The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-11 00:00:00

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1111 PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Wednesday Evening.
The Government has received telegraphic de-
spatches from Mexico to the Ist of July by way of
Vera Cruz and New Orleans. These despatches,
unhappily, entirely confirm the account of the
death of the Emperor Maximilian, who, as is known,
was executed on the 19th of June.
Mexico surrendered on the 21st. The safety of
the members of the French Legation who were in
that cite was so well provided for that no uneasiness
existed resp/cting it.
Vera Cruz was occupied on the 27th of June.
That occupation was effected without any disorder,
and the foreign troops were enabled to embark with-
out obstacle.

Accounts from Rome state that the great Catholic
assembly in that city is characteried by the perfect
tranquillity which prevails there. The agents of the
public force, both civil and military, were only em-
ployed in maintaining the regularity in the circu-
lation of the masses, or to give more effect by
their presence to the sacred ceremonies. Upon vari-
ous occasions the Pope was warmly greeted under
the perestyle of St. Peter, but there was no politi-
cal manifestation of any kind from the crowd. The
foolish attempt at Terni has not produced any sen-
sation at Rome either among the Romans or
foreigners, who, like the Italians, have come from
all parts of the Peninsula from a feeling of curiosity
or devotion, and it is notorious that the Italians
have abstained from any manifestation which might
be consideredlem n
religious character which
properly belonged to them. This calmness has
te s
had a s t
h Laving
purelyvin g a political tendency. The
o s
completely re-assured a great number of prelates
and ecclesiastics who hesitated to traverse Italy and
to visit the principal cities. At the last moment,
the railways having offered special facilities,
numerous groups of pilgrims decided upon pursu-
ing their religious pilgrimage, and excursions
purely of pleasure, and it is certain that they will
not have to repent of their determination, thanks
to the spirit of conciliation which begins to actuate
the minds of the public in Italy.
At the review on Monday, in honour of the
Emperor, the troops were under the command in
chief of Marshal Canrobert, commandant of the
First Corps d'Armee. Marshal Count ,Reynaud
de St. Jean d'Angely commanded the troops of
the Imperial Guard. The troops were composed
of an effective of 53 battalions (24 of the Imperial
Guard, and 29 of the line), 32 squadrons of
cavalry, one squadron of the Gendarmerie of the
Seine, 20 harnessed batteries, 2 horse squadrons of
equipage, train of the Imperial Guard, and 1 foot
squadron of military equipage of the line. The
Emperor vt ith his stiff was accompanied by
the Sultan and his relatives, the reigning
Duke of Saxe-Weimar; the Prince of Orange,
Prince Napoleon Jero:ne, the Duke d'Aoste,
the Duke de Leuchtenberg, Prince Hermann, of
Saxe Weimar, and Prince Montenegro. The defile
was executed with extreme regularity and order.
As the troops passed before the Emperor they
cheered vociferously and cordially. The appearance
of the troops was magnificent. The Lancers were
particularly admired. Both the Emperor and the
Sultan were everywhere greeted enthusiastically by
the spectators, and the review passed off admirably.
At eight o'clock in the evening the Champs
Elyse:s was not entirely cleared of troops.
The Council of the Order of the Legion of
Honour have voted unanimously in favour of the
degradation of the Mexican Colonel Lopez, the
murderer of Maximilian.
The Legislative Body is occupied with discussing
the Budget. M. Thiers made one of his usual eli-
minatory speeches, in which he again warmly
attacked the French expedition to Mexico.
M. Dupanloup, the Bishop of Orleans, has just
addressed a long letter to the clergy and the faith-
ful of the diocese, in which he announces the coming
assembly of the (Ecumenical Council. He considers
the meeting to be an important event, and that it
will prove to be a great work of " illumination and
pacification" which all the world will applaud. M.
Dupanloup gives his opinion that the convocation
of this assembly affords proof of the courage of Pope
Pius, and that he is indifferent to the menaces of
revolutionists. The whole document is in a pure,
eloquent, and temperate style, and will no doubt
excite the attention and sympathy of those to whom
it is addressed. The bishop says the mission of the
council will be to dissipate contemporaneous errors,
to shed light upon grand questions obscured in
darkness, to re-animate within the body of the
Church the ardent flame of charity and devotion,
to give fresh life to the holy body, to clear up ob-
scurities, and explain errors and misunderstandings.
In the jewellery department of the Exhibition
are some rich and remarkable specimens of jewellery
both real and false, and it is somewhat curious that
to the uninitiated eye the imitations appear more
glittering and costly than the real specimens. M.
Bapst has acquired great reputation for his taste
and skill in cutting and polishing diamonds. The
visitor must stop before his stand,•for there may be
seen the Queen of Spain's jewels, and a diamond,
the Saucy diamond, respecting which there is a
curious and authentic historical record. Among
the remarbable jewels in the collection of Count de
Charolais, afterwards Charles the Bold, was a dia-
mond of large size, which was the object of his
peculiar care. This diamond was no other than
the Saucy diamond of which I speak ; but it was
without shape or brilliancy,
in spite of the efforts
of the leading jewellers of that day to give
it
graceful form and make it glitter. A jeweller
named Louis de Berquem introduced the art of
cutting and polishing diamonds. The Sancy was
intrusted to him, and it left his workshop in beautiful
shape, and sparkling like a thousand stars. It was
afterwards found by a soldier upon the dead body
of Charles the Bold, who was killed at
Nancy in
January 1477, and this soldier sold •
it for three
francs to a priest, who was as •
Ignorant about
jewellery as the soldier himself. A jeweller bought
it of the priest for three ducats,and
sold it for
twelve to the Duke of Florence. From thence it
passed into the hands of the King of Portugal, Dom
Antonio, who sold it in France when he -
took refuge
there. Nicolas de Harley, a lord of
Sancy, paid
70,000 francs for it, and since that
time the name
of the Sancy diamond was gi •
ven to it. Or accord-
ing to other authorities
written sans si (without if), meaning that the stone
was without any defect, so that it '
might be admired
without any reserve, •
and no if or but could be used
respecting it. The other remarkable objects of
jewellery are those exhibited by the house of M.
Melleris, which has existed more than a hundred
years ; M. Mauanian, bi,
Frederic Boucheron, M.
Lepec, and M. Robillard• Some of the articles are
not only glittering and b • eautiful, but show great
advance in this branch of
art and skill.
The enormous English cannon at the Exhibition
have had their day, and have excited great atten-
tion although we are living in " the piping times of
peace." These engines of destruetion will in a few
days be eclipsed by the atri •
val of an enormous
French cannon cast at the cannon foundry of
Ruelle. It will certainly
Champ de Mars, or indeed
anywhere else, for it
weighs 30,000 kilogrammes, or more than double
that number of Euglish pounds. It was transported
from the foundry with great ceremonial, the waggon
by which it was drawn by 36 horses being decorated
with the national fl • h
flag, with of flowers and
branches of laurel. Its arrival at the railway station
at Augoulerne was quite an event. The authorities,
the engineer in chief, and a large crowd were pre-
sent to see the gun go off.—to the Exhibition. It
is said that another gun of
the same model is to be
tuanufactured at the same
foundry.
The Irnan or Grand Almoner of the Sultan,
Hairouiah Effendi, has paid a visit to M. Chigi, the
Popes Nuncio, and also to the Archbishop of Paris,
who has returned from Rome.
The Marquis de la Valette, Minister of the Inte-
rior, who is a great patron of literature, has given a
subsidy of 10,000 fr. to the Societe des Gene de
Lettres on the occasion of the International Literary
Congress which they era organising.
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