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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1867.

Yesterday being the speech-day at the Merchant
Taylors' School the usual ceremonies were observed,
and the entertainment in the evening was grand by
the presence of a distinguished company. The
chief feature in the affair was the speech of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was very well
received. 'The right hon. gentleman declared that
on the part of the Ministers he acknowledged with
feelings of gratitude the kindness with which
they had received the toast before them.
A particular interest appertained to the pre-
sent occasion, he added, because that hall was
remarkable for its Parliamentary and political
history, and more especially concerning the fortunes
of the party with which he had the honour to act.
The Master, in proposing the health of her
MAJESTY'S Ministers, alluded to the admirable
manner in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer
bad conducted the business of the House and
carried the Reform Bill through Parliament; and,
in reference to this part of his discourse, Mr.
DISRAELI said that he would not him-
self have originated the subject, bat that
it was one of the most vital interest and importance
to the community, and yet it was one which had
never been properly treated or dealt with in a man-
ner likely to afford lasting satisfaction. We entirely
agree with the right hon. gentleman in his views of
the matter, and he can certainly claim on the part
of himself and his colleagues the merit of having
looked upon the question in a broad and compre-
hensive spirit. " We have endeavoured," he said,
" to consider it as one in the management of which
we must not merely look at the means of discoun-
tenancing the influence of a rival party, but rather
of establishing some system which might conduce to
the permanent contentment and greatness of the
nation." In pursuing this theme, Mr. DISRAELI
defended the measure now before the House
from seine cf the charges NN hich have been
brought against it, and shoWed that while it
went a long way, it did not endanger any of the
institutions of the country. One point which was
referred to in this speech was of great importance,
and that is that it is not the constitution of the
House of Commons that is objected to, but, on the
contrary, it is the high estimation in which it is held
by those who look at it from without.
Respecting the Conservative party, Mr. DISRAELI
made some observations. He said that sometimes it
had been considered it was always to do nothing.
This he pronounced a great mistake, and one
which he had always:protested against. This idea,
if suffered to prevail, would, as he declared, end in
the decline and decrepitude of the party. "These

were not the opinions of the :Tory party in better,
days ; they were not the opinions of Mr. PITT, and
of the great statesmen of the reign of Queen ANNE."
Mr. DISRAELLI has certainly done his best to do away
with the impression that the Conservatives can and,
will do nothing, and he has every right to rejoice.
at the result of his efforts, for he has led his friends'.
to a victory, that has been likewise the success of,a,
cause that was dear to the people, and no doubt
there was great force and meaning in his concluding
words, when he said that he was " proud and happy
that the conduct of the great change, which ho be-
lieved would add to the greatness and glory of our
country, had fallen to the Tory party."

The full description of the ceremonies of the
Coronation of FRANCIS JOSEPH as King of Hun-
gary are now before us, and are certainly well cal-
culated to attract interest and attention. A drama-
tic character appertained to the whole affair, that
lent it a force which will long live in the memory of
those who were fortunate enough to witness it.
The hero of the day was distinguished
among the vast crowds assembled for his
Royal bearing, and his grace and dignity. He
appears to have been received everywhere
with the greatest enthusiasm, and to have
comported himself in his trying position in a manner
that was most successful and satisfactory. Of course

it is the idea of the thing more than its reality ; but
the crowned King of HUNGARY is in a very different
position to what the uncrowned Monarch was, and
no doubt he has already experienced the truth of
this for himself. Nothing was wanting that could
impart a grandeur to the proceedings referred to—
from the beginning to the end all was
magnificent, and appeared far more like a scene
taken out of the ".Arabian Nights," or an illus-
tration of a fairy tale, than an episode of the plain
and practical nineteenth century, and far more to
be in unison with the splendours of 01 iental
pageantry than the more tame representations of
European ceremonies. On many accounts it is well
that this should have been the case, be-
cause just at the present moment it is
desirable that Hungary should be treated
with the utmost regard, and it is well known
by those conversant with the manners and customs
of the country that a Twit deal of importance is at-
tached to the observance of ancient usages and time-
honoured customs. The Magyars have, then, had
their hearts' desire fulfilled, and may now be ex-
pected with a fair share of reason to do their best to
secure the interests of the country just now so pro-
minently brought under notice. The EMPEROR has
shown himself willing to adhere scrupulously and
rigidly to the observance of traditional rules, and
has obeyed the wishes of the people both in the
spirit and the letter.

Let us hope, then, that a due sense of this will be
shown by his subjects of Hungary, and that when
the evanescent splendours of the pageantry have
passed away, there may remain on the part of the
people a feeling of respect and gratitude to their
ruler, and on the part of that ruler a due sense of
the duties that devolve upon him. The people of
this country cannot really enter into the views of
t hose who saw in this display at Pesth a
solemn necessity, but they can and will most
truly appreciate the mutual feeling of goodwill
which has lately sprung up between FRANCIS JOSEPH
and bis subjects. The KING has taken solemn oaths,
and the people have rent the air with acclamations ;
but the real trial is in the future, and the test of
time must show whether these oaths were taken in
the right spirit, and how much foundation there was
for the sincerity of the professions of regard and
the expression of delight that were everywhere so
freely bestow e,l .

The longer that the Sheffield Commission con-
tinues its sittings the more striking is the evidence
which we obtain of the ruinous effect of these asso-
ciations upon the working men themselves. They
are complete dampers to enterprise and talent, they
put hopeless obstacles in the way of that laudable
ambition which in every rank of life urges our men
of character and ability to do their very best, and
so win their way upwards. The union decides that
all men must work at a dead level, or, at all events,
in two or three dead levels ; and, as not all the
" rattening" and threatening in the world can make
mediocrity do the work of talent, can induce lazi-
ness and drunkenness to rival energy and sobriety,
there is nothing for it but to clip the wings of the
more active and aspiring. The men themselves
confessed before the London Commission that if a
man did more than a certain quantity of work in a
day he must pay over the extra earnings to the
union in the shape of a fine, and the facts brought
forward by the masters amply confirm the impres-
sion thus created. Mr. WARD, of the firm of WARD
and PAINE, edge-tool manufacturers, of more than
half a century's standing, was examined by the
Commissioners last week. lle said that he knew a
man, named ADDIS, who obtained the only prize
medals awarded at the London Exhibition of 1851
and 1862 for carving tools. In the autumn of
1864 this man applied to MT. WARD for employ-
ment, and Mr. WARD was, of course, anxious to
secure the services of so clever a workman.
But there was another party to be considered, whose
interest was not that a good workman should get
good employment, or that the trade of the town
should keep up its character, but that the rules of
the Union should be kept. Mr. WARD, who evi-
dently knew all about the petty tyranny of the
Unions, advised ADDIS, who was unconnected with
any of them, to join the Edge Tool Forgers'
Union. He offered a premium of £l5 to be ac-
cepted as a member, also promising to pay the cus-
tomary contributions and abide by their rules.
All was useless, however ; the Unionists were not
inclined to have so good a workman in the town,
and accordingly ADDIS went back to London. Mr.
WARD subsequently received letters from his
London customers, regretting that he had not em-
ployed so good a workman, as the Sheffield tools
were little use in the London trade. Mr. WARD
thereupon invited ADDIS to return, when his work
was soon found to be far better than that of the
Union men. The Union, however, soon in-
terfered, and asked for his discharge, and
their demand not being complied with, the nuts
• from sixteen troughs were missing, and he
' was told the " rattening" had been done because of
his employing ADDIS. Mr. WARD having much
business on hand sent for the officials of the Union,
who came ; and, in answer to his complaints, said
that " the taking of manufacturers' tools, and thus
closing their works, was one of the means they were
compelled to adopt to make manufacturers comply
with the demands of the Union." Mr. WARD
said that as his orders were all standhig he had no
alternative but to discharge ADDIS. The Secretary to
the Union replied that was the only condition
on which work would be recommenced. Further,
the Union extorted from Mr. WARD £3O for ex-
penses incurred by the men in being out of work for
a week ; and the receipt of the secretary for this
money was produced in evidence. And these are
the associations which Mr. BRIGHT and other pro-
minent members of the Liberal l arty do not
hesitate ito applaud, forgetting that the protec-
tion, the fairness which they so unsparingly de-
nounced was mild and liberal ;n comparison.

Mr. WARD, finding it difficult to dispense with the
assistance of ADDIS, went to the expense and trouble
of setting him up as a small manufacturer, and let-
ting him complete the work he took out. ADDIS is
still working in this manner, and ig, according to his
employer, the best workman in the town. But
unless Mr. WARD had been prepared to go to the
expense of setting him up on his own account, he
would have been driven out of the town. A manu-
facturer, it seems, must not bring workmen from other
towns into Sheffield without the consent of the Union,
and this rule operates most prejudicially to the
trade. No wonder that our English work no longer
bears comparison with what is achieved elsewhere.
By a gradual and secret process the whole of that
social and individual freedom by which we have
grown and prospered has been undermined, until
now both masters and men work in shackles, and
there is an end of free and open competition. Men
may succeed by a system of strikes and rat-
tening in forcing their employers into com-
pliance with their rules, but they cannot force
buyers with the command of money to take dear
and inferior work while there are other parts of
Europe which will supply them with cheap and
good. Mr. BROADHEAD may control the trade of
Sheffield, but he will find the continent a little too
wide for him, and unless he can " ratten" the manu-
facturers of France and Germany he will only
succeed in driving away custom from the
Sheffield manufacturers. The Paris Exhibi-
tion, among many other useful offices, will,
we hope, serve to enlighten our workmen a little on
this point, but unless a prompt and wholesale change
comes over our Trades' Unions, we fear it will be
difficult to recover the lost ground. Besides the
costliness and inferior workmanship occasioned by
this blighting influence, we must remember the
damaging effect of the uncertainty produced by the
constantly recurring strikes. In most of the cases of
rattening referred to by masters, we find them saying
that he was just then very busy, that he had con-
tracts on hand, or orders to complete in a given
time. The effect of winds and waves can usually be
calculated in these days of steam, and the delay
to be looked for in getting articles from France or
Germany is much lees formidable than the uncer-
tain duration of a strike. It is in the interest of
the men themselves that these matters should be
looked into. Capitalists can find other means of
employing their capital, the purchaser can find an-
other market, the manufacturer can establish a firm
abroad, but what can the English workman do when
the tide of trade recedes hopelessly from him and
leaves him and his union to deplore their folly and
selfishness when too late ?

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Tuesday Evening.

News from Mexico has been received in Paris,
from which it appears that the President Juarez
transmitted a letter to the Republican Commandant,
at Matamoras, dated San Luis de Potosi, May 15,
stating that Quaretero had been taken by assault
that morning, and the Emperor Maximilian, Alejia,
Castellon, and Miramon had been made prisoners.
A despatch from General Escobedo, Commander-
in-Chief of the Republican army, gives some details
of the battle, and says that Maximilian surrendered
unconditionally. This is the latest news received
in Paris relative to the capture of the Emperor, but
a well-informed New York paper, which 1 have
seen, contradicts, from its own sources of informa-

tion, the report that Juarez had ordered the Empe-
ror to be shot.

Although many fetes to Royalty have been given
at the Hotel de Ville, nothing like the magnificence
di.played at that to the Sovereigns on Saturday
evening was ever seen there. Our own gracious
Queen, the King of Italy, the King of Portugal,
and, recently, the King and Queen of the Belgians,
formerly partook of the hospitality of the City of
Paris in this splendid establishment. The fete of
Saturday was honoured by the presence of a vast
array of Royalty, including the Emperor and
Empress of the French, the Emperor of Russia,
the King of Prussia, the Czarewitch, the Grand
Duke IVladirthr, the Grand Duchess Marie, the
Duke de Leuchtenberg, the Princess Eugenie of
Leuchtenberg, the Princess Matilda, the Prince of
Prussia, Prince Louis of Hesse, the Princess Alice
of Hesse, the Prince of Saxe Weimar, Prince Fre-
deric of Hesse, the Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz,
the Princess Lucien Murat, the brother of the
Taikoun, and Prince Joachim Murat.

The various saloons were ornamented with the
most beautiful flowers and shrubs, as well as the
staircases and vestibules. Fountains played in the
salons. A tent spread with scarlet velvet was dis-
posed to receive the visitors when they alighted from
their carriages. There was an immense glittering
chandelier in the vestibule of the Court, which was
covered with rose-coloured drapery. From all the
columns a dazzling light was spread. A longitudinal
gallery had been erected to aid the circulation to the
salons, and thus more than 8,000 persons were en-
abled to walk about with perfect freedom and com-
fort. The splendid buffets for refreshments were
placed in various salons.
In addition to the Imperial table in the Salon de
la Paix for the supper of the Royal personages,
tables were spread in two other salons.
Their Majesties were announced at half-past ten
o'clock, but their arrival was known to all before
from the acclamations which burst from the masses
of people which were collected outside. They were
received by Baron Haussmann, the Prefects of the
Seine, and the Baroness Hausmann, who descended
the grand staircase of Henry the Fourth to meet
them. They entered the salons by the Hall of the
Carriatides, when they were received by the Princes
and Princesses and the Ambassadors and their
wives.

The grand gallery was shortly opened, and the
srotyraaul
ssp e,srsoorneahgeesst
rtaoopkli
ytihnegirthseeßatuassoiann tnhaetiTonhraol naeirs.,
The opening quadrille of honour was thus com-
posed :—The Hereditary Grand Duke of Russia and
the Princess Eugenie of Luxemburg, Princess Louis
of Hesse and the Grand Duke \Vladimir, the Duke
de Leuchtenberg, the Duchess de Mouchy, Princess
Augusta, Prince Louis of Hesse, Prince Frederic of
Hesse, Mdlle. Rouher, Madame Canrobert (wife of
the Marshal), the Prince of Sax-Weimar, the Prince
de Mecklenburg, Mdlle. Vintry, Madam Fleury,
Prince Joachim Murat, Prince Achille Murat,
Mdlle. de Budberg, Mdlle. Louise Berrot, Viscount
Perrety. The Princess Matilda danced in the
second quadrille.
The supper table formed a grand square. The
magnificent table ornaments, manufactured by
Messrs. Christolfe and Co. for the Ville de Paris,
has been retained at the Hotel de Ville, and around
it were ornaments, vases, flowers, and fancy deco-
rations, forming an ensemble of brilliancy and magni-
ficence never before witnessed. The temporary ab-
sence of this surtout de table from the Exhibition has
caused some disappointment to visitors, who all go
to see it as one of the most remarkable objects to
be found there, but it will shortly be brought
back.

After supper the Royal personages returned about
half-past one o'clock, with the same ceremonial as at
their entrance, and were greeted with enthusiastic
and heartfelt acclamations.

On Sunday all the performers of the Theatre
Francais of St. Petersburg, now in Paris, were re-
ceived by the Emperor of Russia to testify their
grief at the odious attempt to which he nearly fell a
victim. The Emperor expressed his gratitude, and
said he was deeply moved at the sympathetic feeling
displayed by the French people.
The King of Prussia, the Prince Royal of Prussia,
and the Grand Duke of Saxe 'Weimar, went to the
Opera Comique on Sunday evening, to see the
" Voyage en Chine," and expressed great satisfac-
tion to M. F. Bazin, the composer.

•
There is to be a congress of veterinary surgeons
at Zurich (Switzerland) from the 2d to the Bth of

September, to consider the subject of the cattle
plague.

As at present arranged, the Emperor Alexander
will stop a day at the Palace at Fontainebleau.
There is to be another grand review on Saturday,
but probably both the Emperor and the King of
Prussia will probably return home before. The
King of Prussia is going to Liegenitz in Silesia,
to be present at a grand military fete.
Prince Humbert, eldest son of the King of Italy,
has arrived in Paris. He stops at the Italian
Emtlassy.
The assassin Berezowski has undergone further
examination, l'ut nothing of importance has been
eicited. He is now very calm and indifferent, and
persists in his first statement that he has no accom-
plices. Ho never speaks unless questions are put to
him, and his answers are very laconic. Ile will be
tried before the Court of Assize of La Seine, in
the course of this month. His demeanour betrays
exalted fanaticism. Ile resided for a year in the
Rue Marcadet, at Montmartre, and his conduct was
always very regular. He was very attentive to reli-
gious duties, but his neighbours used to complain
that they could not sleep because he was in the
habit of reading aloud during a great portion of the
night. It appears that the person who arrested
him is M. Perseval, a plumber, who lives at Neuilly.
For 'some minutes previously to the attempt the
conduct of the assassin had excited M. Perseval's
attention. Several times he elbowed him rather
violently. His left hand was always in his waist-
coat pocket. When the Imperial carriage reached
the spot he instantly drew out his pistol with his
left hand and fired. M. Perseval seized him by the
arm, and held him by the neck with the other till
the police came up and took him into custody.
M. Claude Auguste de Crouy-Chanel, an old
man of 74, has been convicted by the Tribunal of
the Seine on the charge of being concerned in the
frauds of the cashiers of the Sub-Treasury of the
Railways to the extent of three millions, for which
two persons have been condemned to hard labour,
one for seven years and the other for five years.
The prisoner was sentenced to imprisonment for
three years, and to give security to the society to
the amount of 10,000 f. under the head of restitution
as civil damages for part of the sum of which it had
been defrauded.

A stonemason, aged 30, went into a wine shop at
the Batigulles on Sunday evening in a state of in-
toxication and called for a glass of wine. When
he tasted it he said it was a drug, and being joked
by some other persons present, who said he seemed
to have relished the wine at other places, he threw
a bottle at the head of the wine-shop keeper, which
fractured his skull, and he died instantly.

The new racecourse at Lyons was inaugurated
on Sunday under favourable auspices. Ruy Blas
gained the grand prize easily. In the Steeplechase
Milton and Betty reached the goal together, and the
prize was shared between them.

The Polish assassin is closely watched. He is in
the cell devoted to men accused of great crimes.
His cell is immedittely over that which Marie
Antoinette was placed previous to her execution.
The cell which he occupies was that where Marshal
Ney, Verger,
and Orsini were confined previous to
execution.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

(From the Registrar-General's Return.)

In the week that ended on Saturday, June 8,
the births registered in London and 12 other large
towns of the United Kingdom were 4,074 ; the
deaths registered, 2,606. The annual rate of mor-
tality was 22 per 1,000 persons Hying.
In London the births of 965 boys and 957
girls, in all 1,922 children, were registered in the
week. In the corresponding weeks of 10 years 1857-
66, the average number, corrected for increase of
population, is 1,970.
The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,103. It was the twenty-third week of the
year, and the average number of deaths for that
week is, with a correction for increase of population,
1,231. The deaths in the present return are less
by 128 than the estimated number.
The mortality in the metropolis was lower last
week than in any week since that which ended
on 12th July, 1862, when 1,065 deaths were
registered.
The deaths from zymotic diseases last week were
226. Twenty-eighth were caused by smallpox ;
10 of which were in the east, and 11 in the south
districts. Thirty-five deaths occurred from whoop-
ing-cough, 38 from typhus, 19 from diarrhoea, 17
fromip hth measles,
The daughter of a compositor, aged six months,
died on 7th June at 26, Hyde-place, Hoxton Old-
town, of " choleraic diarrhoea (six days)."
A pensioner, aged 48 years, died on 3d June at
the workhouse, St. Margaret, Westminster, of
" destitution, debility."
A domestic servant, aged 21 years, died on 2d
June in the London Hospital from "burns in con-
sequence of her dress taking firo when wearing
crinoline." (Inquest.)
The daUghter of a baker, aged five years, died on
30th
(14a8y in High-street, Norwood, of " diphtheria,
hours)." The medical attendant stated
in his certificate that " the grating of the main
sewer is opposite the house, and the smell from it is
croup
intolerable." Two deaths from whooping-cough,
and one death from small-pox, were also registered
at Norwood last week.
The deaths of four persons who were killed by
horses or carriages in the streets were registered.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 19 per
1,000 in London, 36 in Edinburgh, and 25
20 in Bristol, 19 in Birmingham,
24 in Liverpool, 26 in Manchester, 21 in Sal-
ford, 23 in Sheffield, 25 in
i
n D nblin
Leeds, 24 in Hull, 26
in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 30 in Glasgow. The
rate in Vienna was 31 per 1,000 during the week
ending the Ist inst., when the mean temperature
was 5.1 deg. Fahrenheit higher than in the same
week in London, where the rate was 21.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.710 in.
The barometrical reading decreased from 29.96 in.
at the beginning of the week to 29.55 in. onMonday,
June 3, increased to 29.85 in. on Tuesday, June 4,
decreased to 29.55 in. OR Thursday, June 6, and was
20-90 in. at the end of the week. The mean tem-
perature of the air in the week was 5.8 deg.,
which is 0.5 deg. below the average of the same
week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher).
The highest day temperature was 79.7 deg. on
Sunday, June 2. The lowest night temperature
was 46.0 (leg.; en Wednesday, June 5. The entire
range of temperature in the week was, therefore,
33.7 deg. The mean of the highest temperature of
the water of the Thames was 61.0 deg. ; that of
the lowest was 58 6 deg. The difference between
the mean-dew point temperature and air tempera-
ture was 5.5 deg. The mean degree of humidity
of the air was 83, complete saturation being repre-
sented by 100. Rain fell to the amount of 1.70 in.,
of which 0.77 in. fell on Monday, 0.03 on Tuesday,
0.25 on Wednesday, and 0.65 on Friday. Light-
ning was seen and thunder heard during the early
morning of Monday. Distant thunder was heard
shortly before noon on Tuesday. Shortly after
4 p.m. on Friday vivid lightning was seen, followed
instantly by very heavy thunder. At Clif ton rain
fell to the amount of 0.97 in. on Thursday. Accord-
ing to a return furnished by the engineer of the
Metropolitan Board of Works, the average daily
quantity of
sewage pumped into the river Thames
at the Southern Outfall Works, Crossness, was
57,727,121 gallons, or 262,281 cubic metres, equi-
valent to about as many tons by weight.

THAMES IRON WORKS.—An ironclad frigate is
now being built for the Prussiaß Government in the yard of
these works, which as to offensive as well as defensive
powers, will be one of the most powerful vessels of war
afloat. She is designed by Mr. E. J. Reed, Chief Con-
structor to the Navy, and will have a length of 355 ft. 10in.
a breadth of 60ft., with a draught of water 24 ft. forward
and 26ft. aft. Tho thickness of her armour willbo Bin.,
her tonnage 5,938, with a nominal horse-power
of 1,150, her displacement equalling 9,761 tons. The ar-
mour will extend nearly 7ft. below the water-line; she will
carry 30
guns, 15 being placed on each broadside, two com-
manding a-head, and one astern. Many of these will bo 50-ton
guns, carrying 500 lb. shot, and the armament of this ship
will with her broadside, stem, and stern batteries command
every part of the horizon. Sho is to be named Wilhelm I.
and was originally intended or the Turkish navy.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

ITALY.

FLORENCE, June 12.

In yesterday's sitting of the Italian Parliament
Signor Ferrara, the Minister of Finance, announced
that he had instituted proceedings against M. Bras-
seur for defamation of character. He denied that
he had ever accepted the propositions to alter the
law of the 7th July, 1866, which he promised to
retain intact. He also denied that be had agreed
to the proposal for restoring the ecclesiastical pro-
perty to the clergy, and said that the Chamber
would be able to reject or modify any of the prin-
ciples of the Church Property Bill which it might
regard as adverse to the national aspirations.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, June 11.

Admiral Vezzin Pacha, with two iron-clads, two
steamers, and 8,000 troops, sailed yesterday for
Crete.

NEW YORK, June 11.
The Cunard steamer Malta arrived here to-day.

SPAIN.

MADRID, Juno 12.
The statement that the Queen would visit Paris
and Rome during July is officially confirmed.
MADRID, June 11 (Evening).

The following are the particulars of Senor Bar-
zanallana's Bill for the conversion of the public
debt into a 3 per cent. consolidated stock.
For
,100 piastres of deferred stock of 1831, or
first-class interior, and 32 piastres or 172 f. 80c. in
cash, 200 piastres of the new stock will be given.
For 100 piastres second-class exterior and 28
piastres or 151 f. 20c. in cash 150 piastres new stock
will be given. The same amount of the new stock
will also be exchanged for 100 piastres second-class
internal, and 35 piastres or 189 f. in cash.

MARSEILLES, June 12.

Intelligence received here from Athens to the 6th
inst. announces that the Greek steamer Arcadia,
being pursued by four Turkish war vessels, took
refuge at the Greek island of Cerigotto, where she
was blocked and fired upon by the Turks. One
sailor was killed and two wounded.
The Greek Government, upon being informed of
this event, despatched a frigate to protect the
Arcadia.

FRANCE.

PARIS, June 12.

The Czar and his sons left here yesterday by
rail at 7 p.m. At parting the two Emperors warmly
embraced each other. The Czar proceeded for Ger-
many, with Duke Vladimir, by the Eastern Rail-
way, and the Czarewitch left for London by the
Northern line.

BOURSE, June 11, Two o'clock.—The market to-
day is very dull, and stocks and shares are being
done at lower rates. Threes have declined 15c., to
70f. 50c., and Italian Fives 10c., to 52f. 65c. Credit
Mobilier shares have receded 3f. 75c., to 400 f. ;
Spanish Mobilier 10f. 75c., to 275 f. ; Gas 2f. 50c.,
to 1,597 f. 50c. ; Immobiliere 5f., to 198 f. 75c. ; and
Comptoir d'Escompte 2f. 50c., to 780 f. Very little
business is being done in Railway shares, which are
are also quoted at a decline. From London Con-
sols are telegraphed with an advance of k per cent.
Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows :

41 per Cents 9B 60 Bank Shares 3500
Do. end month — Italian Loan 52 65
3 per Cents. 7O 35 Do end month 52 65
Do. end month 7O 45 Mexican Loan
Credit Mobilior ... 403 75 Do. Bonds
Do. end mouth ... 403 75 Spanish Threes
Credit Foncier — Home Debt
Do. end month 1487 50 Deferred
BAILW taB.

For Account.
Orleans
Northern 1220
Lyons and Mediterranean .. 910
Southern 5BO
Western —
Eastern

Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 405
North of Spain lO6 25
Saragossa l2O
Roman.: —

The Coronation of the King of Hungary

(From the Times' ',Special Correspondent.)
PESTII, June 8.

It is just past mid-day only. The Coronation
ceremony is over—gone truly and literally like a
beautiful dream. Franz Joseph has crossed over
the bridge to his Palace of Buda, the crowned
King of Ilungary. He has passed out of sight
just like the hero of some gorgeous fairy spectacle,
who vanishes behind the wings as the curtain falls,
and the audience are dispersing in great content-
ment.

The actual coronation took place in the small
chapel at the Buda side, which only holds 800 or
900 persons, of whom more than half were mem-
bers of the two Houses. All the proceedings had
been carefully rehearsed, so that none of those little
hitches which cause such great impediments and
destroy effects so thoroughly should occur, and it
may be said that the piece was played several times
before it was put on the stage, only that the King
and Queen were not present at the rehearsals and
their parts were left out.

At four o'clock in the morning the guns of the
fortress of Buda woke all who were asleep, and if
noise indoors and out of doors all night could keep
people awake there were very few of them startled
by the noisy summons.
At seven o'clock precisely the ceremonies of the
Coronation commenced.

On reaching the church his Majesty, who was in
his uniform of Field-Marshal, was assisted from his
horse by the Lord High Chamberlain, while the
Mistress of the Robes assisted her Majesty to de •
scend from the carriage of state, which was of sin-
gular magnificence and richness. The Crown jewels
were placed on the high altar, and the Archbishop
of Kalocsa commenced the service with the formula
of the Church according to the Pontificale Romanum.
Addressing the Primate, he spoke the words :--
" Postulat Sancta Mater Ecclesia Catholica ut Fn.
sentem serenissimum Franciscum Josephum ad dig-
nitatem Hungarise Regis sublevetis." Then the
Primate responded—" Scitis ilium dignum et utilem
esse ad hanc dignitatum ?" And the Archbishop of
Kalocsa answered--" Et novimus et credimus."
Then his Majesty was led to the altar, and kneeling
to the coronation oath, which has been given in
a previous letter. Then his Majesty descended to
the lowest step before the altar, and lay prostrate at
full length on his face, while the Primate read the
Litany, the bishops giving the responses, all kneel-
ing. During these prayers the Primate rose from
his knees, and with his episcopal staff in his left
hand twice made the sign of the cross over the pros-
trate form of his Majesty ; the bishops, kneeling,
did the same.

At the conclusion of the Litany his Majesty was
conducted behind the altar, where he laid aside his
peliese, kalpack, and sabre, and prepared for the
unction. Returning with his attendants, his Majesty
knelt before the altar, and there was anointed with
the holy oil by the Primate. This part of the cere-
mony excited much interest. As the Primate poured
the oil on hia Majesty's right arm and between the
shoulders he prayed reverently, and when the cere-
mony was over the King rising went behind the altar
where the superfluous unction was dried, and reap-
peared after a time and walked to the foot of the
throne, where he knelt down and seemed to pray.
Whilehe was thus kneeling the Lord High Chamber-
lain and Marshal of the Court and officiating pre-
lates approached with the Royal mantle of Stephen
and placed it solemnly over his shoulders. This is
clearly proved to have been a casula, the work of
Gisella, Queen of St. Stephen, made in A.D. 1031,
and is regarded with the utmost veneration by all
Hungarians, It was the gift to the Church originally,

and has undergone some mutilaticn. The inscrip-
tion states, " Casula bac data et operata est Ecclesioe
Sante Marini sit in civitate alba (Stuhlweissen-
burg) anno ab incarnatione Christi mxxxi., indic-
cione xiv. a Stepheno Rege et Gisla Regina." When
it is out of repair it must be mended by no other
hands than those of the Queen herself. Then the
High Mass began to the blare of trumpets and the
roll of kettledrums. The Prince Primate read the
office to the conclusion of 'graduale,' when, attended
by his prelates, he went to the altar, where the re-
galia were deposited. The King, surrounded b y
his officers of high state and dignity, having arisen,
was led to the altar, where he knelt lowly, and bowed
his head to the Primate, who placed the naked
sword of St. Stephen on his hand with the words of
the formula :

" Accipa gladium do altari sumptum per nostras manus
hoot indignas vico tamon SS. Apostolorum consecratas.
Tibi regaliter concessum, nostranuo bonedictionis officio in
dofonsionem S. Ecclositc Doi divinitus ordinatum."

The Primate having received back the sword from
the Emperor, who now rose, put it into the sheath,
and fastened the belt round his loins with the
words :

" Accingere gladio tuo super femur tuum, potentissimo,
et attend°, quod sancti non in gladio, sod per fidom vicorunt
regna."

And then the King, standing erect, and turning
his face to the people, drew the ancient blade, and
with vigorous hand made the steel flash in the light
as he cut first in front, then to the right and then
to the left, according to tradition, and returned the
sword to its sheath, while the artillery thundered
out a salvo from outside. The King next advancing
knelt on the highest step of the altar, and there
the Archbishop of Gran, as Prince Primate, and
Count Andrassy representing the Palatine, put the
Crown of St. Stephen on his head. The world has
heard enough 'of this famous iiece. It consists of
two parts—one sent by Pope Sylvester 11. to St.
Stephen in 1000 A.D., and used in his coronation,
the other dating 70 or 80 years later, sent by
Michel Dukas, Emperor of the East, to King Gyza,
from Byzantium. It is called " holy," "sacred,"
" apostolical," and the King of Hungary derives his
title from the last adjective. It is almost like
a trooper's morion in shape, and is enriched with
enamels and precious stones. When the regalia were
taken by the insurgents they were buried in 1849,
near Orsova, in the Danube, close to the Turkish
frontier; but their hiding place. was found out
to the great joy of Hungary, after four or five
years seclusion in the mud. The Primate, with his
hands on the crown, gave the blessing, and pre-
sented his Majesty first with the sceptre in his
right and the globe in his left, with the formula, as
follows :
"Accipe virgam virtutis ac veritatis, qua intolligas, to
obnoxium mulcere pios, terrere reprobos."
Having done this the Primate removed the sword
of St. Stephen from the King's side, and returned
it to the Royal Hungarian Cup-bearer, and when
that was done the second salvo was fired, and a
phase of the ceremony ended. The King was now
ready to be enthroned. With the Primate on one
hand and an Archbishop on the other, the King,
preceded by 11 magnates, bearing the insignia of
Bulgaria, Kumenia, Serbia, Lodomiria, Galicia,
Bornia, Dalmatia, Transylvania, Sclavonia,Croatia
and Hungary—the Heralds, Master of the Horse,
and other high officers, was conducted to the
Throne, and took his place on it with much
solemnity. The Primate, standing on his right,
pronounced the words,
" Sta et retina mode locum quam hue usque patern a
successions tenuisti baaroditani jure tibi a Deo delegatum
per auctoritatem omnipotentis Dei."
Count Andrassy made a sign, and at once the
whole assembly burst into an " E/jen !" which was
repeated three times with thrilling effect. The cannon
thundered from the Blocksberg—the bells of Buda
and Pcsth burst out into chimes. The King was
crowned. As crowned King he presented his consort
to the Primate, and demanded that she should be
crowned; and another service commenced, the crown
and insignia being laid on the altar. The service for
the Queen was similar to that of the King. A crown
was put on her head, but the Royal crown was only
held on her right shoulder for a time, after which it
was replaced on the head of the King. At one time
the King and Queen lay prostrate on their faces as
his Majesty had done, and after the ceremonies here
were complete the King and Queen went in proces-
sion through the church gates to the garrison church
where all the royal insignia except the crown were
laid aside, while the King made a number of knights
—equites aura ti—dubbing them with the sword of St.
Stephen.
The procession, on emerging from the church, was
formed very much as they started, but it was swollen
by the Banderia of the Counties, by the bishops,
and prelates, and mitred abbots, who formed a very
fine-looking body of portly cavalry, and by the
bearers of insignia, who took their places, mounted
on splendid horses.
After a time a break was made in the stream by
the appearance of some Court footmen and a singu-
lar horseman with a flat cap trimmed with white
and drooping feathers. In another instant there
was a cry from the multitude—a long wild illjen
and there rode from under the bridge, erect and
stately, yet lithe and graceful, a singular figure
alone. No need to say, "There is the King."
The archbishop, bishops, mitred abbots, the Hun-
garian Noble Guard, and the Gendarmerie
of the Guard followed, and the procession was
closed by the Lichstein Hussars. The procession
wound round by the quays and the street of Pesth
till his Majesty came to the square in front of the
parish church. Here a tribune was erected three
feet high, covered with cloth of gold, on which the
King took his stand, and there, in the presence of
the people, raising three fingers of the right band to
Heaven, and holding aloft a crucifix in his left, he,
with his face to the east, took the oath, which was
read to him by the Primate, amid three tremendous
E/jens "and salvos and volleys of musketry. The
procession returned to the Franz-Joseph Platz by
another route, and there took place the last cere-
monial of the sword-striking.

MARKE T S.—This day.

MARK LANE.

The supply of English wheat on sale hero to-day was
very moderate. The brilliant weather produced great in-
activity in tho trade, and sales, therefore, progressed
slowly both in red and white qualities. The business
done was at a decline of 2s. per quarter from the close of
last week.

Foreign wheat was in moderate supply, and the trade
was dull, at drooping currencies. Very little business was
transacted.

Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, at barely
late rates.

The supply of barley on the stands was only moderate.
Grinding and distilling qualities were in fair demand at
the rates of Monday last.

Tho malt trade was very dull, and prices had a drooping
tendency.

Oats, with which the market was very moderately sup-
plied, ruled firm, at full currencies.
Beans wore in short supply and the trade was firm, at
fully late rates.

Peas changed hands at' the full prices of Monday. The
show of samples was small.
For flour there was a limited inquiry, at barely Monday's
quotations.

SHIP ARRITALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch 170 1,310 890
Irish
Foreign 7,470 4,890 13,090 1,480 SACICS
brls

COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN.
For the week ending Juno For the corresponding wok
8, 1867. last year.
Qrs. Aver.
Qrs. Aver.
Wheat 44,819—(5s 4d Wheat 47,666-47s 1(1
8ex1ey......... 2,454-36 s 9dl Barley 983-353 9,1
Oats 2,333-27s 4d Oats