The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1868.

Even the native Indian regiments had each
their word of special commendation from
the chief. %Vhen the task was done the
very first news which the army received from home
was a congratulatory telegram from the QUEEN,
" who is," added, Lord NAPIER, " always the first
to encourage her soldiers in their duties." Nothing
could exceed th,e cordiality and unanimity shown
throughout the proceedings of yesterday, which
were worthy alike of the occasion, the Corporation,
and the General himself.

It will probably be many a generation before the
name of Lord PALMERSTON i 3 forgotten in the
neighbourhood of Romsey and Broadlands, but
though there is little fear of such forgetfulness, yes-
terday's celebrat ion was a grateful token of the af-
fectionate remembrance in which the memory of
the departed statesman is held. ,A memorial window
of elaborate design and great artistic beauty has been
placed at the west end of the venerable Abbey
Church, and a bronze. statue of Lord PALMERSTON
has been erected in the market-place. Divine ser-
vice was read in the church after the window was
unveiled, and after the service a procession was
formed and proceeded to the market-place. The
statue, a fine bronze one, by Mr. NOBLE, represents
Lord PALMERSTON in the act of addressing the
House of Commons. It was uncovered with all
due honours, and Viscount EVERSLET, as Chair-
man of the Executive Committee, called upon Lord
GRANVILLE to inaugurate it by the usual ad-
dress. Lord RUSSELL was unfortunately prevented
from being present by domestic affliction, but Earl
GRANVILLE was in every way well fitted to be
the spokesman. For many years a colleague of
Lord PALMERSTON, he has mixed in all the chief
political struggles of the day, without sharing in
the bitterness and vindictive spirit too often per-
ceptible among professional politicians, but from
which Lord PALMERSTON was entirely exempt. Lord
GRANVILLE'S speech was a heartfelt tribute
to the persocal qualities of a warmly cherished
friend, and it does high honour to the memory of
Lord PALMERSTON, that is, as the man rather than
the statesman, that his name is treasured among his
old neighbours and associates. Lord PAL3IERSTON,
as Earl GRANVILLE reminded his hearers, was once
said by Sir ROBERT PEEL to be a Minister of whom
England was proud ; but the incidents of yester-
day prove that he was something more, and that
the more intimately he was known and the more
closely he was watched the greater was the esteem
and the affection with which he inspired his con-
temporaries.

LATEST INTELL IGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, July 21

At a sitting of the Council of State held last night
it was determined to allow the Duke de Montpensier
to reside in Portugal, although the French Minister
was opposed to that policy.
The new 'Ministry has been formed under the
presidency of the Marquis de Sa, who also takes
temporary charge of the War and Foreign Affairs
Departments. The remainder of the Cabinet is
composed as follows :

Minister of Justice Senhor Pequilode Sabas,
Minister of the Interior Monsignor Alves Mar-
tins, Bishop of Vizan.
Minister of Finance Senbor Carlos Beuto.
Minister of Public Works Senhor Sebastian Cal-

harps.

Minister of Marine Senhor Latino Coelho.

SERVIA.

BELGRADE, July 21.

M. Peter Markovich has been appointed by the
Court to act as counsel for Prince Alexander Kara-
georgevich, who has refused to surrender for trial.
Some of the other pri3oners will also be defended
by counsel assigned by the Court. The trial will
be concluded the day after to-morrow.
It is generally believed that eleven of the twelve
persons charged with Prince Michael's murder will
be sentenced to death.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, July 22.

The New Free Press states that the Minister of
Finance has prepared the preliminary draft of the
budget for 1869, from which it appears that a
balance will be established next year between the
revenues and the expenditure without new in-
crease of taxation or contracting a fresh loan.

CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS,

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, TUESDAY, July 20.
The debate on the Budget will finally expire about the
28th of the month. It has been in a hopeless state of
inanition for some time past. The asphyxiated deputies
have striven bravely to speak, analyse, and vote under an
ever-increasing temperature. For the last few sittings,
however, their dormant energies have been roused
only to the most languid efforts, leading often
to absurd mistakes. But there is one conso-
lation for them. The Ministers are even worse off,
for they have more work to do, and are one and all
in extremis. Why is the Budget always brought up at the
close of the session? It is the most important question,
and the gravest deliberation of the year. The only chance
—and that but a small one—of effectually opposing the
Imperial policy, is to be found in the control of the
finances. And yet it is brought forward when the depu-
ties are utterly exhausted, and when the height of
the mercury will always ensure victory to the Govern.
ment. The fact is that the introduction of the financial
scheme three months earlier would cause the Emperor
more difficulty than all his other troubles, though they are
many. Such a Budget as that of 1868 could not have left
the Corps L6gislatif in its present shape had it been intro-
duced in the spring.
The elections have been the current topic here miring
the last day or two ; but nobody has arrived at any
conclusion, except the great probability of their
being adjourned. Having settled this point, the
public has taken to war speculation again, for
which the imprudent speech of General Moltke on German
supremacy forms an excessively barren text. The real
danger of Europe is not war, but spontaneous combustion.
The heat which troubles you so much in London prevails
all over the Continent. Europe is literally smoking.
Your burning mountains and pasturages are insignificant
compared with the reports which come from Russia of pro-
vinces devoured by the heat of the sun. In France fires
are of frequent occurrence. A spark from a passing
train, the light thrown away by a smoker, or, in some
cases, apparently nothing at all, is sufficient to kindle the
shrivelled tow which should be grass. Conflagrations in
buildings are still numerous, and in many cases may be
traced to the heat.

You are threatened with another bill of indemnity. Ina
debt of 2,600,000 f., said to be due to France from England,
has been discussed before on two or three occasions, and is
now revived. The supporters of the claim argue that
the sum in question was paid to England by France to be
employed for a certain purpose, but was in part retained
by the Government and spent on public buildings. In
1818 £5,200,000 was paid by the French Government in
compensation for losses to British subjects during the war
with the Empire. A proviso was added that if the amount
were found insufficient the French Government should
make up the deficiency; but if it proved more than
sufficient the balance should be refunded. It is asserted
as an unquestionable fact that only half of the sum
was spent in compensation, the other half being em-
ployed in building Buckingham Palace. The whole of
the claims were not sent in until a period of above forty
years had elapsed. The last was disposed of by the House
of Commons in 1861. In that year the subject was first
brought up in the Corps Legislatif, but it received little
attention. M. Rouher's acute perception could make
nothing of it ; and the bewilderment of the average
deputy was perfect. The deputy who first mooted it is
now strengthened by the support of several allies, includ-
ing the Opinion Nationale. The question is assuming a
s )rnewhat formidable appearance. It mast be remerc-
bered that as the last payment was made so recently as
1861, the claim, whatever may be its merits, is not at all
obsolete.

The marriage of Mdlle. Patti with the Marquis de Caux
is coming off. As your readers have heard this announce.
ment pretty regularly during the last six months, this
repetition will not perhaps gain much credence. How-
ever, the banns were really announced last Saturday at
Paris. The marriage will take place early in August, at
the chapel of the French Embassy in London.
There is no news from Spain, and very little from any
part of
,the world. The official journals are denying
with excessive zeal the report that the first warning of the
conspiracy was sent to Spain from the French Govern.
ment. The usual result fol:ows : people are not inclined
to believe the report. Decidedly the Emperor is interested
in preserving the .status quo, and nothing is more natural
than that he should exercise a little surveillance in that
direction.

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY,

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