The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-21 00:00:00

TIM SUN_ LONDON. SATURtiAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1367.

played prol ninent parts in the public sight, have
died -within a few years of each other. General
BRUCE, whose faithful attendance on the Heir
Apparent bad won him the respect and con-
fidence of the Crown and people, died on the
eve of a royal wedding ; Lord ELGIN, the most emi-
nent peihaps of the three, sunk, after a brief illness
in the IncNian hills. He had not long assumed those
onerous and difficult duties of Viceroy of India,
which all par ;les agreed in thinking he was the most
capable and worthy to fulfil. His long diplomatic
career had won him a high reputation, and his mis-
sion to China, in which he was assisted by his
brother Frederick, was a remarkable success. Not-
withstanding these two premature deaths there
seemed reason to hope that our Ambassador to the
United States might represent his nation for many
years more. General BRUCE was long known to be
in delicate health, and Lord ELGIN had suffered
from his assiduous public services iu many trying
climates and conditions. Bat the strong man is
laid low, and the confidence which we all felt that
the honour and the interests of England were safe
in the hands of our Transatlantic representative is
rudely shaken. How shall we fill his place ? That
is the question that will to-day be anxiously asked
and doubtfully answered. The negotiations which
Sir FREDERICK BRUCE so ably conducted, and
which he cherished the hope of bringing
to a conclusion, satisfactory and honourable to both
sides, are still pending. The course of events, while
bringing conviction to the leading minds of both
countries that a rupture between them would be a
loss, has not removed those causes of irritation,
which, if ill-managed, often lead to the most serious
results. It is necessary for a capable ambassador
to understood correctly his own people, and the
people among whom he dwells. Sir FREDERICK
BRUCE was fortunate in this respect, and the
best proof how well he understood the
somewhat complex character of the people
among whom be dwelt is to bo found
in the high estimation in which he was held
by the Americans. Mr. SEWARD himself, not
always friendly to England, and constantly engaged
in a paper war with the English representative, was
on the best of terms with Sir FREDERICK BRUCE
individually. Sir FREDERICK bad but recently
returned from visiting his venerable antagonist at
his home at Auburn, when he was attacked by the
fatal malady to which he succumbed. His self-
control and calm self-possession often stood him in
good stead in times of the greatest difficulty,
when less able men might have been provoked
into some fatal blunder. Thus, on the memorable
occasion when the oration to the memory of Presi-
dent LINCOLN was made the pretext for virulent
abuse of England, many prominent Americans
thought it their duty to call upon the English
Minister and express their regret. Sir FREDERICK
received them with courtesy, and soon showed that
he felt the real affront was not to himself or to the
people whom he represented, but to the American
people, for the desecration of the tribute paid to the
memory of a good man by the unseemly exhibi-
tion. In conducting the correspondence on
the troublesome question of the Alabama claims
Sir F. BRUCE showed great tact, firmness, and
command of temper. He was always on the watch
for a favourable opportunity for their adjustment,
and although it suited the political necessities of
American statesmen to take up and lay aside the
claims according to the humour of the moment,
the English Minister was always consistent and
equable. He showed a firm front to the somewhat
exacting and aggressive representatives of American
policy, while at the same tine he did not scruple to
advise the Home Government to make what he
considered necessary or desirable concessions. In any
case the post which Sir F. BRUCE leaves vacant would
be one difficult to fill, and at the present time it is
beset with peculiar perplexity. No doubt many
able and accomplished men will be forthcoming
who would be ready to accept the responsibility
and to undertake the duties, but the combination
of qualities demanded in our Minister at Wash-
ington is not so quickly found. Sir F. BRUCE
has held the post for a comparatively short period,
but he gave unlimited satisfaction. Let us hope that
his successor, whoever he may be, may leave a not
less worthy name behind him.

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From New York, on September 10th, we learn
that the famous amnesty proclamation was issued
the day before, and excludes Mr. DAVIES, all
heads of departments, governors of Confederate
States, persons who illtreated Federal prisoners, and
all who were directly or indirectly concerned in the
assassination of President LINCOLN, from its benefits.
Many of the former classes have already applied
for and obtained individual pardons ; for the
rest, no one will wish to include them.
Such as it is, the amnesty has given
great offence to Mr. WENDELL PHILLIPS, who
denounces it as treasonable and rebellious, and
declares that the PRESIDENT will be impeached upon
the reassembling of Congress. We do not hear of
the general effect produced throughout the States,
though the Cabinet, we are given to understand,
believe it will have very extensive effects. What-
ever course the Radicals determine upon pursuing,
it is evident that the PRESIDENT is resolved upon
vigorous action, and possibly he may yet prove to
have been the most politically sagacious of the two.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Friday Evening.
The Moniteur gives the following news in its
bulletin :

" The Federal Diet of Northern Germany has
decided that the project of the address presented to
it shall be discussed in a general sitting, as well as
the proposals relative to the new Zollverein and
Budget of 1868. It has remitted to special
countries the laws concerning passports, post-
offices, and the salt duty. A portion of the
Chamber having proposed to invalidate the election
of General Vogel de Fplkenstein, the motion was
agreed to. The Diet also consented to a proposi-
tion, having for object the promulgation of
electoral regulations to be common to all the Con-
federation of the North.

"The King of Prussia, who arrived at Frankfort
on Wednesday, went to Darmstadt upon the
invitation of the Grand Duke of Hesse. His
Majesty intends to go to Wiesbaden to pay a visit
to the Princess of Wales."

The Marquis de Moustier, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, having resumed the direction of his depart-
ment yesterday, received the members of the diplo-
matic body, who were accredited to their functions
in Paris.

In an article relative to Mexico the Revue Content-
poreire lately gave an account, by M. Keratry, of
a supposed angry conversation which had taken
place at St. Cloud between the Empress Charlotte
and the Emperor. It is stated officially that there
is no truth in this alleged conversation.
The &ccle has some remarks worth attention
relative to the policy of Prussia. It says :
" It becomes difficult to understand the situation
of the Cabinet of Berlin. When it speaks, in
whose name does it speak? The new circular
of M. de Bismarck, explaining the character
of the interview at Salzbourg, is addressed
to the agents of Prussia in foreign countries,
and yet the Prussian Minister of Foreign Affairs
expresses himself as the representative of the whole
of Germany. In almost every sentence the words
national German feeling arc repeated, and also the
words national interests of Germany and the dignity

and independence of the natives. M. de Bismark,
with a skilfulness which we cannot deny, profits by
every circumstance to rally the whole of Germany
round the throne of Frederick William. Whether
France, in accord with England, interfere, even
officiously, in favour of Denmark; whether diplo-
matic proceedings be taken to insure the faithful
execution of the Treaty of Prague, no matter the
position, M. de Bismark presents to the Germans
the spectre of the foreigner menacing the common
country. If, on the contrary, the French Govern-
ment make pacific declarations, and it is not sparing
of them, M. Bismark considers them as a bill of
indemnity, and goes on with his work.
In this circular Prussia speaks openly about pre-
tended foreign " interference with the affairs of
Germany." No European foreign Power, however,
has ever thought of placing, according to the ex-
pression of M. Bismark " the development of the
affairs of Germany under the tutelage of foreign
influence." Germany is not a minor, and nobody
with the exception of the Prussian Minister has the
pretension of making out any line of conduct for her.
But beyond the limit of the internal affairs of Ger-
many there are international relations, questions of
European equilibrium, with which we have a right
to occupy ourselves for our own security.
Among the many Congresses which have recently
been held, I forgot to enumerate the Congress of
Apothecaries, which had several sittings at the Con-
servatoire of Arts and Trades. There were present
317 apothecaries of Paris, 297 from the provinces,
and 42 foreign apothecaries. The discussion chiefly
turned upon an interesting and rather novel point,
it being contended by some that the public health
was in danger from the advertisements published
of alleged remedies for almost all the " ills which
flesh is heir to," some of the supposed curatives being
very injurious, if not poisonous. On the other
hand, it was replied that there was no proof that
any of these remedies which were advertised had
produced any evil effect. Advertisements could
only be injurious when these statements were
immoral, untrue, or fraudulent. No resolu-
tion condemnatory of the system of advertising
remedies for diseases was agreed to, the
Congress contenting its Af with expressing an opi-
nion that advertisements of remedies should be
truthful and simple. In answer to the argument
of one of the apothecaries, that advertisements of
remedies constituted an illegal exercise of the art of
medicine, it was said that if this were the case any
medical work was liable to the same charge, as it
prescribed remedies without the use of a diploma.
Although these apothecaries talked about disagree-
able drugs, all seemed to agree that they were very
useful at times, and no man seemed to wish to
" throw physic to the dogs ;" but after long talk
about nauseous things the whole assembly was unani-
mous in turning to something nice, and accordingly
finished by an admirable and luxurious dinner at
the Grand Hotel. The draughts upon the cham-
pagne bottles were duly honoured by all the guests.
An extremely valuable arebtoological discovery
has been made in Paris. While some workmen
were digging in the courtyard of the Napoleon
Lyceum, in the Rue Clovis, they found a great
number of Roman coins, nearly 800, and it is ex-
pected that more will be found when they dig deeper.
These coins and medals are all of gold, and in good
preservation. They have the effigy of various
Roman Emperors, among whom are those of Nero,
Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian, Trajan, An-
toninus, Marcus Aurelius, Septimus Severus, and
Geta. Upon some of the coins, in addition to the
effigy of the reigning Emperor, there is also that of
his wife. The most recent of these medals is that
of Caracalla, who died in the year 217 of Jesus
Christ.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE PAPAL STATES.

ROME, Sept. 20.

lIUN GARY.

PESTI', Sept. 20 (Evening).

SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN.

BERLIN, Sept. 21.

COPENIIAGEN, Sept. 21.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Sept. 21.

The fine weather of yesterday was very fleeting.
To-day the atmosphere was heavy and lowering in
the morning, and in the afternoon there was a
violent storm of thunder, lightning, and torrents
of rain.

SHANGHAI, Aug. 26.

CALCUTTA AND CHINA. MAILS.

SuEz, Sept. 19.

A letter from the llague, dated Sept. 17, remarks
that although the King of the Netherlands, in his
speech at the opening of the States General, said
that the Netherlands kept up the most amicable
relations with all foreign Powers, his Majesty an-
nounced that the effective of the army of the
Netherlands is to be augmented. A project of law
is in preparation, according to which the annual
contingent is to be raised from 11,000 to 14,000
men, so that the total number of men will be in-
creased from 55,000 to 70,000. The National
Guard is also to be increased, much to the dissatis-
faction of the representatives of Limburg, who last
year voted against a similar proposition, that pro-
vince having always been exempt from serving in
the National Guard.

FRANCE.

Three o'clock.—The
41 per Cents 9B 25
Do. end month

It has been said " it was not true" that Mr.
Cameron went into the interior of Abyssinia against
the instructions of the Government, or that he was
accused of delay in forwarding a letter of King
Theodore to the Queen, and a despatch from Earl
Russell, dated February 2, 1861, is quoted in proof
of these statements. In that very despatch, how-
ever, although Consul Cameron was instructed to
" watch" proceedings on the sea coast or in the
interior, he was cautioned against becoming " the
partisan of either of the contending parties." The
wishes of the Government are stated in the fol-
lowing despatch from Earl Russell to Mr. Cameron,
dated Sept. 8, 1863 :
" I have received from her Majesty's Agent and
Consul in Egypt your despatches of ,the 20th of
May last ; and I have to state to you that her
Majesty's Government do not approve your pro-
ceedings in Abyssinia, nor your suggestions
founded upon them. I have only to desire that
you will abstain from all interference in the in-
ternal affairs of that country, and that you will
remain at your post at Massowah, whither you
were ordered by my despatch of the 22d of April
last to return and reside."

3 per Cents. 69 20
Do. end month 69 17i
Credit Mobilier
Do. end Month 230

For Account.
Orleans
Northern 1162 50
Lyons and Mediterranean 895
Southern 537 50
Western
Eastern
Sardinian —
Austrian
Lombard 385
North of Spain —
Saragossa —
Roman

In a subsequent despatch addressed to Colonel
Stanton, dated October 5, 1865, Earl Russell, in re-
viewing Mr. Cameron's conduct, says—" He went
to the country of Bogos, where he employed him-
self in reconciling some rival chiefs, sending on the
Emperor's letter to the Queen to Massowah by the
Abyssinian messenger." The despatch concludes
thus :—" It appears, further, that the chief cause of
the Emperor's anger with Consul Cameron was this
journey to Bogos, coupled with the Emperor's sus-
picion that Consul Cameron had intrigued to set the
Turks and Egyptians of the frontier against him,
and aggravated in some degree by the return of
Consul Cameron to Gondar without any answer to
the Emperor's letter to the Queen. It appears from
King Theodore's letter to Mr. Rassam, sent home
by that gentleman in his letter of Sept. 5, that the
King alleges that Captain Cameron ' abused and
denounced him as a murderer,'
in consequence of
the vengeance which he took on the persons who
killed Consul Plowden and Mr. Bell, and that when
he had treated him well, and asked him to make him
(the King) a friend of the Queen, Captain Cameron
went and stayed some time with the Turks, and
returned to me (the King)' ; and,
further, that
when the King spoke to Captain Cameron about
the letter sent by him to the Queen, ho said he had
not received any intelligence concerning it. There
is no reason to suppose that Consul Cameron in-
cited the Egyptian forces on the frontier to commit
aggressions on the territory of Abyssinia. It is far
more probable that the enemies of the British name
in Abyssinia should have infused unjust suspicions
into the mind of the Emperor. But certainly Capt.
Cameron, in going to Bogo3, acted without orders,
and incurred the displeasure of his own Govern-
ment." Therefore, it is added, if released, "he will
be employed hereafter in a different part of the
world, and will never have occasion to return to
Abyssinia."

GOOD SPORT.—Mr. Frederick Milbank, M.P., has
had groat sport in his deer forest of Harris, outer Hebrides,
on the 9th September killing two stags, one a royal and
the other with 11 tines; on the 10th, five stags, all with
fine royal heads, they were all separate stalks, excepting
ono right and left shot; on the 11th, one stag with 11
tines, at a distance of 268 yards, and was then obliged to
go home on account of the mist; on the 12th, four salmon
iu the morning, and a stag in the afternoon, with 10 tines;
on the 11th, a very fine stag with 11 tines, the heaviest
stag weighing Ust, and all ayorasing upwards of 1481.;

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

At a Consistory held this morning a speech was
delivered by the Pope. His Holiness solemnly con-
demned the recent decree of the Italian Government
for consummating the sacrilege of the usurpation
of the ecclesiastical property. He declared the
decree to be null and void, and confirmed the cen-
sures already launched against the usurpers. He
then proceeded to point out the calumnies contaieed
in a pamphlet recently published in Paris, entitled
"The Roman Court and the Etnperor Maximilian."
His Holiness paid a tribute to the memory of the
late Cardinal Altieri, who recently died of cholera
at Albano, eulogising him for having fallen a
victim to his zeal.

The Pope afterwards preconised the Bishop of
Albano and the Archbishop of Burgas and Guate,
mala.

Mgr. d'Angclis has been appointed ex-ea merlingo
of the Roman Church.

M. Kossuth has addressed another letter to the
Hungarians, which is hostile to the Hungarian
Ministers and to the Emperor.
the Emperor and Empress are expected to visit
Godollo shortly.
The Hungarian papers insist on the necessity of
the secularisation of the Church property.

The Schleswig Holstein notables, recently as-
sembled here, have obtained from the Government
the promise that all the monies which are in the
Schleswig holstein Public Treasury shall be applied
for the benefit of the Duchies exclusively.
The proposals of the Government, in reference
to the reorganisation of the administration of the
Duchies, have been accepted by the notables in a
modified form.

Little belief prevails here of any satisfactory re-
sult being arrived at in the negotiations with Prussia
relative to the Schleswig Holstein question.

The TVanderer of to-day says :—" At yesterday's
sitting of the Committee of the Austro-Hungarian
Delegate Assembly, the cis-Leithan delegates asked
what sums Hungary was prepared to contribute
towards the interest on the State debt up to 1869,
and subsequently, in the event of the project of the
unification of the public debt not being realised. In
reply to this demand Count Lonyay, the Hungarian
Finance Minister, declared that in such case Hun-
gary would undertake from the end of the year 1869,
and thenceforth, to contribute towards the interest
on the public debt the annual amount of 33,000,000
florins.

Advices received here from Japan mention a
rumour that the Shrogoon would abdicate in favour
of his younger brother.

The Golconda from Calcutta, August 23, an-
chored at 8 p.m. to-day. She will be despatched
again on the 21st at midnight.
BOMBAY (HEAVY) MAIL.
GIBRALTAR, Sept. 20.

The Delta left at 7 a.m. to-day; all well. She
may be expected at Southampton about the evening
of the 24th inst.

BOURSE, Sept. 20, Two o'clock.—Securities are
much better sustained. Threes are very firm at
69f. 23e., with a rise of 25c. Italian Fives gain
221 c., at 48f. 75c. Credit Mobilier are 245 f., with
a rise of 12f. 50c. Spanish Mobilier 172 f 50c., or
10f. higher. Credit Foncier gains 10f., at 1,322 f.
50c. Comptoir d'Escompte is at 670 f., with a gain
of 12f. 50c. French railway shares have all ad-
vanced. Orleans 3f. 75e., at 893 f. 75c. Northern
5f., at 1,155 f. Lyons if. 25c., at 8921. 50c.
CONSUL CAMERON AND KING Southern 6f. 25c., at 537 f. 50c.
THEODORE.

use was as follows:
Bank Shang 3340
Italian L0an......... 48 70

Do. end month 4B 70
Mexican Loan —
Do. Bonds lO6 25
Spanish Threes 34 25

van's/A
Credit Foncior 1340 Homo Debt
Do. end month 1327 50 l Deferred
RAILWAYS.

711 E LATE SIR FRED. il. A. BRUCE, G.C.B.

A deep feeling of regret was manifested at the
Foreign Office yesterday morning, on the receipt of
the information of the death of his Excellency Sir
Frederick Bruce at Washington. The melancholy
news was at once forwarded to the sisters of the
lamented diplomatist. The late Hon. Sir Frederick
William Adolphus Bruce, G.C.8., was the third and
only surviving son of Thomas, seventh Earl of
Elgin, and was born 14th June, 1814, consequently
he was in his fifty-fourth year. His excellency, who
had for the last twenty-five years been in the diplo-
matic service, was attached to the late Lord Ash-
burton's special mission to Washington, in February,
1842 ; was Colonial Secretary at Hong Kong from
1811 to 1846, when in June that year he was ap-
pointed lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland. In
July, 1817, he was appointed consul-general in the
republic of Bolivia ; in the following year was made
chargé d'affaires ; and in August, 1851, was ap-
pointed chargé d'affaires to the Oriental republic of
the Uruguay. In August, 1853, he was appointed
agent and consul-general in Egypt. In April, 1857,
he accompanied his brother, the late Lord Elgin,
in his special mission to China, and brought home
the treaty with China, signed at Tientsin in June,
1858, and for which service he was made a Com-
panion of the Order of the Bath. Sir Frederick
was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of China, Dec. 2,
1858 ; and Chief Superintendent of British Trade
in China, in March, 1859. Mr. Bruce's mission
was prevented from proceeding to Pekin by the
opposition made by the Chinese when the Taku
Forts in the Pchio were attacked, June 25, 1859,
by the British forces. The mission returned to
Shanghae, where it remained till after the conclu-
sion of hostilities, and the exchange of the ratifica-
tions of the Treaty of June 26, 1858, at Pekin,
Oct. 24, 1860.
Mr. Bruce proceeded to Pekin November 7, 1860,
but withdrew to Tientsin for the winter, whilst
arrangements were being made for putting a resi-
dence in proper order for his reception. The mis-
sion was established at Pekin March 26, 1861, but
it was not till April 2 that Mr. Bruce paid a visit
to Prince Kung. He was appointed Envoy Extra-
ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary toWashington
in 1865. The late Sir Frederick vas made a Knight
Commander of the civil division of the Order of the
Bath in December, 1862, and a Grand Cross of thu
Order in 1865.

The late Miss Elinor Grierson, of Edge-hill,
Liverpool, who died in May last, whose will was
proved under £lO,OOO, has bequeathed to the Liver-
pool Bluecoat Hospital and to the Liverpool Dis-
peuaaries and I.,nAnuary legacies of 4100 each.