The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-13 00:00:00

A second grand rehearsal of part of the pro
gramme for the review of the fleet by her Majesty
on the 17th inst. was performed off the Wight yes-
terday.
Fires were lit on board the respective ships and
cables shortened in to signal at 6 a.m. Admiral Sir
T. Pasley joine I his flagship, the Victoria, by 9
a.m , and preparations were at once entered upon
for weighing upon the signal No. 553 being made
from the flagship. The orders for the day were all
for ships, as several on the previoas rehearsal were
unable to keep correctly their stations, to have suffi-
cient boiler power to enable them to make an eight-
knot speed when necessary, the fixed rate of steam-
tug, without special orders to the contrary, to be six
knots. The Daphne and Nymph, screw unarmoured
corvettes, to take the place of the Bellerophon and
Lord Clyde, absent with Rear-Admiral Warden's
squadron of ironclads in the Channel, in the star-
board division, and the Mersey to take permanently
the place of the Princess Royal in the port division,
all hope of the presence of Vice-Admiral King's
handsome screw liner at the Review being now given
up.
The signal to weigh was made soon after 9, and
in half an hour the Victoria's anchor was secured at
her bows, and the other vessels of both divisions
followed, some one or two not over quickly, and as
soon as this was accomplished they fell into position in
two lines in the following order—the Duncan and
Lion passing into berths ahead of the St. George and
Royal George. All the liners and frigates had royal
yards across except the Sutlej, she by permission
baying no yards aloft above her topsail yards :
PORT DIVISION.
Unarmoured Line—Screw Three decker-1. Vic-
toria (flagship). Screw Liners-2. Irresistible ;3.
Donegal ; 4. Revenge ; b. Duncan ; 6. Lion ; 7. St.
George ; 8. Royal George. Screw Frigates-9.
Mersey ; 10. Liffey ; 11. Sutlej ; 12. Dauntless.
STARBOARD DIVISION—IRONCLAD LINE.
Screw Frigates-1. Warrior ; 2. Black Prince
Screw Sloops-3. Nymph; 4. Daphne. Screw EH
gate-5. Valiant. Screw turret ships-6. Royal
Sovereign ; 7. Prince Albert ; 8. Wivern. Screw
corvette-9. Research. Twin screw gun vessels-
-10. Viper; 11. Vixen. Hydraulic propelled gun
vessel-12. Waterwitch. The Terrible held position
off the head of the port line as look out ship, and
the Gladiator did the same duty off the head of the
starboard line. The Argus, Coastguard screw yacht,
carrying the flag of Commodore J. Tarleton, C. 8.;
took up position between the two lines and in about
the centre of their length to do duty as " repeating"
ship, and to whip up the careless vessels into their
proper places. In this order the fleet steamed
grandly out to the south-cast, the Argus finding
plenty of work in seconding the flagship in getting
and then keeping all in order.
Nearing the Nab the line-of-battle ships changed
their position in the port line in obedience to signal,
the Donegal, Revenge, and Duncan taking second,
third, and fourth places, and the Irresistible fifth;
the Daphne, screw sloop, at the same time, after
sundry erratic and inexplicable manoeuvres, dropping
into her place in the line ahead of the Valiant in the
starboard division.
The early morning was dull and overcast, with a
breeze at about the strength of four from the east.
By the time, however, that the fleet were passing
the Nab the weather had cleared, and the wind, at
about the same strength, came slightly round to
about E.S.E. At 11 10 a.m. the heads of the two
lines were abreast of the Nab light, and steering for
the pivot vessels anchored off the Bullock Shoal,
the Daphne again showing proclivities for executing
capers on her own account and drawing down upon
her from the Admiral a sharp message to " keep her
place" in the line. The port line were keeping bad
distances, and soon after, the signal being made to
the Daphne, the Mersey and the Royal George
came in collision with each other, the frigate losing
her jibboom,
whichlell with its gear and sail a hang-
ing wreck from tlle bowsprit under her bows. The
liner had her stakboard quarter boat smashed. The
Bullock Shoal Buoy, E.S.E. of the Nab Light-
vessel was reached just before noon, when the lead-
ing ships were spoken by the Camel steamer, Mr.
Main, Queen's pilot master, and the pivot marks for
turning pointed out off the edge of the shoal—two
large buoys surmounted with flags, signal being
made at the same time to invert order of steaming.
The entire fleet now, with the solitary exception of
one incorrigible vessel, were in capital distance order,
and wheeled round the pivot buoys by the respec-
tive divisions superbly. It was, necessarily, the
grand feature of the day's exercise, as it will be the
grand feature in the few evolutions that will be
gone through on the day of the review, and no won-
der, therefore, that on its completion Sir Thomas
l'aoley ordered its repetition. Once more the Vic-
toria and Warrior led off the four-figure waltz of the
war ships, and again the double elliptic track was
1113, Iced on the surface of the waters. In steaming
up for the pivots the second time the wind freshened
considerably and told upon the four liners astern of
the Duncan—the Irresistible, Lion, and the two
Georges, causing them to lag very considerably.
Excepting this little contretemps, and the appearance
of the irrepressible sloop in the ironclad division,
which would have her own private performances,
the evolution was again gone through with excellent
precision. It is an acknowledged matter of reproach
to us,
even among our own naval officers, that in the
manoeuvring of
a fleet of ships under steam
we are far behind the French Navy, bu
t t
the
practice of the Spitheadof fleet yesterday inin-
verting the ordei
stelaning round the pivots
off the Bullock Shoal was certainly a great

So taiwirros, Friday
This port contributes no mean addition to the
steam flotilla which will be assembled at Spithead on
Wednesday next, to witness the great naval Review
arranged to come off that day in the presence of her
Majesty the Queen, the Sultan of Turkey, the
Viceroy of Egypt, and other illustrious pertonages.
Between 20 and 30 steamships of various rates of
tonnage, belonging to the mail and other shipping
interests associated with this port, will be present on
the occasion. Five of the large vessels of the Penin-
sular and Oriental Company have been chartered
by the Government—viz., the Syria, to be appro-
priated to the House of Lords ; the Ripon, to the
House of Commons ; the Tanjore, to the members
of the Cabinet, foreign Ministers, &c.; and the
China and Bangalore, the special appropriation of
these two not being yet publicly known. The three
first named will go down to Portsmouth on the 16th,
there to embark the distinguished company assigned
to each, and the China and Bangalore will, as at
present arranged, leave the Southampton Docks on
the morning of the review. The Royal Mail Com-
pany send two of their noble vessels, the Seine and
La Plata, the former devoted to the company's
shareholders, and the latter to the directors, man-
agers, and others. The flag of the Union Company
will be represented by two of their steamers—viz.,
the Cambrian, with the directors and the share-
holders, and the Anglian, chartered for the occasion
by a private firm. The South-Western Company
contribute four of their fleet, the Brittany, Caesarea,
Southampton, and Despatch ; the British and Irish
Company two, the Lady Eglinton and Lady Wode-
house ; and the Southampton and Isle of Wight
Company four, the Vectis, Medina, Lady of the
Lake, and Lord of the Isles. Among the miscel-
laneous steamers advertised for the occasion from
this port are the Southampton, the Salisbury,
the Boston, the Zaire, the Annette, &c. ; a
steamer of 1,000 tons named the Himalaya, has an-
chored in the river this afternoon, reported to be
destined for the same uses ; and the Thetis is adver-
tised to leave Portsmouth or Southampton with
passengers for the review ground. Other arrange-
ments are in progress, and there will in all pro-
bability be at least thirty steamships from this
port at the great nautical gathering on Wed-
nesday. Special trains to and from Portsmouth
are to be laid on from this and various other towns
in the district. The steamboat fares for the day
range from 10s. to £2 25., some inclusive and some
exclusive of wines and provisions, and most of the
vessels will remain to enable those on board to wit-
ness the illumination of the fleet at night.

The Standard says :—" Letters from Rome give
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Treasury is being filled. They stato that the foreign
bishops have presented to the Pope tho extraordinary
sum of 7,500,000 f. (.£300,000 sterling) in money, be:
sides other precious gifts. Tho bishops of Canada
brought a silver- model of a ship, the sails of which
aro composed of bank-notes of various countries, and the
cargo of golden coins of every nation. Tho Bishop of
Mexico presented his Holiness with an offering of 80,00
piastres, 'and one English prelate alone gave him 2,500,0G0f.0
Various and amusing are the stories told relative to the great
religious festival. Oue very old bishop, supporting himself
on an immense walking stick, persisted in being pre-
sented to the Pope, contrary to etiquette, with his friend
the stick in hand. On approaching the representative of
St. Peter, ho excused himself, on account of the poorness
of his district, for not being able to make a better offer-
ing to his Holiness than the stick in question. On
inspection it turned out to be of massive gold! Two
other bishops, meeting the Pope without the walls of
Rome, and not knowing what courtesy to make him, gave
him their blessing ! An Oriental prelate is said to have
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(From Correspondents of the Anglo-American Times.)
PARIS, July 11.
The fate of Maximilian has thrown for the time
a shadow on the brilliant atmosphere of Paris and
its festivities, though that it will be of no long dura-
tion is sufficiently manifested in the ordonnance for
the mourning of the Court, which will last for thirty
days, and be, for the first fifteen, what is called
deep mourning, for the remainder of the period of a
lighter character. The French press, as indeed also
that of the civilised world, is unanimous in its exe-
cration of the cowardly assassination, though I ob-
serve it abstains almost exclusively from consider-
ing the political bearing of the late Archduke's
connexion with Mexico. It is said, however, that
Maximilian, prepared for the worst, had made ar-
rangements for the publication, after his death, of
his history in connexion with the Mexican
Empire. It would be a loss of time to seek
to analyse the motives which have influenced
Juarez and his party in the commission of this
cruel and impolitic execution, or to search
for them further than in the well-known baseness,
cowardice, and revengeful character of the Mexi-
cans, but it is possible they may have remembered
in the case of the Emperor Augustus I. (Iturbide),
who was shot in a similar manner in 1824, that, sub-
jected only to the punishment of banishment on the
occasion of his first capture, that Prince returned a
second time to grasp at the visionary sceptre which
only allured him to his ruin. The policy of the
Americans in reference to Jefferson Davis bears a
marked and striking contrast to that of the Mexi-
cans in regard to the Emperor Maximilian. The
Republic of America, however, is great and real,
that of Mexico paltry and a sham. Whatever may
be the ulterior result of the Mexican anarchy, and I
think it extremely probable that it will be to fall
under the power and control of America, no nation
will recognise them, or lift a sword in their de-
fence. lam of opinion that susth a subjugation
would be beneficial not only to themselves,
but to the interests of humanity in general.
I am not one of those who shrink with horror fron
the idea that America will one day become, if in-
deed she be not already, the most powerful nation
in the world. I believe in fact that it is impossible
for events to fall out otherwise, but I do not for all
that believe in another invasion of the Huns, nor
that an American President rill be found to play
the part of a modern Attila. I shall not, however,
pursue farther the consideration of a question which
has been so ably disposed of in your admirable lead-
ing article of last week. The affair of Berezowski
presents no additional features or discoveries, and
it is probable that the account given by the mono-
maniac is a true one. The Russian journals are
pressing strongly the advisability of the immediate
denationalisation of the Polish provinces of Lithua-
nia, Volbynia, White Russia, the Ukraine, &c., and
indeed it is difficult to see what wiser course can be
adopted. The day hs gone by when the na-
tionality of Poland could be protected with effect, and
as in the case of Ireland in regard to Great Britain
the best protection that could be accorded at present
to the rol.;s would be a more complete participation
in the national privileges of the great empire, with
which even now they are almost blended and lost.
Germany still appears to regard with jealousy the
coquetting of Russia with the slave States, and it is
probable that no end of territorial disputes will
arise from time to time amongst her own petty
princes, who regard in each instance perhaps three-
fourths of their principalities as their own personal
heritage and property, whilst the fourth part ap-
pertains to the State. This position of affairs tends
to raise various knotty questions, of which it is not
at present easy to see the arrangements. What
is done, however, in the case of Nassau,
Electoral Hesse, and Hanover will probably
guide the course of precedence in other in-
stances, whilst the collective guarantee of the
Great Puissanccs will prove a safeguard against
endangering the peace of Europe. According to
the Paris journals his Highness the Sultan, who
appears to enjoy with great relish the manners and
customs of the unbelievers, has been particularly
struck with the excellence of two things in Paris,
its cuisine, and the universally excellent manner in
which not only the bourgeoisie, but even the lower
classes, are shod, especially as compared with his
own subjects, who either wear papouches (slippers)
more or less dilapidated, or go entirely barefoot.
Whether the Padishah will import into Turkey a
cohort of French cooks and cobblers, or simply
content himself with administering the bastinado
to his own artistes on his return, I cannot say ; it
is evident, however, that either bedridden hussars'
recipe for cream tarts of pepper notoriety must have
been lost at Bagdad, or that the aforesaid tarts will
not bear comparison with the chefs d'certure of the
chef of the Elysee.
It is a wonder to me that amongst all the various
so called guide books which have been published of
late so little attention has been paid to the eco-
nomy of living ; at the utmost one gets the addresses
of some half dozen of the principal hotels who ad-
vertise in the affair Et Voila Tout. The markets of
Paris are both excellent and abundant, and the meat
exposed for sale, iu one butcher's shop especially, I
have never seen surpassed in quality, even in the
displays of England. A well-filled butcher's shop
is always an interesting object to most folks, but
one which is at the same time a work of art is some-
what of a curiosity. Figure to yourself a corner
establishment, extending each way some 200 yards,
the ceiling decorated in the highest style of art,
with double cornices of white and purple marble,
the walls composed of marble panels, the flooring of
encaustic tile in mosaic, the comptoir of white marble,
supported by gilded statues, and in the middle an
immense fountain of black marble, a statue of
Cupid filling the basin with water, from which,
under groups of water lilies, peep the noses of—
guess gentle reader—some dozen of huge prepared
calves' heads, and you have the outline of such a
butcher's shop as one does not see every day, and
one which is, in fact, unique even in Paris. But I
commenced with the view of giving the visitor some
hints as regards Paris. His first care is generally
his lodging, and if he should happen to be a student
not overburdened with the riches of this world, it
will be interesting to him to know that there is a
company in Paris who have at their disposal 20,000
apartments for natives of all countries, at a cost of
one franc per day ; the company may be inquired for
at all the railway stations around Paris, and the
name of the managing director is M. Jules
Conder, 19, Rue Royale, St. llonor6. So much
for hint the first, but as I cannot devote the
whole of my letter even to a subject so interest-
ing as that of a practical guide in Paris, 1
will resume it in my next by endeavouring to give
some outlines of how one may live inexpensively
even in Paris, and during the period of the Exhi-

bition.
The Imperial Commission has announced a series
of concerts, or rather competition, on a gigantic
scale, no less than 4,000 executanta being engaged
in the affair, which will take place on the 14th,
15th, 16th, and 21st, the last being devoted to an
international competition between the regimental
bands at present in or about to arrive at Paris for
that purpose.
Accounts from Rome state that it has of late been
filled to overflowing during the celebration of the
Papal Centenary by the peasantry of the neigh-
bouring districts. Pius IX. has received no less
than 501 dignitaries of the Catholic Church. Ills
Holiness, who is seventy-five years of age, never- 1
theless chanted the solo of the celebration hymn,
and it is said that his voice is so sonorous as to be
clearly distinguishable above all the others.
Amongst other divertissements of the Fetes, the
Prince de Boyhere revived the chariot races of the
ancients, though I am informed that the racing
lacked considerably the Homeric energy of •former
ages. The Prince Imperial left Paris for Bagueres
de Luchon on Sunday last, the Emperor and Em-
press accompanying hiin as far as the Railway Sta-
tion of Orleans, after which they returned to the
Tuileries.
The Sultan left Paris on Thursday last for Eng-
land. On the occasion of his visit to the Hospital
des Invalides his Highness decorated with the
Turkish Order of the Medjidie the oldest soldier
present, who was summoned before him for that
purpose. The Palace of the Elyse during

the stay of the Commander of the Faithful, and the Grand Cordon of the Legion of
with its crowds of Turkish officials, gave me Honour. The Emperor wore his usual field-
rather the idea of the Sultan's own Palace marshal's attire, with the red and green cordon
at Constantinople slightly modernised—an effect of the Turkish Order. Amongst the staff I noticed
increased in a somewhat ludicrous manner by an the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Prince Napoleon, the
enterprising French tradesman, who opened a shop Sultan's young son, the Duke of Aoste, the Prince
directly for the sale of an immense number of red de Montenegro, and a crowd of marshals and gene-
fez, which he displayed upon wooden heads ; the re- rals, amongst whom appeared several Arab chiefs.
suit of his speculation, however, is beyond my On the evening of the same thy the Sultan attended
cognisance. The affiux of royal visitors to Paris a grand ball given in his honour at the Hotel de
still continues. Among the late arrivals here have Ville ; his Highness remained for forty minutes, and
been Prince Nicholas of Montenegro and the Grand on retiring expressed his warmest thanks to the
Duke of Saxe Weimar, the latter travelling under Prefect of the Seine through the me :Hum of Fuad
the incognito of Count Letti. The King of Bavaria, Tach, shaking his hand repeatedly, as also that of
Louis the First, is expected shortly ; as also .the M. Blanche, secretary-general. For the benefit of
Queen cf Prussia. Her Majesty the Empress has persons intending to visit Paris, I may mention
declined an invitation from Queen Victoria to that the railway lines have determined to make re-
honour with her presence the naval review- at Spit- turn tickets available by ordinary trains, of course
head to be given in honour of the Sultan, but it is within the period of time allowed by the billet.
said she will pass a few days with her Majesty in One of the latest visits paid by the Sultan in
the privacy of Osborne. The death of the Emperor France was to the Military School of St. Cyr. The
Maximilian is, of course, the cause of the refusal. Inspector-General; M. de Martimprey, and the
I was much struck the other day, and I must add General Commandant of the School, M. de Gondre-
also somewhat annoyed, to find that amongst the court, came from Versailles, at the head of the en-
names of exposants decorated on the occasion of the tire section of cavalry,to receive and form the escort
distribution of the recompences that of no one of his Highness. The Sultan witnessed with great
Englishman is to be discovered. I learn, on inquiry, satisfaction the various manoeuvres of infantry and
however, that this is owing to the express demand cavalry, which were executed in his presence, and
of the English Government, which does not wish its paid especial atttention to the mechanism of the
citizens to be adorned with foreign decorations. Fusil Chassepot, with which the Tirailleurs exercised
I think this proceeding somewhat arbitrary on the before him. During the Sultan's visit, which lasted
part of the Government, which might, at least, upwards of three hours, an incident occurred worthy
have left the matter to the discretion of those to of mention. Amongst the officers of his Highness's
whom the honour might have been offered. suite there happened to be a young man of Greek
The Exposition has given rise to many amusing origin, who had received his military education at
incidents. At the Palace of Versailles the other the school of St. Cyr. He demanded and received
day two peasants were discussing the wonders permission to re-enter for the moment his ancient
they had seen in Paris. "I shall never be able to battalion, where he was received with acclamations,
tell my wife all I have seen here," said one. " Bah!" afterwards going through the various exercises in
said the other in reply. " Nothing more simple. I company with his ancient comrades. The Sultan, who
shall say to mine when I get back, 'Figure to yourself expressed the highest satisfaction at his visit, as
paradise. C'est beau West ce pas? bien beau. Eh well as at the high state of military perfection shown
bien,—the Exposition, Paris, Versailles, and what by the school, made himself acquainted with the
I have seen is bien plus beau encore." If his wife, minutest points of its management, decorating with
thought I, will be satisfied with that definition she the Order of the Medjidie before his departure all
won't be difficult to please, that's all. On another the Imperial officers and chiefs of the different
occasion Mademoiselle Schneider, who takes so ad- services. This week have been distributed at the
mirably the role of the Grand Duchess de Gerolstein, Palace of the Champs Elysees, under the imme-
in that amusing burlesque at the Theatre of the diate presidency of the Emperor and Empress, the
Varieties, presented herself in her carriage at one of recompences awarded to the different musical
the entrances to the Exposition sacred only to the societies who have come to Paris for the interna-
admission en voiture of princes and princesses. This tional competition. Their Majesties were accom-
was respectfully represented to the fair applicant. panied by the Princess Clotilde, the Princess Murat,
" Place then," was the reply in the young actress's the Duchess de Mouchy, the Prince Abbe Bona-
most telling manner, "for lam the Grand Duchess parte, and the Princes Murat. The two grand
de Gerolstein." The guard was done for, and the prizes have been decreed, the one for the Musical
gate rolled upon its obedient hinges at once. The Societies of France to the Imperial Society of Lille;
Empress Eugenie herself at another time was not so that for strangers, to the Tonic Sol-Fa Association
successful. Her Majesty, wishing to preserve an at London. The two crowns of gold were presented,
incognito, presented herself at the door of the Expo- that to the leader of the Society of Lille by the Emish
-
sitioa of the Isthmus of Suez before the proper press, the other by the Emperor to a young Engl
time of its being thrown open to the public. lady, conducted by R. Laurent de Rille, whose name
Entrance was refused by the doorkeeper. "But I was not given. After the departure of the Sove-
am a friend of M. de Lesseps," insisted her Ma- reigns the remaining prizes were bestowed by their
jesty, who wished to preserve her incognito, if pos- Excellencies M. do Torcade Roquelle, Minis telliant rof
sible. " That's what they all say," replied the Cer- Commerce and Public Works ;
Marshal Va,
berus with a laugh ; " everybody is a friend of the Minister of the Empress's Household ; and M.
directors, but you won't pass for all that." "If Duruy, Minister of Public Instruction.
I were to say that lam the Empress," said her Amongst the Americans of note who attended
Majesty. " 1 shouldn't believe that either," returned the dinner at the Grand Hotel to celebrate the
the imperturbable doorkeeper, and it was not anniversary of American Independence were Go-
without considerable difficulty that her Majesty vernor Bartin, Pennsylvannia, Hon. S. B. Ruggles,
could finally obtain an entrance. In spite of his Elliot C. Cowdin and Frank Leslie, New York,
brusqueness, however, the Empress would not per- U.S. Commissioners to the Exhibition ; Rev. Dr.
mit the discharge
of the too zealous servitor, who Eldridge, Rector of the American Chapel ; Hon.
will doubtless be more circumspect for the future John W. Forney, M. Dockerty of Philadelphia, and
ere he again refuses the entree to a friend of the Judge Allisson, Pennsylvania.
Baron de Lesseps. The Americans present at the Grand Masonic
The grand attraction at the present moment is Banquet were brethren William Marshall, P.
the International Regatta at the Basin of St. Cloud, Wilder, Grand Lodge of Massachusetts ; Guild,
about seven miles from Paris, and perhaps the Cook, Hill, Usher, Forristall, and Cummings.
most beautiful locality that could have been selected At the late reception given by Col. and Mrs.
for that purpose. Norton to the United States Commissioners were
There are various, there aro several methods of present—the Hon. Samuel B. Ruggles, President
Messrs. 'William
reaching St. Cloud. The railway, the numerous Barnard, Professor Moore,
little steamers which flit up and down the Seine Cowdin, Freese, Usher, Valentine, Professor Cleve-
like fire-flies, or the American horse railway, which land, Major Poussin, Mr. and Mrs. M'Cormic, Dr,
has been laid down in a parallel line with the river, Temple, Dr. and Mrs. Stearns, Mrs. Tomlinson
and which is traversed by immense omnibuses Mrs. and Miss Coyle, &c.
drawn by three horses, and capable of containing
about forty passengers, a raised iron flange on the
wheels fitting into the railway sunk in the Boule-
vard. The whole route is one of the most
pieturoaciwz in France, and the park and palace of
St. Cloud thrown open to visitors on the occasion.
Amongst the most beautiful of the royal pleasure-
grounds, the playing of the fountains, forms one of
the principal attractions of the good
people of
Paris, and albeit devoid of the natural grandeur
of the waterfalls of Scotland and Ireland—leaving
Niagara out of the question--there is yet great
artistic beauty in their fantastic arrangements. On
Sunday last the scene in the park was perfectly in-
describable—the concerts, the various military
bands, the ball by night, the illuminations, and the
immense crowd reflecting by the weird light of the
parti-coloured fires, the varied hues of a gigantic
tulip bed, made up an ensemble easier to be ima-
gined than described.
The prizes of the first two days' sport (French
boats and regulations) have been carried off by the
Paris Rowing Club.
On Monday the regattas were continued, but it
was evident that with the Sunday they had lost
their charm. The tribune, with its throne tent, was
placed side by side, and adorned
h h
but scantily filled ; the same might be said of the
three marquees
r
)e:«iix of the various competing coun-
trieswitt
tql
ruaei
; a long narrow pavilion facing the basin, and
over which the French tricolor waved exclusively,
was equally deserted, and the little activity at all
manifested,svas in thevicinityof the luncheon tent, over
which the English Union Jack waved conspicuously.
The honours of this day were reserved for the Cana-
dians, who carried off two prizes, a first and third of
the value of 3,000 and 1,000 francs respectively.
On Tuesday the scene of the regattas had sunk still
lower with the Parisians as an attraction ; and al-
though about two o'clock the Sultan and his suite
dashed over the long bridge in four large open car-
riages, drawn each by four horses, and conducted by
two postilions in the Imperial livery, his Highness
did not approach the scene of the aquatic fete.
It was probably his farewell visit to the Empe-
ror and Empress ere he left on Thursday.
Tho Turks, to the number of from 30 to 40, ap-
peared in the highest spirits, and it is probable that
no more picturesque excursion has been afforded his
Highness the Sultan, than a visit to St. Cloud. The
entrance to the little Tower is over a long bridge,
affording an extensive view of the ruin as it passes
through a beautifully wooded district studded with
country seats, am
principal square or place rises on the slope of a
small hill, an avenue leading up to the left to the
chateau or palace, At the end of the bridge the
below which spreads the magnifi-
cent park, with its huge clumps of trees cut in
squares, carpeted with bright green turf. The
fountains, its
chief attraction, lie against the slope
of the hill, and descend from a double triumphal
arch, surmounted by statues in a series of sloping
terraces and basins,
ornamented with every variety
of grotesque monster in bronze, which produce the
effect so pleasing to the Parisians, viz., the spouting
of the waters. Towards the entrance of the park
a number of lilliputian shops and bazaars have
crept in, which add greatly to the accommodation
of visitors. Lower down the stream, and in a
green meadow by its margin, hasfixed
rthe
, th
distance is too far for the Parisians' e
head-quarters of the regatta. W bother,b
been
o wev
e
or whether
aquatic sports are not greatly to their taste,
certain it is that, as regards attendance, the Inter-
national Regattas have been a most complete
failure. The races of Tuesday were most unin-
teresting, and the editor of Bell's Life present,
looked particularly out of his element ; however I
shall resume this matter again in the course of my
letter.
On Tuesday, at four o'clock, in honour of
the Sultan, the Emperor passed in review, at the
Champs Elysees, the troops of the Imperial Guard
and the first corps of the army, with several
battalions of cavalry and twenty batteries, making
up a total of from 45,000 to 50,000 men. At
half-past three the Emperor and his Imperial guest
made their appearance at the head of a bril-
liant staff. The Sultan, who .was mounted an a
beautiful grey Aiab, wore a magnificent uniform
of blue, almost covered with gold embroidery

Unbroken quiet and a general disinclination for now
enterprises or speculation is reported to us from all
markets, American as well as European. Our cwn forms
no exception, and transactions during the past week have
been very limited.
In Americans the quotation has varied from 821 to 821.
but with little business. Tho issue of 1865 is steady at
801 41 ; in that of 1861 we hear of no transactions.
The rento closes at 68.90.
Tho Italian closes at 50.40.
Exchange on London, 25.181.
Unliva Obatoo Ecouritica °Joao in clonnad.
1862'5, 88.
1865'5, 834.

PARIS, 11th July, 1567.
I have this week been requested to solve a pro,
blem, and to give a conscientious opinion on a point
which I have frequently ele.ded, though, be it said,
tasnion writers nave consciences, and can divide
arguments into separate points, as they can discern
Malines point from Alencon. lam called upon to
give my appreciation of the moral influence of our
present fashions on society, and therefore state at the
very onset, that there is no morality in them at all.
Many may think this is a very superficial answer,
but I inquire " Why should our morals be dressed
up in the newest Paris styles? Why should they
be thrust into inconvenient fourreaux, where they
can find no more expansion than in umbrella cases?
which receptacles, by the way, are tighter fits for
that certain stiff kind of morality which so many
profess, than the fourreaux without sleeves which
are now worn on all occasions, and especially on
the 2d of July, at Baroness de Rothschild's dejeuner
au Chateau do Boulogne. Why again should the
bitter enemies of all vanity look for contrition out
of sackcloth, the very material made by nature
herself apparently for all uncomfortable purposes, of
which it may not be derogatory to say that repent-
ance is one. To be contrite in new Chambery
gauze, trimmed with satin rolls and crystals, or to
practise compunction in a plain white muslin that
costs 1,700 francs, is almost as impossible to female
instinct as it hasbeen for Victorien Sardon to prove
that his comedies are improving French society.
It does not ensue from the above that light lite-
rature and fashionable pursuits are the leading clue
to that distant region we have all heard of, and
which the tutors of our childhood affirm is situated
in the hottest part of the known world. My opinions
may be advanced, but I maintain that a moderate
respect for fashion renders home happy. Where is
the girl who does not love of all things the
pretty white Chinese foulard, which brother Fred
smuggled home for her on his return from India,
and which she always will wear looped up with
blue (the very last novelty in Paris) and because
no one can get another like it? Fred wouldn't mind
smuggling it back again, in order to escape the
heroic enthusiasm of his sister's approbation.
Where is the father who does not love to toss up
his last baby, chuckling, as mamma says, " like a
cherub," all in a cloud of white Valenciennes ?
Mammas who have not studied Rubens fancy that
cherubim sing eternally in white lace.
Where is the husband who does not like to see
his bride in her new home seated in a boudoir fur-
nished h la Parisienne, and wrapped in a sultane
n6glige of his own selection?
I do not mean that our Benoitin styles embellish
life, but life is embellished by subdued refinement
at home. If there arc funds to be outlayed in the
furnishing of a house, elegance, art, and use com-
bined should be kept in view. For instance, I know
of a young couple whose honeymoon will long be
prolonged by judicious expenditure at home. 'The
boudoir has nut-wood furniture, covered with
medallions on blue ground ; the bed-room is papered
with lilac and roses on white, the same chintz to
match, and plenty of Swiss curtain hangings. A
purple drawing-room, with gilt wood, is carpeted
with purple violets, on green ground. 'lhe dining-
room, of old oak, is studded with steel rails.
Flowers, grasses, bronze, and crystal are the only
tolerated ornaments. " But women of taste are so
hollow," do I hear some readers argue, and really
there is some truth in the objection ; but many also
exist who are hollower still, and have no taste at all
—they are caverns in which roomy emptiness is
deposited.
The great complaint against Parisian ladies is
unfounded ; they are not all silly wives, glorying in
diamonds and cashmere.
How many with small means are fashionable and
profound economists, turning every thread to ac-
count, defeating cracks in gloves, changing
old trimmings into new, perpetually bent on
that unaccountable facility of making some-
thing pretty out of nothing. A stain or a
crease on an English lady's attire are beneath
her notice, but one or either on the cheapest of
dresses makes a Frenchwoman unutterably wretched.
Anything that destroys harmony or denotes care-
lessness is considered ill taste, and thus it is mere
worthless combinations present a pleasinr, effect. A
line has to be drawn, therefore, ere fashions are

(From E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular, July 10.)
The Persia brings us our usual advices from Now York
bearing date 25th ult. There had been an active demand
for all classes of the public funds, and prices were well
sustained. An easier money market had also stimulated
speculation in railroad stocks, and a larger business was
recorded than for some time past, but without any great
alteration in quotations, except that Michigan Central had
declined $6, while Michigan Southern had advanced $4.
In railroad bonds we note an improvement both in the
demand for and price of Atlantic and Great Western First
Mortgage Bonds; Border State stocks generally wore more
I inquired for.

DIVIDENDS.

It should bo borne in mind that all dividends on Ameri-
can Railroads are declared at so much per cont. on the
capital, and not, as on Esglish Railroads, at so much per
c •mt. per annum.
Illinois Central
Rome, Watertown, and Ogdens-
-burgh
Norwich and Worcester
Michigan Central
3letropolitan (of Boston)
Panama
Chomung ~ 2 do. d 0.... do. do. 1
Hartford and Now Haven
& Chicago 21- do. d 0.... do. do. 16
4 do. d 0.... do. do. 1
I Connecticutitt s.'
Fort
Wayne,
River
Fitchburg
Boston and Lowell
Providence and Worcester
d 0.... do. July 1
do.
css tlk '"do do. 1
Westn. of Massachusetts {and 30
Chicago, lowa, and Nebraska 5 do. (W....d0. do. 1
Portland and Kennebec
At the close of last week the London Market for Ameri-
can Securities was dull and inactive, but during the past
three days the buying on Continental account has been
resumed, and United States Government Bonds close firm,
the 5-20's of 1862 being last quoted 73 to 73i. The Bonds
of 1865 have been in considerable request, and tho differ-
ence in price between them and the previous issue has
sensibly diminished, the closing price being 71} to 71i, or
three quarters per cent. better than this day week.
The announcement of the customary dividend on Illi-
nois Central appears to give confidence in the undertak-
ing, which wo believe to be in a sound and prosperous con-
dition ; the shares have improved to 80 to Erie shares
have been largely taken on American account, and are last
quoted 44i to I.
Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Bonds have
been dull, and close flat at 24 to 25 ; the transactions have
been on a more limited scale than usual, and the decrease
in the traffic receipts for the two first weeks in July has
induced some selling. tr

(From Messrs. L. P. Morton and Co.
Y's Circular.)
NEW onx, June 29,

Since our last .advices monetary affairs have shown a
steady reaction toward ease. While the movement at the
Treasury has returned but little of the large amount of
currency recently taken into its vaults, tho large sale of
bonds to the interior have caused an increase of legal ten-
ders at this centre, and call loans have declined to 4 to 6
per cent.
The gold premium is again sensitive and fluctuating,
and has advanced 1,1- at 2e., notwithstanding a decline in
the exports of specie, and the prospect of the payment of
i about nineteen millions of coin interest, by the Treasury,
lon July Ist. The anticipation of the reassembling of Con-
gress in July creates a somewhat unsettled feeling in busi-
ness circles. It is apprehended that the session may be
prolonged, and that questions may be raised which will
tend to renew the lethargy in the trade of the country,
caused by the discussion of exciting political issues
during the last session. At the same time there is a lack
of confidence in the permanence of pacific relations be-
tween Franco and Prussia, which has a certain tendency
to maintain the premium.
Apart, however, from these political considerations, the
tendency of affairs has favoured a steady improvement in
the tone of business. The crop prospects, in all sections,
afford substantial ground for the expectation of an active
business, and of a decline in prices which will go far to-
ward remedying- the difficulties under which our industries
are at present placed. The weather, though in some sec-
tions unusually cool and wet, has been upon the whole
highly favourable to the maturing of vigorous crops and to
an ultimate ample yield of the cereal,3.
The general trade of the country continues dull, and,
as a consequence, United States securities are in very
active demand for the employment of idle funds, and
continue high and firm. The causes whieh have induced
the extraordinarily high prices of bonds appear to have
been much the same as have contributed to the advance of
Consols. Tho generally unsatisfactory results of busi-
Iness,:aud the disposition among prudent capitalists to
keep aloof from trading investments until affairs are
upon a minder Dmis, have naturally caused a specially