On Wednesday the Emperor Francis Joseph celebrated the sixtieth year
of his reign. On Monday he received in anticipa- tion the congratulations of both Austrian Houses of Parlia- ment, and in reply said that, in 'spite of many difficulties, his belief in the benefit of sound Constitutional principles had never wavered; he had no regrets at having acted on the wishes of his people. On Tuesday the Emperor's grand- children and great-grandchildren performed before him, as the Times correspondent tells us, a touching jubilee repre- sentation with allusions to the thorns that line a crown. In the evening there were brilliant illuminations, unhappily marred by a panic in which five persons were killed and over a hundred injured. We write elsewhere of . the Emperor's remarkable reign, and the heavy clouds which darken its close, and here we will only express our congratulations and the hearty and sincere good wishes which Englishmen in common with all Europe feel for the Emperor personally.
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