afterwards. During her illness she told
her aunt that on the previous night her master and
mistress had complained of her having stolen some
eggs and a piece of pork, and bad locked her up
all day and sent for her mother, who arrived in
the evening. A scene of revolting violence and
brutality ensued. The child's mother, and her
master and mistress (the three prisoners) struck,
beat, and kicked her, and, after using their fists,
they knocked her about with a chair. The male
prisoner stood upon her stomach and kicked her
on the chest. The defence made by the husband
and wife was that it was the mother of the de-
ceased who had inflicted the blows in her passion
when told that she had been guilty of stealing,
and that they tried to rescue her from her
mother's violence. The woman Cassagnet, the
mother, on the contrary, said that Madame Cas-
taignet seized the girl by the throat, and that
both she and her husband beat and kicked her
very brutally. According to other evidence the
petty larceny was only the pretext for the vio-
lence, but that the real motive of the crime was the
refusal of the poor girl to consent to improper ven-
tures made by her master. It was proved that
the master is a man of very irritable temper
and violent disposition. The trial is not over yet.
On Tuesday there was a grand dinner at the
Tuileries in honour of the Queen of Wurtemberg.
The latest arrival of note in Paris is that of M. de
Goltz, and of course all sorts of political combina-
tions are anticipated from the visit of the Minister.
The weather continues heavy and stormy, with
occasional rain.

There is plenty of partridges in the market and
shops, but they are rather dear. Two francs and a
half are asked for a small bird: They are, however,
to be bad in the streets at a
cheaper rate. Hares
are not yet abundant, and are dear.
Among the anecdotes of the day is one respecting
two proyincials who have come to see the Exiaibi-

tion, one from Toulouse, the other from Marseilles.
At a café they were discussing the attractions and
wonders of their respective localities. The Gascon
of course boasted largely about his native place.
He said the Garonne was so full of fish that even
a steamer could hardly get through the shoals.
" Oh," rejoined the Marseilles visitor, " that is
nothing ; we have a river near Marseilles where the
fish come in such enormous abundance that they
have driven all the water out of the river."
The grave Moniteur records an anecdote of two
Englishmen, which, if true, does not redound much
to their politeness. The omnibus which takes pas-
sengers from Etretat to the station at Beuzeville
was about to leave when two Englishmen jumped
into places in the coupe which had been retained by
ladies. Every plan was adopted with politeness to
induce them to give up the places. Even the threat
of sending for gendarmes had no effect. The coach-
man, however, hit upon a clever expedient. lie
locked the doors of the coup 6 and brought out
another carriage, to which all the baggage was re-
moved. In spite of the cries and menaces of the
Englishmen they were kept locked up for two
hours, and of course lost their places by the train.
They went to the Mayor to complain, but he told
them they were in the wrong, and said the best
thing they could do, if they were in a hurry, would
be to post it to their destination.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE ABYSSINIAN PRISONERS.

Foreign-office, September 6, 11 a.m.

Her Majesty's Acting Consul-General in Egypt
reports yesterday from Alexandria that nothing is
known there respecting the alleged release of the
Abyssinian prisoners. The Armenian patriarch, at
Jerusalem, who sent the bishops to Abyssinia, is
now at Cairo, and has heard nothing of their move-
ments subsequently to their departure from Senakin
for Gondar, in June last.

ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 5.

The Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, who is
now staying at Cairo, and who recently sent a
bishop to effect the liberation of the Abyssinian
captives, has no knowledge of their alleged re-
lease.