The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-01 00:00:00

TUE SUN, LON, MONDAY Ev ENING, JULY 1, 1867.

bearing of things and the requisite means to be
adopted by those in authority through the agency
of the press. Mr. GLADSTONE created some amuse-
ment by saying that public men were indebted to
those who improved their speeches in Parliament,
and .also to those who criticised their cause, some-
times bestowing encouragement that cheered them
on in the hour of need and difficulty,and at others by
censuring their actions. By this means, as he said,
they afforded invaluable assistance, and imparted
information which otherwise could not easily be
obtained. After declaring his conviction that the
moral tone of the newspaper press had improved
since it first became a power in this country, Mr.
GLADSTONE concluded his speech by an eloquent
appeal to his hearers to let fair play be given.
" Therefore in recognising the existence of this
great power, of this new power among us, let us
give it a hearty welcome ; do not let it be grudg-
ingly admitted within the circle of art institutions
and ideas; let us hail it as a new benefit, which, in
the progress of affairs and institutions, it has pleased
Providence to confer upon mankind. Let us take
every fair opportunity of showing that we sympa-
thise with it, and that we desire to aid it in its work,
and let us acknowledge that kindly feeling with
which we desire to recognise institutions such as
this." This admirable address was received with
every mark of genuine approbation, and it reflected
honour alike on the speaker, and upon the cause
whose interests he so ably advocated, and whose
merits he so fully appreciated.

Not the least remarkable part of the revelations
before the Sheffield Commission is the manner in
which the members of the Trades' Unions allowed
their money affairs to be conducted. They appear
in many instances to have openly countenanced a
systematic falsification of the books, passing en-
tries which were evidently inaccurate, and allow-
ing the secretaries so wide a latitude that there is
good reason to believe some of the BROADHEAD
stamp have made a good thing out of their dignity.

It is worth noticing how men can be led on step
by step to tolerate the most extravagant and
unjust proceedings which they would have
indignantly denounced if they had been suddenly
introduced to them. We know, unfortunately,
that murder, arson, and robbery were not thought
very serious breaches of propriety by the extreme
Unionists, and it now seems that forgery is another
of their accomplishments. It seems that at a meet.
ing of one of the Unions a question was raised about

,he sum of £7O which had been invested in the say

ings bank in the name of four persons, and the
names of three of them were necessary to
get it out. It had been taken out, and one of
the persons complained that his name had
been forged ! Nothing could be discovered about
the money, how it had been got out, or
where it had gone, and the meeting apparently
receiving some intimation that it was better not to
inquire too closely, passed the following resolution :
—" That after a great deal of investigation we are
of opinion that the £7O was drawn out of the bank
for trade purposes, but at the same time we
deprecate the nzanner in which it has been drawn
out, and hope in future the committee will be very
particular in the mode of doing their business."
This is a tolerably mild censure for the offence, and
the secretaries or managers of such concerns must
have an easy time of it if they may draw out £7O
in false names with impunity. If the working
men like their hard-earned money to make to itself
wings and fly away after this mysterious fashion
all well and good ; only we think we should hear a
little less about the low rate of wages and the high
price of necessaries, unless indeed.a Trades' Uuion
be a necessary of life.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS) SandAy Evening.
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There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at the
Tuileries under the presidency of the Emperor. Her
Majesty the Empress was present at the Council.
The yacht of the Sultan of Turkey entered the
roads at Toulon yesterday morning at 7 o'clock, and
his Majesty was saluted by the artillery from the
forts and the squadron. The Sultan reached Paris
this afternoon by the Lyons Railway, and proceeded
to the Tuileries with much the same ceremonial as
was observed on the late visits of the Emperor of
Russia and the King of Prussia.

The Emperor has addressed the following letter
:o M. Pietri, the Minister of Police

" Palace of the Tuileries, June 20, 1867,

" 3, dear Monsieur Pietri,—
" The presence at Paris recently of several Sove-
reigns, and the assemblage of a numeious crowd
attracted by the spectacle of the Universal Exhibi-
tion, presented the opportunity for the service under
your orders of exhibiting that it was equal to the
important task confided to it. I was able to notice
for myself the wisdom of the measures adopted to
maintain order upon every point, and I observed
with pleasure the zeal and excellent appearance
and discipline of your agents. lam desirous to ex-
press my satisfaction to you, and I beg you to be
the interpreter of my feelings to your staff. Re-
ceive, my dear Monsieur Pietri, the assurance of
my sentiments of friendship. "NAPOLEON."
In consequence of a depression of opinion among
the Spanish Ministers relative to the conversion of
the extinguished debt of Spain, the Ministers of
State and Marine offered their resignations, which
were accepted, and official announcement of the
fact was made to the Chambers.

A letter from Weimar states that the anniversary
of the birth of the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar

was celebrated on the 24th of June, with the accus-
tomed ceremony. His Royal Highness is coming
to Paris in the early part of July, but will travel

incognito.
The Grand Duke Alexis, third son of the Em-
peror of Russia, has arrived at Odessa, on his way
to Sebastopol and Cadiz, from whence he will pro-
ceed with the Russian squadron on a voyage in
the Atlantic ocean. The Empress of Russia was
expected at Odessa on her way to the Crimea,
where her Majesty intends to pass a portion of the
summer.

The Moniteur announces that the Emperor,
Empress, and the Prince Imperial will arrive to-
morrow (Monday) afternoon at the Palace of
Industry at two o'clock precisely. On their en-
trance the orchestra will play the second part of
the musical programme of the Hymn to the Em-
peror, the new composition of Rossini. A report
will then be read respecting the Exhibition by M.
Rouher, Minister of Finance, Vice-President of the
Commission. The next part of the ceremony will
be the announcement of the names of the exhibitors
to whom prizes are awarded. The Emperor will
himself present the prizes to the successful exhibi-
tors from the Throne. Their Majesties and the
Prince will then descend from the throne, and will
pass before the gue.its from the various nations and
before the d,ffcrent groups. The orchestra will
then execute the remaining portion of the music.
The ceremonial likely to be one of unprecedented
grandeur and inter,st.
A splendid banquet was given at the. lintel de Vile
on Friday evening to the Viceroy of Egypt, at which
many diplomatists and fashionables were present,
including the Pope's Nuncio and 500 persons who
were invited to the grand concert. The arrange-
ments were much the same as on the occasion of the
banquet to the King and Queen of the Belgians.
The splendid surtout of table ornaments, manufac-
tured by Messrs. Christofle and Co., was again dis-
played. It cannot yet be spared for the Exhibition,
although it is very much missed. The Baroness
llaussmann, wife of the Prefect of the Seine, received
the Viceroy on his arrival, and precceded with him,
arm-in-arm, to the Throne-room, The concert was

admirable. His Highness returned about half-past

eleven.

The Warsaw Journal, although the official organ
of the Russian Government, entertains its readers
with marvellous and evidently doubtful news from
Paris. Although the assassin Berezowski has not

even been tried, it says that before the Emperor
Alexander left Paris he made the Emperor Napo-

leon promise that his life should be spared, and that
his punishment should be bard labour for life at
Cayenne. More strange still, the official Russian
paper says that the French people are so enchanted
with the Emperor Alexander that the feeling has
produced a complete reaction in regard to Poland,
and that cries are heard in Paris of " Down with
the Poles." The indignation is so general that the
Polish emigrants dare not show themselves any-
where. So much for the private correspondence of

Russian papers.
A funeral service has been performed to-day over
the remains of M. Paguerre, the well-known editor
and bookseller, who died at the early age of 32.
lie was the son of .11e former Secretary-General of
the Provisional Government in the year 1848.

The preliminary investigation relative to the
attempt to murder the Emperor of Russia on the
6th of June is concluded. The Judge d'lnstruc-
tion, M. de Gouet, who devoted 20 days to the
examination of witnesses or the interrogation of
Berezowski has drawn up his report, and the
Procureur Imperial Moignon has signed the
requisite legal document, according to which the
prisoner is to be sent to the Chamber (the Chanibre
des Mises en Accusation), whose province it will be to
decide whether there is sufficient prima facie evi-
dence to send the prisoner for trial before a jury of
the Seine. The former Chamber acts as a sort of
gr

nd jury. It is thought in the courts that the
Chamber will not be ab}s to give its decision in
one day, but at all events the case will be placed on
the list of trials at the Court of Assize either on
Saturday, the 13th, or Monday, the 15th of July.
During the thunderstorm on Sunday last serious
and alarming injury was done to the church of
Dance, near Lyons. The lightning struck the
spire at the time when the church was very full.
A loud and terrible explosion was heard, and from
25 to 30 persons were more or less injured, but no
one was killed. The clothes of some were much
burnt. A chandelier, some vases, and various
articles were broken to pieces. Several yards of
woodwork were split into fragments, and large
fragments were strewn about in all directions. The
Host was driven from its usual place, and was
found upon the altar. Portions of the spire were
found in the neighbouring fields.
On a mountain, near Largentiene, in the depart-
ment of the Ardeche, the lightning struck a shep-
herd, who was killed instantly, and also 200 sheep.
Another shepherd was struck near the same spot,
but he did not receive any material injury.
The Memorial Diplomatique contains despatches
from Vienna, which state that Haidar Effendi,
Ambassador from Turkey to the Court of Austria,
has notified, officially, to Baron de Beust, that the
Porte accepts the principle of the inquiry claimed
by the identical note of the guaranteeing powers
relative to the affairs of Candia. The mode of
inquiry is to be the subject of ulterior delibera-
tions, which will take place at Paris during the
stay of the Sultan and his Minister Fuad Pacha.
The report is revived of the intention to dissolve
the Legislative Body in the course of September.
The Epoque has received accounts from Spain,
according to which the number of armed bands in
the vicinity of Madrid has so increased as to excite
much consternation. The telegraphic and railway
communications have been stopped by them, and
the .Spanish Government is in considerable anxiety
on the subject. The same paper asserts that Den-
mark, for the same reason as France, has demanded
the dismantlement of the fortress of Luxembourg
and the demolition of the fortifications of Duppel.
England it is said supports the demand of Denmark.
The Gazette de l'Allemagne du Nord publishes the
text of a note from Prussia to Denmark, calling on
the Danish Government to give a " precise " answer
as to the question of the guarantees required by
Prussia relative to Giirmaus residing in North
Schleswig, and the proportionate part cf the debt of
the Duchies to be borne by Denmark.
In the garden of the Exhibition, near the machine
gallery by the Ecole Militaire, there is a newly-in-
vented apparatus for giving motive power to rail-
way carriages. It is the invention of a Russian,
M. Schoubersky, who calls it a mal-ovos. This
motive machine is simply a railway carriage, with
two large wheels on each side, which do not touch
the ground. These two wheels appear to be inde-
pendent of those which act upon the rail, hut in
fact wich the aid of a curious apparatus they arc
made to impart strong motive power to a train
while ascending, and they can also serve as a break
to decrease the velocity in descent. This mode),
after descending a rapid Elope, turns back upon it-
self, and then with great ease drives a carriage up
to the summit of a slope.
Some persons have talked of restricted means of
tnroalny spBo,7r6t
ot o
pannd f
ti
e rvoemh
ntlhese
which ,hinh Exhibition.
carry
passengers
or articles. Upon the average the number of per-
sons who daily traverse various parts of the capital
is 200,000. The average number of vehicles which
daily circulate along the Boulevard des Italians is
13,265. The average number of vehicles which
cross the Pont de Yena, the principal entrance to
the Exhibition, is 910 ; 12,930 traverse the Avenue
des Champs El sees.

The ancient manor and baronial estate, about
2,250 acres, of Castle Combe, near Ohippenharn, the pro-
perty of Mr. Poulett Scrope, M.P., on which is some of
the most beautiful and romantic scenery in tho county of
Wilts, and which has been in possession of the Scrope
family since the latter part of the 13th century, was on
Saturday submitted to public auction, at the Mart, by
Messrs. Driver and Co., of 'Whitehall, and, after a very
spirited competition, was purchased ty Mr. Lowndes, of
Eaton-place, for the sum of £133,000.
THE GREAT LO SS OF SHIPPING IN THE WHITE
SEA.—The Brenda steamer, 2,200 tons register, and the
Montezuma steamer, 680 tons, wore specially chartered by
the Lords of the Admiralty on Saturday for the White
Sea, to rescue the crews of tho wrecked vessels reported
to be cast ashore on the coast of Lapland. The steamers
were at once hauled out of Victoria Docks into the river
to take in provisions, balding, and medical comforts at
the victualling department, and were under orders to start
on their urgent mission early this morning. A naval
officer and a doctor will accompany each ship, and ample
provisions are made to accommodate 500 men.

PAPER BOATS.—It begins to be evident that
paper has been put to but few of the uses of which it is
capable. The principal demand may continue to bo for
printing, writing, wrapping, and paper collars, but experi-
ments now in progress show that papermakers will soon
find extensive uses for their product outside of these pro-
sent principal sources of consumption. It has already been
found that paper can be used advantageously for making
water-pipes and tanks, and in the construction of frost-
proof buildings ; it is almost certain that it can be made
to take the place of leather for machinery belting, and
George A. Waters, of Troy, New York, has demon-
strated that paper makes the best material for shell
boats, by constructing one thirty feet long, which weighs
only forty pounds, and is in every respect superior to
boats made of wood. It is quite thin, lighter
than a wooden boat, is rendered impervious to
water by a coating of oil and other compounds, and it ie
asserted that it is more durable, and that it will stand
shocks which would destroy a wooden shell. Other ad-
vantages claimed for it are that it can be made perfectly
air and water tight, and requires no caulking or pitching ;
it cannot bo split or broken, but if a hole bo made in it by
accident, the perforation would be no larger than the 5:2 3
of the object piercing it, and could be easily mended ; it
will not swell or crack, and last, but not least, the cost is
much less than a wooden boat. By next year at least WO
shall expect to see Yale and Harvard discarding their old
wooden tubs and rowing the college regatta in shells made
of paper, and making as much better time as the paper
sholls are lighter and more buoyant than the wooden oLcr.
The day of APKay and Elliot as builders of shell boats

is over ; Waters of Troy is the coming man.
A plot of land, &c., situate near Lancaster-gate,
Bayswater, purchased by the late 5,1 r. E. Orin.., s.-mie years
since for .£1,600, has been recently sold by Messrs. Fox and
Boustiold, by the direction of trustees, in lots, realising
altogether the sum of £21,980.
PRESENTS AT- PARKINS AND GOTT'O'S.—Photo-
graphic Albums, a choice of 3,000; despatch-boxes, writ ing-
CAPCS, dressing-casts, travelling-bags, envelope-cases, blot-
ting-books, ink-stands, desk., book-slides, work-boxes. tea-
caddies, hand-bags and retteules, card-cases, purses, sta-
tiJnery cabinets, scent-bottles, albums for postage stamps,
e-ests, ; ciglr-ases, card-baskets. packet-books, electro-
glA end elegantly-mounted articles. Bibles, Prayer-books,
end Church 6dt Vit.:CS, in every tipe. Parkins and Gott, 25,
Oxford-street. The public supplied at wholesale prices from
the largest stock ill London.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE,

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

GROOKHAVEN, July 1, 5.30 am.

A steamer, supposed to be the City of Washing-
ton, is now passing Browhead Signal Station. If it
be that ship she will probably arrive at Queenstown
at 10.30 a.rn. to-day, and letters will reach London
on Tuesday at 6.45 a.m.

OUTWARD CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND
AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

MALTA, June 30.
The Ceylon from Southampton, 20,h inst., ar-
rived at 9 a.m. on the 28th, and left at 4 a.m. on
the 29th for Alexandria.
The Mooltan from Marseilles, 28th inst., arrived
to-dny at 5 p.m., and leaves at 10 p.m. for Alex-
andria.