The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-29 00:00:00

earnestness a tendency to violence in action and ex-
travagance of speech, which the exciting trials of the
last four years had not contributed to diminish. It
was their duty as friends and counsellers, and as
American citizens, charged in all ways with sustaining
the national reputation, to have checked this tendency,
and avoided instead of seeking opportunities for its
exhibition. Earnest and disinterested friends advised
Mr. Johnson to remain in the Capital, and, if re-
quiring repose and recreation, to seek it somewhere
else than among heated crowds, and on rushing and
suffocating railways. Could these be real friends
who overruled that rational advice ? Is it possible
that their purpose was the opposite of that of the
sons of Noah, and that, by facilitating political
suicide, they ,should clear the way for personal pre-
ferment ?—Fraulz Leslie's Illustrated.

The Philadelphia Inquirer says :—" They are cir-
culating in New Orleans rumours to the effect that
Maximilian had packed up ; that he had abdicated
in favour of Prince Napoleon, of France, and other
exciting statements. There does not seem to be anY
foundation for these stories. The agents.of the Asso-
ciated Press characterises them as rumours which pre- •
cede a fact, and supposes that they indicate the begin-
ning of the end. That Maximilian is in a doubtful
condition is admitted, but that it is necessary for
him to go just yet is not so clear. Until there are
vessels at Vera Cruz to carry off the first detach-
ment of French troops he is tolerably safe, and even
after the first withdrawal the two detachments re-
maining might protect him for a year. We think
that he has something of Austrian obstinacy about
him, and will not give up as long as there is the
least excuse for indulgence in hope. As for the ab-
dication in favour of Prince Napoleon, we do not
think that Maximilian would venture upon such an
act without the consent of the Prince himself. The
latter knows very well what a fearful mistake the
Franco-Austrian occupation of Mexico has been,
and he would not dare to undertake a task in which
his predecessor had miserably failed. Nor could
he do so without the consent of his cousin, the
French Emperor, nor could the latter expect that the
change of rulers would be submitted to by the United
States. The Mexican question, has been a sore
trouble to France, which it is her interest to
get rid of. It
,would be much more serious and
embarraSsing should there be an attempt to replace
the German Prince with a French successor. There
can, therefore, be no truth in the idea that the
Austrian will abdicate in favour of Prince Napoleon,
nor can the former find any European Prince willing
to take the risks and responsibilities of his position.
If he abdicates, he can do so without naming a
successor. But if he must select some head to ex-
perience the uneasiness which attends the possession
of power, he would do a wise thing by making a
general assignment of all claims to Benito Juarez
and the Mexican people, who, if they are not
satisfied with the principal assignee, can select
another."

COUNTRY MARKETS.

_ _____.-____
WAKEFIELD.-FRIDAY.

Fine old wheat meets a fair demand to-day at an ad-
vance of is to 26 per qr. New dry sorts also is dearer,
but damp parcels sold slowly. Fine barley fully maintains
the rates of Friday last, and damp parcels almost unsale-
sak. Beans and oats at rather higher prices.
'" '