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TIER MAJESTY'S OPERA. (THE ATRE-RO YAL, D dURY-LAN . Mdlle. Christine Nilsson. THIS EVENING- (TUESDAY). June 9. Donizetti's Opera, LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Edgard°, Signor Mongini : Enrico Aston, Mr. Santley; Rai mondo, Signor Fon; n rturo, Signor Agretti; Normann o. Signor Casa.honi ; Alisa, Mdlle. Corsi; and Lucia, Mdlle. Christine Nilsson Conductor—Signor Arditi. Doors open at Eight o'clock; commence at half-past Eight. Stalls, One Guinea; kmphitheatre Stalls, is, and 55.; Reserved Box Seats, 10s. 6,1: Gallery, 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and places may be obtained at the new Box office of Her Majesty's Theatre, under the Colonnade (second door from Pall-mall), open daily from 10 till 5, under the super intendence of Mr Nugent; also at the Box-office, Theatre Royal, Drury-lane (nn ler the portico in Brydges-street), open from 10 till S. Tickets also at all Librarians' and Music-sellers'. MORNING PERFORNIANCE, WEDNESDAY NEXT, JUNE 10TH, Mozart's Opera. IL DON GIOVANNI. 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Every article is marked the lowest price in plain figures, from which no abatement can be made. Any article not approTed of will be exchanged, or the money will be returned. E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments are Closed every Friday Evening at sunset till Saturday Evening at sunsot, when business is resumed till 11 o'clock. The following are the London addresses of E. MOSES and SON:— 155, MINORIES 156, MINORIES 157, MINORIES. 83, ALDGATE. 84, ALDGATE. 85, ALDGATE. 86, ALDGATE. 87, ALDGATE, 88, ALDGATE. 89, ALDGATE. 506, NEW OXFORD STREET 507, NEW OXFORD-STREET. 508, NEW OXFORD-STREET. 1, HART-STREET. 2, HART-STREET. 3, HART-S L'REE r. 137, TOT r EMI:131-C lIRT-Ito A.D 133, TOT rESTITA.M-COURT ROAD 283, EUSTON-ROAD. Country Branch: 19, BRIDGE-5 rim l', BRADFORD, YORKi 20, BRIDGE-STREET, BRSDFORD, YORKS. SPECIAL NOTICE. In consequence of frequent misrepresentations, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that they do not employ any tra vellers or agents, and that their only Establishments are the abo ye-mentioned. iegg obry, '44;z-3k - e t 1 LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1868. The House of Commons made great progress yesterday, and the Scotch Reform Bill passed through the committee, the " minority principle" being applied to Glasgow, in spite of some efforts to oppose it. There was little opposition to the bill on the whole, although some disputes occurred relative to minor matters. A majority of five suc ceeded in striking Schedule A out of the Bill, which was to enlarge the boundaries of Glasgow in order to include the suburbs of Partick and Govan. Some smart discussions took place during the settlement of the various points of difference, and Mr. DISRAELI retorted very forcibly upon Mr. GLADSTONE by reminding him that when in office he himself had only proposed the addition of seven members to the representation of Scotland ; hence, he added, " the right hon. gentleman might at least consider our proposals with more mercy and indulgence." As for the notion that the business of the reconstruction of the electoral system being hur ried over, the right hon. gentleman reminded the House that nearly two sessions had be€n occupied with its consideration, and hence it had received as much attention and occupied as much time as could well be given to a subject that might not be post poned indefinitely. This is very true, because there must be a limit to all debates, and this argument is generally employed when some one is dissatisfied with the proposition being dismissed. The Chan cellor of the Exchequer, in reply to Mr. CIIILDERS, on the remaining votes in supply, said that it was the intention of the Government to propose to the House to vote the supplies for the whole year, or else embarrassment to the public service might arise. As for the precedent of 1811, which had been quoted, the Chancellor of the Exchequer showed that it did not apply to the present case. A resolution was passed in the House of Commons in that year, which declared that the then Ministry did not possess the confidence of the House of Commons sufficiently to enable them to carry measures of importance, and their con tinuance in office was clearly at variance with the principle of the Constitution. No thing of the kind has taken place this year. The present Government has been defeated by a large majority, but no vote of want of confidence has I been passed. Besides, a ll p art i es are agreed that i t is impossible to have an immediate dissolution. The right hon. gentleman, amid cheers from both sides of the House, showed the great confusion that would arise if the whole of the Supplies were not voted at once. The frank and honourable course I which Sir R. PEEL took when Lord RUSSELL undertook to bring the new Parliament to gether as soon as possible might appropriately 1 1 be followed now, and, respecting the desire of the Government to bring about the dissolution, the Chancellor of the Exchequer emphatically declared that the position they had occupied on those benches had been rather too much for human nature to bear, and that there existed among them a " burning de sire" to ask for the verdict of the new Parliament THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1868. and of the country upon their " conduct and po- ' hey." He may feel convinced that an equally " burning desire" exists among the occupants of the Opposition benches to change sides, and this was alluded to very appropriately in the speech. " Suppose, as it is confidently anticipatei by hon. gentlemen opposite, on the meeting of the new Parliament, a vote of want of confidence is passed, leading to a change of Government," &c. This is the beginning and end of the whole affair, and accounts for the sudden zeal which animates these inquiries and suggests such departures from the general rule to be taken. Some discussion took place on the subject of the Boundary Bill. Mr. GoRsT made a very unnecessary speech, in which he criticised the state of affairs, and animadverted upon the discordant conclusions arrived at by the Committee and the Commission. Mr. WALPOLE showed that a great deal of the confusion arose from the uncertain instructions that the Committee had received. The right hon. gentle man gave it as his opinion that it was a mistake to make the boundaries of towns too extensive, and this is true enough, because at last these con stituencies became much larger than the counties they are placed in. Mr. BRIGHT made himself very busy, and followed the example of Mr. GLAD3TONE the other night by declaring that the Government must speak. He saved them the trouble, however, by speaking fur them, and intimating that they had declared on a previous occasion that the decision come to by the Committee should be final. Mr. HARDY denied this, and made some explanations to show the incorrectness of the statement. Not daunted by this, however, Mr. BRIGHT went on to com plain of various things connected with the affair, and he thought no man ever occupied the Treasury Bench before who would not have stepped forward and guided the opinion of the House on the subject. Mr. DISRAELI made a very suitable reply, and showed that the taunts of the hon. member for Bir mingham were quite superfluous, and that the strictures he passed upon the affair were extraor dinary, because he is, generally speaking, " jealous of the privileges of Parliament and the right of every member."As for the notion of Mr. HARDY having said that the decision of the Committee must be ac cepted as final, Mr. DISRAELI said that was a most sin gular idea for any one to have taken, and no Minister would ever presume to make such a commencement. The confusion that was made, however, prevented the settlement of matters, and progress was reported instead of the bill being proceeded with. It would have been much better if the Premier's advice had been taken, and the house had gone on with the discussion, as Mr. DISRAELI said the difficulties of the Schedules were not numerous, and if the Corn mittee only set to work with practical good sense " he felt assured that they would accomplish their ends satisfactorily." Of course Mr. GLADSTONE did not like this arrangement, and when he had had his say, Mr. OSBORNE declared that the House had stulti fied itself, and they must leave off the discussion, so that more time is thus lost, and those who are so eager for the dissolution have once more inter posed delays in the course of business ; but we are used to this inconsistency, and now we must not be surprised at it. The arrival of the Hansa, from New York on the 28th ult., brings us little intelligence that is abso lutely new, since the telegraph now anticipates the mails, and if it does not deprive their news of its interest, at least strips it of its novelty. It is curi ous to notice, however, that the difficulty about the Secretaryship of War still continued at that date, and that General THOMAS, on applying at the War Department, was told he could take possession upon giving a receipt to Assistant-Adjutant TOWNS END. This General THOMAS refused to do, as TOWNSEND is his subordinate, and he probably felt th.it taking possession on such terms would be practically useless. Mr. JOHNSON, it is said, advised THOMAS not to take any further steps at that time. Most likely the PRESIDENT knew or guessed that the Senate, after the decision of the 26th, would be no longer implacable, and he did not wish to provoke a collision between a man of his appointing and subordinate officials, who might perhaps exceed their instructions, and had not the discernment to perceive that the tide of affairs had changed in the PRESIDENT'S favour. General GRANT, according to this news, advised the Senate to confirm the appointment of General SCHOFIELD to the vacant Secretaryship, since THOMAS, it must be remembered, was only ap pointed ad interim. STANTON'S resignation upon the acquittal of the PRESIDENT made it incumbent ou the Senate to sanction some appoint ment, and GRANT'S recommendation could hardly be disregarded by the Republican party, who have now put him forward as their accepted candidate. The Chicago platform, as it is styled in American political phraseology, has been accepted as the policy of the Republicans and moderate Radicals, who will be glad to support so safe and popular a man as GRANT. With some sections of the com munity General GRANT has lost favour, as well as with his European critics, owing to his vacillating and unstraightforward conduct about the War Office, but he is a favourite in many quarters, and is always strong in the army. GRANT has never identified himself with the extreme party either with regard to the Southern States or the quarrel with the PRESIDENT. if he had Le would now have little chance of the White House, for the people at large are thoroughly disgusted with that section of politicians. Mr. WooLLEv has again been brought before the Managers of the Impeachment Trial, and again re manded into the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms upon his refusal to account to the Managers for the disposal of the large sum of money which he had in hand previous to the first vote on the Impeachment. Such interference and inspection of private affairs is something very new in a country professing such perfect freedom. The American Radicals have the credit of introducing this improvement of a system of espionage into a constitutional form of govern ment. The second reading of the Regulation of Ra; ways Bill last night proves that the Houses of Par. liament are not disposed to put any difficulties in the way of the railway companies. Modern legis lation has tended entirely in their favour, and so strong is their influence in the Commons, that even in cases where the issue is doubtful the railways generally get the benefit of the doubt. The com panies have not always reciprocated this good feel ing, and have been, as a general rile, a good deal more concerned about their own interests than about those of the public. Rail ways are, in their very nature, something of a monopoly. They have so completely superseded all other modes of travelling that they can almost dictate their own terms. They have so greatly increased the traffic of the time that they have become a vital necessity both to men of busi ness and men of pleasure. Like the Gas Com panies, their managers are tempted to take tbdvan tage of the fact that they have become neces nary to us, and seem inclined to try how much the public can bear. Happily, it is still necessary for all rail way bills to obtain the sanction of Parliament,. so that we are not left altogether at their mercy, :but unless a little more vigilance is exercist for the future this obligation is likely to degenerate into a mere form. As it is, we must look to the House of Lords—never more useful than when it repairs the too hasty legislation of the Commons—to rescue us from the awkward consequences likely to ensue from the amalgama- tion of some of our leading railways. The junction of the chief southern lines of railway was thought to be a prudent and profitable proceeding, and many mistaken mortals were deluded into the be- lief that the interests of the public as well as of the shareholders would be favourably affected by it. But, on the contrary, we are imme diately threatened with all the evils attendant upon a wholesale and irresponsible monopoly. The fares are to be raised, the express trains put alto gether out of the ordinary tariff ; and, above all, every one who enters the doors of a station is to pay for the use of it 1 Sixpence may appear to be a trifle, but it is no trifle to many third-class passen gers, and the principle is S 3 extravagant that it de serves instant denunciation. Mr. WaTKIN's defence is no defence at all, and has certainly failed to re assure the public. Ile appears to think that the rail ways are public benefactors, and so in so me sense they may be, but they are also public servants, We can hardly be quixotic enough to suppose that the shareholders of any railway sanctioned the erec tion of costly stations, the construction of new lines, or any other of the extravagant outlay which has impovishered them, with the sole view of pleasing the company. Very certainly their own profits were immediately concerned, if not in the shape of direct returns, at least in the indirect form of at tracting business to themselves from their conipeti tors. And now we are told that the public must pay for all this ; that the landowners, whose property has been so greatly benefited by the increase of suburban residents, ought to take shares in the railways, &c. But a very large proportion of passengers are not landowners. How is it that they are to pay so much more when the expenses are naturally diminished ? The uninitiated might even have supposed that the fare, instead of increasing, should have diminished with the amalgamation, since it needs no elaborate calculation to tell us that the expenses must be reduced. The matter is really a very serious one, because it tends to check that wholesome outpouring of the London working population which is so important for the health of the metropolis. If third-class passengers are to pay lid. a mile instead of id., many will be deterred from living out of London, and must take their families back to crowded courts and lanes. Bat unless the House of Lords comes to the rescue the more independent portion of suburban residents have the cure in their own hands, and forsaking surrey and Kent they must look to Hampstead or Acton for their dwelling places, where competition still keeps down monopoly. LATEST INTELIAGENCE, (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. IVASIIINGTON, June 8. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued the usual monthly statement of the public debt of the United States. The total amount of the debt on the Ist June was $2,643,500,000, against $2,639,500,000 on the Ist of May last, being an increase of $4,000,000. The cash in the Treasury on the Ist inst. was $133,500,000, against $139,000,000 on the Ist ult., being a decrease of $5,500,000. lIALIFAx, June 8. The Inman Royal Mail steamer City of New York, from Liverpool, arrived here to-day. All well. NEW YORK, May 30. President Johnson has reappointed Mr. Stan berry to the post of Attorney-General. Mr. Wade has appointed a Senate committee, composed of one Democrat and four Republicans to investigate the alleged corruption at the Impeach ment trial. The New York papers publish intelligence from layti announcing that the foreign consuls have re used General Salnave's demand for the extradition of refugees. QUEBEC, May 30. British gunboats are patrolling along the St. Lawrence from Kingston to Prescott to watch the Fenians. The Allan Company's steamer Nestorian, from Quebec on the 30th ult., arrived at Greencastle at midnight on the Bth inst. She landed mails, pas sengers, and despatches, and proceeded to Liver pool. Wind, N.W. ; weather fine. HUNGARY. PESTII, June 8 (Evening.) The municipalities of several large communes have protested against their names being affixed without their consent to the petition presented by Herr Madarasz, in the name of 121 communes, asking for the repeal of the laws of 1867 relative to a compromise between Hungary and Austria. Prince Napoleon is expected here on Saturday. f-- FRANCE. PARIS, June 9. In presenting his credentials to the Emperor yesterday, Count Starkelberg, the newly-appointed Russian Ambassador, said :—" I shall be only obeying the express wish of my Sovereign in de voting all my solicitude towards maintaining the relations of friendship existing between France and Russia, based as they are upon the mutual inte rests both nations have at heart to see developed." The Emperor replied :—" The Ambassadors of the Emperor Alexander ara always sure to find a hearty welcome from me. I congratulate myself upon the selection made by the Emperor of a per son with whom I have long been acquainted, and who has left the most favourable reminiscences amongst us. I have no doubt that you will con tribute to maintain the present friendly relations existing between Russia and France, to which I attach the highest value." BOURSE, June B.—Three o'clock. —The market closed as follows : 41 per Cent. End of month... Ital'an Loan 3 per Cent End of month 7O 80 Mexican Loan ... Credit Mobilier 300 Do. Bonds ...... 148 25 End of month 3OO Spanish Threes 38 Credit Foncier 1540 HOMO Debt ...... End of month — Deferred — Cash Orleans , ............................... 883! Northern ......... 1215 Lyons and Mediterranean ......... . ..... 930 Southern__ ................................. 5921 ....................................... 5631 Western Eastern Sardinian .................................... 46- Austrian ....................................... 555 Lombard ....................................... 3771 North of Spain ............................ 661. Saragossa .. B2 Roman .......................................... 431 RAILWA" [ ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills. -Health and Vigour.—To the most regular livers occasional disturb ances of digestion will occur, wh i c h may be recte at once by these famous pills, the alterative. and tonic powers of which cannot be too highly extol led. A dose now and cord then will prove salutary to every one, but a continued course must be taken by the confirm ed invalid. It is wonderful how the appetite and digestion improve in pro portion as the pills exert their wholesome influence over the animal economy. They augment muscular strength and mental vigour. Holloway's pills frequently cure dis eases of the digestive organs after all other medicines have failed to afford relief, and they are especially serviceable in diseases of the liver and kidneys. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS. MONDAY, June 8. I take for granted that you have already by telegraph particulars of the race yesterday for the Grand Prix, and that the important fact of the success of the Marquis of Hastings's horse, The Earl, has been made known some thirty-six hours before this letter reaches you. The Mar quis's losses and gains aro really becoming a matter of international interest. The French journals, like your own, are now coming to look upon racing less as a sport than as a pecuniary transaction. Parisians have been duly informed of the amount which the owner of Lady Elizabeth dropped at Epsom, and they are good natured enough to hope that his victory over their French horses may put back a few millions of francs into his lord ship's empty pockets. The Emperor was at the race in a great coat, and he congratulated the Marquis when The Earl, ridden by Fordham, came in first. The prize was £4,000 ; but I suppose the stakes were really very much heavier. The prize of £240 given by the city of Paris was won by another British noble man, the Duke of Hamilton, with his horse Crystal. The Summer Prize of £l3O was earned by M. Fould's Milton. When I add that all the world, including the Count of Flanders, was at Longchamps, and that the weather was brilliant, I hope you will think I have done my duty with regard to a subject which, personally, has no interest for me. In my last letter I described the stormy scene in the Corps L4gislatif, and told how M. Emile 011ivier had called the Minister of the Interior a "show " MiniSter, and bow M. Pinard, coming in at the close of the debate and challenged to disprove what had been said about him, answered and said nothing. This afternoon, however, I hear that ho has been making a somewhat animated reply, insisting that the most perfect harmony exists between him and the other officials of his department. M. Emile de Girardin, writing in his paper, the Libert4, takes M. Baroche to task for declaring that the stamp duty upon newspapers " is only an equivalent to the con ditions imposed upon the exercise of other industries." M. de Girardin points out that there is no other industry so heavily weighted as journalism is. Not only is the tax higher—being 33 per cent. on the selling pvice—but the Government has entered into competition with the journalists, and has claimed immunities which would be deemed intolerable in any other business. Wine, no doubt, is taxed heavily, but not to the extent of 33 per cent., nor is there any Imperial wine merchant entering into competition with the traders of Bordeaux. M. de Girardin goes on to point out how hard the Government is upon its own supporters. The Pays cost £BO,OOO, the Patrie £30,000 ; the France, the Etenclard, and the Epoque heavy sums not specified. Their capital has been sunk, the journals are not profitable, and all because the Govern. ment grants the most unfair advantages to the Moniteur and the Petit Moniteur, allowing them, for instance, to be transmitted post free. DL Itochefort's new paper, the Lanterne, has again been forbidden for sale in the kiosques, but has been largely sold in the shops. The second number is even more bitter than the first. For instance, here is a dialogue at a café : Customer : " Waiter, bring me La France." Waiter : "As soon as it is at liberty, sir." Customer : " Never mind ; I should have to wait too long." Again : Rochefort declares that the death of the Emperor's favourite dog Nero was first discovered by the courtiers who went to take the animal his morning coffee ; " for you must know that in France cour tiers are not proud ; when they cannot approach the master they make friends with the dog." Sometimes there are allusions of an almost scandalous nature. Altogether the Lanterne is very clever, very bitter, and, I think. likely to be very short-lived. We have curious news from Luxembourg. During the night of Saturday and Sunday a placard was posted on the walls demanding the annexation of the country to France. Numerous arrests took place, among them those of the editors of the two French journals, the Union and the Avenir, published in Luxembourg. It was natural to suspect the editors of being concerned in the affair, for they have before now strongly manifested their French sympa thies. Ido not know if they have been charged with any specific action in the matter. The new Russian Ambassador, Count Stackelberg, has been received this afternoon in state at the Tuileries. There were three state carriages, each drawn by six horses, and in the second were the Ambassador and his first secre tary. The Count, in presenting his credentials, said that he should be only fulfilling the wishes of his sovereign in using all his efforts for the maintenance of the friendship existing between France and Russia, and which rested upon mutual interests. The Emperor replied that the representative of the Czar was always sure of a warm reception, and that he had no doubt the new Ambassador would contribute to maintain between France and Russia the friendship which now exists, and to which he (Napoleon) attached very great value. THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS DAY. BILTEOLOLOGICAL RETORTS. Extreme Sea ru sday, ...,c, Ir• ! 1 June 9, B. T. ,'' ,-, W. 1 to! F. i D. WR. It i o 8 a.m. ' - 4 --- I _ 12 9 ----- --- --__ _____ Nairn ...... 29 Sq. 53 !49 W. 5 2 S.W. c. 2 Aberdeen .. 29 93f. 55 j 43 W. 1 3 N.N.W. r.b. o'o2 2 Leith ...... 30'02f. 52 _1 49 W. 5 3 W. o. Shi e lds .... 30'10f. ZG 143 W.N.W. 5 2 N.W. c. 2 Scarboroug h 30•13 f. 56 52 aW. 2 3 N.N.W. o.e. 2 Yarmouth.. 30'17r. 57 54 W. 2 4 B. c.o. 2 H e lder .• • • _- _ _ _ ..... _ _ Skudcsnms Valentia.. • . 31'29f. 55 51 W. 6 5 N. C. 4 Cape Clear.. 30 26f. 55 53 W.N.W. 3 4 W.N.W. c.o. 3 Roche's Pt. 31'27f. 53 51 W. 3 5 N.N.N. C. 3 Holyhead .. 30'17f. 53 50 W.S.W. 3 4 W.N.W. c.o. Liverpool .. 30'18f. 56 50 W.S.W. 3 4 W. c.o, 1 Ardrossan .. 30'06f. 53 49 . 2 Greencastle 30'07f. 54 52 W. 4 5 N.W. r.co 'o'ol .. 30'30f. 56 53 W. 4 5 N.N.W. c.b. 3 Penzance 30 Plymou th .. '29f. 58 55 N.N.W. 3 5 N.N.W. c.b. 2 Weymouth -'— _ _ _ _ _ _ Portsmouth 30'235. 58 53 N . 1 4 N. c. 1 London ~. 30'21r. 56 52 W.N.W. 2 4 N.W. E. o . _. .c . _—.... 2 2 UpeGris lel ez _ °Lb. ..._— Brest . . .... 30'34. 55 51 N.N.W. 3 3 N.N.W. f, L'Orient ... 30 238. 54 53 N. 5 5 N . 0. .... 3 Rochefort.. • 30'25r. 54 50 N.L. 5 5 N. Biarritz .... 30'20r. ?75 ?73 E. 5 5 Corunna.... Brussels .. • • _ _ _ _ _ _ Paris ...... —.._ -- ..._ _ ___ _... Strasbourg.. _ _. _ _ _ Lyons ...... 77 N —..\ w _ Toulon .... 29'835. 59 t 9 ...'. 7 7 N.N.W. b — . 7 Heart's Con lon 6 nt (0 a•ro. l time) , 30'118. 50 10 S.W. 5.W.4 3 -___ f.m 0.9 __:_ 6 4 =EMANATION. Barometer corrected and reduced to 32 deg : a sea level. Theletters r rising ; f., falling ; s., steady—indicate direction of mo ti on of the Mercury within last 14 hours. Thermometer Thermometer exposed in shade. Extreme Force with its Direction during last 24 hours. Z.—calm Weather : b.—blue sky ; c.—clouds, detached ; f.—fog ; ; ni,—misty, hazy ; o.—overcast, dull; r. —.rain; s. —sn ow; t . —thunder. R a in-fall, snow or hail (melted) during last 24 h ours, Sea disturbance. REMARKS, The greatest change in the atmospherical pressures during the last twenty-four hours has been in the north-western districts, where rea di n gs are about two - tenths of an inch l ower, b ut on other coasts t h e difference shewn is very slight : this change has occurred chiefly during t h e night. The difference of readings between Penzance and Na i rn is about four-tenths of an inch. Temperature is nearly the same as yesterday : a small rise, however, has taken place in the south of England. On the Channel coast the wind has continued steady from the N.W. ; on other coasts the wind has backed, and is no w prevalent from the westward, and moderate. The weather is generally cloudy. A letter from Berlin states that Prince Napoleon's visit to Vienr a is not viewed with much satisfaction at the Prus sian Court, and that, by way of counteracting it, the King of Prussia will probably go to Ischl during the summer, and have an interview with the Emperor of Austria. It is clear that the Pruisian Premier is completely knocked up. For some three years past he has been suffering from nervous debility, brought about by over work. Latterly he has bad a severe attack of plearisy, and although he is recovering from this disease, the Nord deutsche Zeitung says that complete restoration will require considerable time. For the present he is incapacitated for work, and will leave for his Pomeranian estates as soon as he can be removed. M. Horn's pamphlet, " Le Bilan de l'Empire," which has gone through eight editions in six weeks, stated that the Emperor had expended £1,240,000,000 in fifteen years. M. Vitu, of the Etendard, in a reply, entitled " Les Finances (or, as by a ludicrous printer's blunder it was spelt, Finaces ') de l'Empire," declared that M. Horn had exaggerated the amount by £8,000,000. M. Horn has now published a rejoinder, in which he maintains his original figures, and adds some very severe remarks. He says : " By the continuance of the anti-liberal and anti democratic system of cuirassed peace, by the extravagance of expeditions more or less distant, by the wild exaggera tion of works of public inutility, in Paris, in the depart ments, in the communes, we have raised to 3,000 millions of francs a year the public charges imposed, under divers forms and names, on the French taxpayers. This im mense amount is taken from a total revenue which, as its maximum, attains h.! sum of 15,000 millions. Thus the public services take from the nation en masse one-fifth of its resources. Thanks to our Wginte of imposts, the reverse of progressive, the amount levied is one fourth and more of their incomes, from the class less easy in their circumstances, looked at separately. Obliged to comply with exigencies so exhausting, the country claims in vain the liberty which alone can give a new im pulse to its producing activity ; in vain it demands the positive guarantees of durable peace which would at least enlarge its international exchanges. How, then, can anyone feel astonished at the, sufferings which undermine the physical and moral health of the social body ? And can anyone combat the supreme urgency of a general and complete reform of our political, administrative, and financial rbinter - ;. -- • ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. WESTMINSTEIL—The committee to promote the re election of the Hon. R. W. Grosvenor and Mr. J. S. Mill for the city of Westminster have issued a circular, stating that the Hon. R. W. Grosvenor having undertaken a moiety of such joint election expenses as shall be incurred by the committee, the other moiety will have to be sub scribed for by the friends and supporters of Mr. Mill, it being perfectly understood that Mr. Mill declines upon a distinctly avowed principle, as on the previous oocasion, to bear any part of the cost of his election. LAMBETH.—A requisition is in course of signature in the borough of Lambeth to Mr. Cecil Raikes, inviting that gentleman to stand as the Conservative candidate. AiALDON.—Mr. G. M. W. Sandford, one of the present sitting members, is expected to again offer himself as a Conservative candidate. Mr. R. A. Earle will probably retire, as his votes during the last two sessions have greatly annoyed his constituents. The Liberal candidate is expected to be Mr. Sutton Western, son of Sir T. Western, M.P. for North Essex. Mr. Western sat for the borough from 1859 to Ha COLCIIESTEn.—In this borough it has been for some time understood that Dr. Brewer, who unsuccessfully con tested the representation in February 1867, with Mr. E. K. Karslake, Q.C., will again offer himself in the Liberal interest. The other Liberal candidate will probably be Mr. J. G. Rebow, one of the present sitting members. The Conservative candidates will be Mr. Karslake and Colonel Learmonth, who was introduced to the constitu . ency so long since as October 1866. .ROMANTIC STORY. A. strange incident has just come to light in one of the most crowded districts of the East of London. Some months ago a young nytn named Chambers, who had re sided with his parents in Limehouse-fields, made up his mind to go to sea, and after a time found his way to Cardiff. He there made the acquaintance with a fellow-tar, who was going to London. Young Chambers was anxious for his friend to call and see his father, in order to tell him how he was getting on, at the same time giving the stranger his father's addre s. They parted. Chambers went abroad, and the other went on board a vessel bound for the metropo lis. On his way up Channel he was drowned. On searching his pockets the address was found, and intelligence was immediately forwarded to Chambers's parents, stating that their son was dead, and had been buried accordingly. In the meantime he had written a letter, informing his father of his whereabouts, but unfortunately the missive appears to have been mislaid, and his family mourned for him as gone for ever. The young man did not write again, giving as an excuse that as his parents did not think about him he should not take the trouble to write any more letters. After weeping for his loss for nine months he unexpectedly turned up late on Saturday night, and the rumour of his death was then fully explained to the satisfaction of all parties. SALE OF LIQUOR ON SUNDAY BILL. The committee reassembled yesterday in Room 18, when evidence was taken in opposition to the bill. Tho first wit ness examined was Mr. Morrell, the secretary of the Sunday bands and various other societies for the, opening of places of recreation, amongst which were the British Museum and Crys tal Palace, on Sunday. Ho said ho altogether objected to the bill, and ho believed the feeling of the well-informed working, men was also contrary to the bill. lie bad hoard of statistics being collected, but then he should greatly dis trust them when they were got up by interested par ties. Ho did not think that it was fair to say that restrictive measures had effected the great diminution that had taken place with regard to drinking. He thought increased intelligence had had a great deal to do in lessening the evil. If the public houses were c'esed, as provided by the bill, great inconvenience must of necessity follow. Restriction, in his opinion, had reached its limit, and ho did not think but it would be in consonance with the feeling of a very large body of the public if on Sunday (waling they were com pelled to take their beer whilst out of doors in the evening, and their supper when they got home. It was altogether ridiculous to suppose they were in favour of such an arrangement. A family man could not afford to give his children bottled ale to drink. They could all have a little out of a pot of beer, which cost 3d., but the ale was 10d. a bottle, and that was a consideration. He thought all days alike one as good as the other. He knew how they did things in Paris, but he did not think that sort of arrangement would suit London. It would be, however, a great advantage if the insti tutions of art Nero open in the afternoon, but he did not go in for everything as in Paris on a Sunday. The decrease of the consumption of spirits in Scotland he attri buted to the same cause as in England, viz., increased intelligence. A woman named Hannah Russell, 104 years old entered the Yeovil Workhouse last week as a pauper. The Northern, Daily Express reports the funeral of Robert Chambers, which took place on Sunday. It was estimated that there were from 50,000 to 60,000 per sons in the procession. A man named Peter Morris has been committed for trial by the Bristol magistrates for personating the vote of Henry Howley at the late election of that city. Ho voted for Mr. Miles. The eighth report of the Trades Union Commis. sioners has been issued. It contains the testimony of Messrs. Pickard, Normansell, Macdonald, Brown, Hewlett, Eley, and Higginson. PEDESTRIAN FEAT.-011 Monday an arnateu pedestrian undertook to run twice from the Elephant and Castle, Newington, to Croydon and back, a distance of forty miles, within five hours. The first journey to Croy don and back was performed in two-and-a-quarter hours, and the second was completed and the match won with seven minutes to spare. SHOCKING SUICIDE. —A young man, nameo Patrick Hayden, 21 years of age, a private of the 86th Regiment, stationed at the New Barracks, Gosport, has committed suicide by discharging the contents of a loaded rifle into his mouth, at his quarters. He was last seen alive by a comrade named Samuel Virgent, about five minutes before the dreadful act, who, on hearing the report of the gun, went to the bedside of Hayden, and found him quite dead, the upper part of his face and head being clean blown away. A WORKHOUSE MASTER STABBED BY A PAUPER. —At Mallow workhouse a pauper, named Moynehan, objecting to the quality of his rations, endea voured to help himself to more from a table. Mr. Fitz patrick, the master, interposed, and in the struggle which ensued Moynehan stabbed the master in the abdomen with a shoemaker's knife. Mr. Fitzpatrick's condition is very critical, and but for the downward direction of the knife the wound would have been fatal at once. Shortly after the occurrence the police placed Moynehan under arrest. He is a cripple, one of his legs having been amputated. SHOCKING DEATH OF A PEACEMAKER. —On Saturday evening a young man, named Reuben Nobbs, a carpenter, residing at Welwyn, Hertfordshire, received a fatal blow on the head with a poker from a man named James Blow, who was figl with another man. Nobbs was endeavouring to make between the parties, when the poker came down upon head, smashing the skull and forcing the eyeball out of the socket. He died in ex cruciating agony between eleven and twelve o'clock on Sunday. Blow stated that he never intended to strike Nobbs, but aimed at the other man. POOR LAW RETURNS. —From a return which ha just been presented to Parliament, we gather that no less than 931,546 persons were relieved throughout England and Wales in the twelve months ending Lady-day, 1867 ; of this number 122,454 received help in the metropolis, which shows an increase of 17,955 on the previous year. Tho largest number in England during the last ten years was in 1863, which showed a total of 1,079,382. Tho total expenditure for 11?67 was £10,905,173, and of this sum the metropolis came iu for £1,844,765. THE OAKS COLLIERY. -- The workmen engaged in clearing the roads have come across two bodies in the N 0.2 board, in what is known as "Jones's Jinuy," between 800 and 900 yards from the pit bottom. They were found close to each other, and near where a horse, which Lad evidently been yoked to a train of corves, was lying. One of the bodies was identified as that of a lad named John Graham, fifteen years of age, who resided with Lis parents at Littleworth, near Monk Bretton. The other body has not beenidentified, although the poor fellow had on a pair of new boots. Two MEN DROWNED. —Early on Sunday morn ing three men, Mr. Augustus Wynne, Mr. Arthur Hunt, and Mr. J. Carr, accompanied by a boatman named Gallagher, proceeded on a pike fishing excursion on Lough Gill, near the town of Sligo. It appears that they had entered into an agreement with each other as to who should get each fish as it was caught. Mr. Wynne claimed and obtained the first fish. A second fish was about being landed when Mr. Wynne claimed it also. This gave rise to a dispute, and all of the parties leaned to one side of the boat to settle the point, causing the boat to capsize. Mr. Carr and the boatman swam safely to shore about sixty yards distant. The other two were drowned, Mr, Hunt leaves a wife and seven 7hildren. . _ . . fkIV: 40147 "a* . 4) t laiht HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL CASTLE, June 5. The Queen went out in the morning, accom panied by Princess Louise ; and in the afternoon her Majesty drove to Birkhall, accompanied by Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice. The Prince and Princess of Wales left Marl borough House yesterday for Titness Park. CARDIN.IL CULLEN ON DIE ALGERIAN DISPU7'Ii. Cardinal Cullen has addressed the following let ters to the Univers in answer to the extraordinary assertion made by Marshal M'Mahon in the course of his correspondence to the Archbishop of Algiers, to the effect that "though Ireland is a very reli gious country," the natives, during the last famine, used to eat each other, just as the natives of Algeria during the past winter Sir,—Permit me to protest, through the medium of your very estimable paper, against an assertion relative to Ireland, an assertion contained in a let ter addressed on the 21st of last April, by Marshal M'Mahon, Duke de Magenta, to Mgr. Lavigerie, Archbishop of Algiers. In that letter the illustrious marshal tells the right rev. prelate (Sa Grandeur), You will doubtless acknowledge with me that Ire land is one of the most religious countries in the world. Nevertheless, during the last famine cases of anthropophagy occurred there, just as they occur at this moment in Algeria.' As soon as our attene tion was directed to these words we deemed it our duty to institute a careful inquiry to ascertain if the fact they announced had any foundation, and in a very short time we were informed, from sources the most authorised—the most unquestionable, that not a single act of cannibalism had occurred in Ireland during the long years of famine 'which have recently visited the country. No, notwithstanding its dis tress, the country never beheld the scenes of vio lence and murder of which the sectators of the Koran have made so sad a display in Algeria. The famine was, it is true, so long and so severe that it may be said that the sufferings of the unfortunate people (le pauvre people) were unexampled in the world's annals. But in the midst of these trials the people of Ireland derived from the true religion and divine teachings of the Gospel admirable pa ience and resignation, and prepared to face the anguish of hunger and death by the pious recep- ion of the Sacrament of Penance and the lloly Eucharist. Thus, far from attempting the life of their neighbours, far from trying to save their own by sacrificing that of their neighbours, even that of their own children, as has taken place amongst the Aussultnans of Algeria, the poor Irish Catholics— there have been thousands of instances of this— shared with their fellow sufferers their last morsel of bread ; and I might quote a great number of parents who, whilst expiring in the torments of hunger, abstained from touching what scanty food was left them, in order to save thereby, if po3sible, the life of their offspring. These facts, we are assured, will rejoice no one more than the gallant warrior who, surely through inadvertence, allowed the assertion to escape his pen, which we have felt it our duty to take up. The name of Marshal NPAlahon, who recals one of the noblest families of the Celtic princes of Ireland, holds a high rank among those of our Catholic chiefs, who, in the bloody contest with Cromwell's fanatic bands, inscribed on their banner this noble motto : Pro fide patria et Rege. The exalted position occupied just now by the worthy marshal, the well-deserved honours he enjoys, all, show how caithfully he has preserved the traditions of valour and devotedness for which his race have ever been conspicuous to their king and country. But, on the other hand, the Catholics of Ireland are pleased to hope that ruling a distant colony in the name of Catholic France, Catholic France, who is not only the mother, magna parens, of the Celtic race, but also the eldest daughter of the Church, he will know how to uphold the sacred rights of our iaiih, and the freedom of a religion for which so many of his ancestors have shed their blood in this land of suffering and martyrdom. As regards the piestion of orphan asylums for young Arabs, which gave rise to the letter in which the marshal efers to the cannibalism which, in evil days, he supposes to have polluted Ireland, Mgr. Lavigerie has so ably discussed and set it forth, that all the world is compelled to admit that to defend such a cause is to defend the cause of reason, humanity, faith, and charity—a cause which cannot but pre vail in Catholic France. In concluding, Mr. Editor, allow me to congratulate you on the great services you have rendered religion by your generous advo cacy of the rights of the Holy See, and the freedom of education, and to hope you may long be spared to pursue your mission. I beg to assure Monsieur of my sincere esteem and deep regard. (Signed) "t PAUL, Cardinal CULLEN, Archbishop of Dublin, Primate of Ireland, 84c. "Dublin, May 31." ROMAN CATHOLICS IN PRISON.—A Parliamentary return shows a long list of prisons in England in which there is no provision for remunerating a clergy .- wan for attending and giving religious instruction to the prisoners except the chaplain belonging to the Established Church. The following are in the list :—Coldbath-fields Prison, which had in It 329 Roman Catholic prisoners on the 2d of April last ; House of Correction, Westminster, which had on that day 168 Roman Catholics; House of De tention, Clerkenwell, with 75 ; City Prison, Hollo way, 50 ; New Bailey Prison, Salford, 185 ; 42 ; Lancaster and Maidstone, 37 each ; Chester County Gaol, 34 ; Carlisle, with 122 Roman Catholic prisoners in the half year ; Derby and Salop, each with 206 in the year ; Usk, with 288 in the year ; Essex County Gaol and Ilford House of Correction with 220 between them in the year. In the following prisons a Roman Catholic priest is remunerated from the county purse Birmingham, Durham, Kirkdale, Knutsford, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Northallerton, Preston, Stafford, Wakefield, Wandsworth, Win' chester, and Worcester. At Spalding a Roma'? Catholic priest residing at Boston is allowed 1 10 second-class railway fare, amounting to £2 4s. 1 0 the last year. The funeral of Robert Chambers, the ex-chain' pion of the Thames and the Tyne, took place on Sunday afternoon at Walker, near Newcastle-on' Tyne. From 50,000 to 60,000 persons were Pre" sent, including some 3,000 who walked in the pro cession. Among these were some of the most cele,d brated oarsmen of the day and the members of. many friendly societies. The procession was hea de d by a volunteer rifle band playing the "Dead Ma sh in Saul. Every piece of elevated ground along the route from the deceased's residence, s 3 ' Anthony's, Tyneside, to the burial-ground, a di°' tance of about a mile and a half, was thronged, 'The roads and lanes leading to St. Anthony's and Walker presented the appearance of a great muster' ing towards a race course on a popular race dal' being crowded not only with persons who had bee n conveyed by rail and by steamboat, but by ca l l and vehicles of every character. In complian c e with his own wish, Chambers was buried by t h side of his mother. POST-OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS.—The Undertnerl; tioned offices in England and Wales will be o pened Post-Office Savings Banks on Wednesday, the let Jull; 1868 :—Bridge-street, Bolton, Lancaster ; Broal-stro; Ali •ffield, York ; Chasotown, Walsall, Stafford ; Croses, Carnarvon, Merioneth; I , llllllm-road (No. ` 29 ': ;AV., London, Middlesex ; Hendon, Sunderland, DurioA l r " Flolywell, Oxford, Oxford; Manor-street, Clapham, S.\ 6 London, Surrey ; New-road, Gravesend, Kent ; 14113 j, Elms-road, S.W., London, Surrey; Southampton - r ° e, Kentish-town, N.W., Loudon, Middlesex; West-bet" Leicester, Leicester. off The newspapers are teeming with references t o ec . my in tea by co-operation. iforninan and Co. have Oi 0 . 6 years co-operated through Agents to supply tea on li'i te p advantageous terms than by the ordinary channel; their 0 0 reaches tho consumer in the same pure state as it leave' grower, as it is secured in packets. P... , Itto b a n 3 T 1 Thu £lO 'Paw this th e an i Cfre just Yeas tigl so n] the 3 p e D 3 .-- NevANe Nov