The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-22 00:00:00

fete of the 29th of June.
The tone and argument of the press in regard to
Luxembourg, both French and foreign, are still

bellicose--more so than before.

The Siecle says

upon this subject :—" Whatever desire we may have
for the maintenance of peace, it is impossible to

dissimulate the lamentable-impression produced, not

upo❑ us only, but upon the whole of the French
press, by the attitude assumed for some days past
by the organs of public opinion in Germany. It
seems that, in obedience to a word of command, all
the journals of the other side of the Rhine, more or
less imbued with Prussian policy, undertake the

task of exciting public opinion against the eventual

evacuation of the fortress of Luxembourg by the
Prussian troops."
An article in the Correspondence de Berlin, which

is supposed to receive its inspiration from M. de

Bismarck, declares that evacuation for Prussia
would be tAntamount to abdication. That journal

proceeds to contend that the desire of the German
people manifested by the newspapers and at meet-
ings, both in the North and South, will not allow

Prussia to yield upon this point without placing iu

peril that supremacy in Germany which the events
of the last year have given to her.
The Memorial Diplomatique argues in a similar
spirit, and prints a letter from its Berlin correspon-
dent, who states that he knows from a certain source
that, whatever may be the solution proposed,

Prussia has resolved not to evacuate Luxembourg.

Reports of an exciting character abound upon this
subject in Paris. One report, that an ultimatum
has been sent by the French Cabinet to the Govern-
ment of Berlin, is contradicted to-day. Several
journals, ho wever, having the character of being
well-informed, assert that active communications
are exchanged between the Powers not directly in-
terested—England, Austria, and Russia. In the
meantime France and Prussia abstain from discus-

sion, and wait to see the course which may be pro-
posed by these Powers.
A sketch of the members of the new Italian Minis-

try will not be unacceptable : —M. Rattazzi, the head
of the Cabinet, was the chief of the party in the old
Piedinontese Parliament, who endeavoured to
counterbalance the authority and influence of

Count Cavour. He thus rallied around him in the
new career in the Italian Parliament a party who
represented a sort of compromise between the old
Piedmoutese party aad those who supported the
necessities created by the national movement. Thus
it was that M. Rattazzi assumed the place of the

late Count Cavour, when the Peace of Villafranca
for a time arrested the aspirations of the Italians,
and that he again surrendered the post to the Count,
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when the central annexations again opened the field
for the renewal of those aspirations. Upon the same
principle M. Rattazzi succeeded M. Ricasoli, when

it was feared that the Revolutionary movement
would be too much for the Government. From
these circumstances M. Rattazzi may be considered
to represent in the Parliament the party of com-
promise between the Piedmontese element and the
moderate party. He is liberal but not revolutionary.
M. Tecchio, Minister of Justice, a Venetian, long
in exile, has, under various vicissitudes, followed the
fortunes of M. Rattazzi, to whose policy he is
opposed in some points, whilst in others he is
closely identified with it. Many Venetian Deputies
will on his account support the Government.
M. Campello, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senator
of the Kingdom, belongs to an ancient family of
Spoleto, and is closely identified with the Pontifical
interests. In 1848 he took a very active part in the
political events of which Italy was the theatre, and
received the title of Superintendent-General to the
small army sent to Venetia by the Pontifical Go-
vernment, under the orders of General Durando.
He was afterwards Minister of War, at Rome, in
the Constitutional Cabinet of which M. Mamiani
was President, and, at a later period, he took part
in the Provisional Government which was formed
after the assassination of Count Rossi, and preceded

the Republic. At the time of the occupation of
Rome by the French troops he left the capital with
a passport given to him by the French authorities,
but his relations wish that city, in which his family
continued to reside, were not interrupted, and they
cannot now be without influence upon the negotia-
tions between the Courts of Rome and Florence.
This may be considered as the chief reason why he
was selected for the post of Minister for Foreign

Affairs by M. Rattazzi.
M. Ferrara, the Minister of Finance, is a native of
Sicily, and has often distinguished himself by his
skill in dealing with financial matters. For Italy
the subject of finance in
finance at this time is the great and all important
question. Whatever may be the phase which poli-
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, so long as the present
ment of the situation.
The weather was
butmp tu temporary.ous
wind,
d clouds of
dust, which obscured the roads like fog, and occa-
sional showers of snow, rain, and hail. In the after-
noon the agricultural machinery department in one
of the separate buildings at the Exhibition was half
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inundated. To-day the tempest has continu6d,
accompanied at times by heavy rains, flakes of snow,
and the other features of winter. We may, perhaps,
not escape without frost to-night.
The Paris Cricket Clq,b have announced grand
matches for to. morrow, Tuesday, Thursday, and
Friday at Madrid, in the Bois de Boulogne. They
will be more important matches than any which have
yet taken place in France. To-morrow and Tues-
day the game will be played between 11 members
of the Paris Club and 11 members of the Maryle-
bone Club. On Thursday and Friday the match
will be between 11 members of the Paris Club and
11 of the Zingari Club of England. The band of the
4th Voltigeurs of the Guard will play at intervals
during each day. These matches excite much inte-
rest among the sporting world of Paris.
The monster cannon sent by Prussia to the Great
Exhibition has arrived at Charleroi on its way to
Paris. With the stand on which it is placed, and
the accessories, the weight is no less than 71,000
kilogrammes, or more than double that number of
English pounds. The diameter of the interior is
nearly half a yard. It was despatched by a slow
train. This great gun of the Exhibition is from the
manufactory of Shrupp d'Essen, Westphalia, where
the Prussian guns of the fortifications of Antwerp
were manufactured.
There has been a sale of valuable pictures which
belonged to Marshal Soult. Among them were
three of Murillo, three of Zurbaran, and two of
Ribera. " The Soul of St. Philippe ascending to
Heaven," by Murillo, was sold for 16,000 f. " A
Brigand Stopping a Monk," by the same great
Spanish master, realised 12,000 f. " Christ on the
Cross," also by Murillo, was sold for 3,800 f. " St.
Anthony," by Zurbaran, for 7,000 f. " Sainte
Appoline," by the same, for 6,000 f. "St. Romain "
and " St. Barulas," also by the same, for 5,350 f.
" St. Sebastian Suoxoured by Sainte Irene" (Ribera),
realised 13,600 f. "Abraham Offering Hospitality
to the Angels," by Fernandez de Navarette, was
sold for 18,100 f. A painting of the Muril'o school,
"The Adoration of the Shepherds," was bought for
465 f.

In uprooting some trees on the estate of the
Marquis de Bougy, near Caen, 14 very ancient stone
coffins have been found containing human skeletons.
It is believed that then: formerly existed a Mero-
vingian cemetery at this locality, and further re-
searches are being made with a view to more dis-
coveries of a similar kind.
The religious duties of Easter Sunday have been
performed to-day in Paris with much fervour and
devotion. &Adom have the churches been more
crowded.
Easter Sunday is kept in Rome with great religious
pomp and ceremony. So early as five in the morning
salvoes of artillery are fired from the fort of St.
Ange. The church of St. Peter is always com-
pletely filled by the pious. At ten o'clock the Pope