The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-28 00:00:00

tween the differ rent nations of Europe, and there is
no doubt that the French Treaty with which he
was so closely connected helped very much to pro-
duce a betb er feeling between ourselves and our
nearest neigl tbours. RICHARD COBDEN was a faith-
ful and laborious public servant, and his country
was not ungt •ateful. He received during his life-
time many sul)stardial tokens of his fellow-country-
men's approval, a'ad since his death his name has
been duly honov-rul and cherished. The cere-
monial of Wednesday was a fitting token of the
affectionate rega rd with which he is still thought of
by the inhabitat tts of Lancashire, and the beautiful
statue of Salfor I will recal to many generations the
career of a mat i who without any adventitious aid
succeeded in cat rying a great public reform, and in
powerfully affec ting the legislation of his time and
the fortunes of his country.

According to the news brougbt to us from New
York on the 18th, the Attorney-General STANBERRY
has pronounced himself decidedly against the as-
sumption of arbitrary powers by the military com-
manders of the South. The Attorney-General
says that the Civil Rights Bill is still in force, and
that commanders have no right to establish military
courts to try civil cases. He adds, very justly, that
commanders have no power to declare a new coda of
laws, as such powers would place them on an equality
with Congress. It is said that the PRESIDENT is
preparing an order reinstating the Southern officials
recently removed, prohibiting their removal for the
future. It is doubtful whether Congress would
sanction such an act, notwithstanding Mr. STAN-
BERRY'S ingenious attempt to represent the com-
manders as infringing the rights of Congress. The
Cabinet favours the enforcement of the Reconstruc-
tion Act as interpreted by the Attorney General,
who declares that substantially it only disfranchises
those rebels who held State or military office, having
taken the oath to support the constitution of the
United States. Congress will, it is said, reassemble
in July, but unless its members have been employ-
ing the recess very profitably there is not much
hope of their assisting in the satisfactory settlement
of the difficulty.

The Atlantic Cable brings us a rumour that
Maximilian has been "pardoned" and banished.
The pardon is rather a farce, but the banishment
may be perhaps the best solution of the problem.
The unfortunate Prince, on his return to Europe,
may say with FRANCIS I. that all is lost but honour.
He is still young enough, however, for a happier
if less exalted career, and be has secured the re-
spect and sympathy of all by his courage and for-
titude under his reverses.

The North Schleswig question seems likely to
engage a great deal of attention just now, and all
the efforts made by Prussia to connect a bad cause
with a good one are unsuccessful. The greatest
discontentment prevails at Copenhagen as to the
course pursued by the Berlin statesmen, and it is
quite evident that the way in which the Prussians
read the Treaties, made at various times, differs
materially from their original purpose. The Dag-
bladet declares that the guarantees that Prussia
demands for the German inhabitants of North
Schleswig are merely a part of the question, and
that a subordinate portion of it too. The negotia-
tions turn upon the money of Duppel and
Alsen. The elections to the North Ger-
man Parliament may plainly point out the
national lines, and yet Prussia seeks to evade the
question, and ignore what does not meet her views.
Upon this it is sail that the " Schleswig Danes
would prefer the common lot of slavery until the
great day of liberation should dawn." It is worthy
of note that Ilerr TWESTER has been sentenced by
the disciplinary Court of Berlin to pay a fine of one
hundred thalers on account of a speech made by
Lim in the Chamber of Deputies. We would com-
mend this significant circumstance to the attention
of those advanced disciples of progress in this
country who have been felicitating themselves upon
the great result achieved by Count BISMARCK in the
progress of liberty in Prussia. It is worth while to
have universal suffrage when members are fined for
expressing their opinions.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Thursday Evening.

The Moniteur says :—" The number of Princes
who upon the occasion of the Universal Exhibitiori
have come to visit the Emperor and Empress aug-
ments every day. Their Majesties have received
during the week the Grand Duke of Baden and the
Grand Duchess, daughter of the King of Prussia ;
the Grand Duke of Mecklenbourg Schwerin, the
Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, the Prince Royal of
Saxony and his wife, the Princess Caroline, the
daughter of Prince Gustavus of Wasa ; the Count
de Flandres, brother to the King of the Belgians,
and the Countess de-Flandres, formerly Princess de
Hohenzollern; Prince Humbert of Italy, eldest son
of King Victor Emmanuel, and also the Duke
d'Aoste, his brother, and the Duchess d'Aoste, for-
merly Princess de la Cisterne ; Prince Arthur of
England, third son of Queen Victoria. The Prince
of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge will be in
Paris on Saturday."
The Emperor of Russia on his return to St.
Petersburg stopped in the Grand Duchy of Hesse,
in Wurtemberg, in Prussia, and in Poland. The
Czar was everywhere received with the most respect-
ful sympathy. At Darmstadt he saw his brother-
in-law the Grand Duke of Hesse, brother of the
Empress of Russia, and at Stuttgardt his sister the
Queen of Wurtemburg. At Berlin he was present
with the King of Prussia at a review of 50,000 men.
At Warsaw, where the Empress came to meet him,
he went to the Greek Church with the Grand Dukes,
the Prince of Oldenburg, and the Prince Alexander

of Hesse.
On the 17th June a Papal chapel was held in the
Vatican, in commemoration of the accession of the
Holy Father to the Pontifical throne. His Holi-
ness, who was born on the 13th of May, 1792, has
just inaugurated the 22d year of his Pontificate.
On receiving the congratulations of the Cardinals,
Archbishops, and Bishops who had come to Rome
from all parts of the globe, the Pope made a speech
which excited profound attention from his audience.
" The Vicar of Jesus Christ," said his Holiness in
conclusion, " will always raise his bands to Heaven.
Support, as was the case with Moses, his arms en-
feebled by age." The fete of the 27th of June,
to celebrate the eighteenth secular anniversary
of the Martyrdom of St. Peter and St.
Paul, will be one of splendid eclat, and
will afford another striking proof of the vene-
ration and affection entertained by the population
of Rome, as well as the universal Catholic body,
towards the Holy Father.
The Empress has restunesl her kind and benevo-
lent visits to the charitable institutions of Paris.
Accompanied by the Princess Eugenie de Leuchten-
berg and the Grind Duchess Maria of Russia, her
Majesty has successively visited the institution of
Sainte Peleriue, the prison of St. Lazare, where
young female criminals are provided for, and the
Imperiale Maison of Charenton. The Empress
made minute inquiries, and expressed a desire to
assuage the condition of the inmates, and to add to
their reasonable comforts. Crowds were collected
around all these establishments, and cheers of de-
votion, loyalty, and affection greet her Majesty
everywhere.
The Emperor yesterday reviewed a portion of the
troops of the Imperial Guard and the First Corps
d'armee in the Place Carrousel. His Majesty was
accompanied by Prince Humbert, the Viceroy of
Egypt, the Count de Flandre, and Prince Arthur.
, Marshal Niel, the Dlinieter of War Ina also present.