The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-07 00:00:00

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DON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1867.

than for 50 years past. The King of Greece has
been here, and Prince Oscar of Sweden and the
Duke de Leuchtenherg of Russia still remain. In
a few days the King and Queen of the Belgians,
the Queen of Portugal, the Prince and Princess of
Prussia, and, it is said, the Prince of Wales will
be here. It is also reported that the Emperor of
Russia, accompanied by his two sons, will be in
Paris. Other visitors spoken of are the Emperor
and Empress of Austria, the King of Prussia,. the
King and Queen of Spain, and the Viceroy of
Egypt. The brother of the latter is in Paris. The
Prince and Princess Adalbert of Bavaria are ex-
pected. The Princess is sister to the Queen of Spain.
It has been already stated that the ceremony of
distributing the prizes to the Exhibitors will take
place on the Ist of July. Round the throite to be
erected some of the most remarkable articles now in
the Champ de Mars will be displayed. A circular
has just been sent to all the foreign commissioners,
inviting them to make arrangements for the safety
of such articles from their various countries as they
may consider desirable.
We have jumped into summer to-day, and
literally without a spring. The weather has been
excessively hot, and half Paris was at the Champ de
Mars. The magnificent Russian stallions excite
much interest. They are generally taken from their
stables about three o'clock in the afternoon for
exercise. The Russian Commission have displayed
great care in reference to the horses. The haras
Councillor of State,
has been constructed in Paris from plane sent from
St. Petersburg, under the direction of General
M.The Kopteff,Russan
andMce axle. rs,
ianiidaevdinbey.equipments, har-
ness, &c., are the work of ill, Ignatoff.
Among the many telegraphic despatches received
in Paris is one from New York, which I mention
for what it may be worth. It is to the'effect that
the American Minister in London has received in-
structions from the Cabinet at Washington to urge

the English Government not to execute the two
Fenians condemned to death. The American Go-
vernment authorises its Minister to declare to the
English Cabinet that if the execution should take '
place, it will create an amount of excitement and
antipathy in America against the English which it
will not be in the powet of the American Govern-
ment either to control or arrest. If, on the con-
trary, according to this authority, the lives of these
two men be timed, the clemency will produce a
reaction in favour of England, which will completely
put an end to Fenianisni.
A letter from Berlin, dated May 2, says that
great satisfaction has been produced among the
working classes of that city by a recent measure
adopted by King William,
who has ordered that a
sum of £3,000 shall be set apart for the purchase of
machines, tools, and industrial and agricultural
implements at the Paris exhibition, to be exhibited
in a Museum at Berlin. The study of these imple-
ments, it is supposed, mill be very useful to the
working classes of Prussia. The announcement is
considered as a strong demonstration in favour of
peace on the part of the Government. Such, at
least, is the interpretation put upon this measure
by the working classes in Prussia.
The provincial papers continue to give details of
the damage caused by the recent thunder-storms.
At St. Christol en Jarret a man who was standing
at his stable door was struck by the lightning. The
only apparent injury was a small wound on the left
hand side of the skull, but blood flowed from it in
such quantities that he died in a
few hours. At
Langonar an incident occurred during the
tempest which may possibly
dissipate a popu-
lar prejudice against an assembly of guests
to the number of thirteen. That number
of persons were at dinner when the lightning struck
the table. Knives, forks, and plates were scattered
in all directions, but not the slightest injury was

sustained by any one.
General de Ladmirault has been appointed to the
command of the camp at Chalons, in the room of
Marshal Furey, who retires from ill health.

A conference is about to take place between the
Siamese ambassadors now in Paris and the French
Minister for Foreign Affairs with a view to a
frontier limitation Treaty. France is now possessed
of Cambodge, which borders the kingdom of Siam,
and which forms part of the French colony of
Lower Cochin China. The object of the proposed
Treaty will be to fix the exact limits of Cambodge,
the possession of which by France has hitherto been
contested by Siam, but that kingdom now con-
sents to a treaty to regulate that possession.