The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-17 00:00:00

THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK.

(From Galignant's Messenger.)
Tre Civil Tribunal of the brine has been several
times occupied of late in hearing pleadings in a case
in which Madame de Civry, daughter of an Ei.g-
lishwuman, is plaintiff,and the 1 )uke of Brunswick,
for many years back residing in Paris, defendant.
The actio❑ was brought to lecover from the Duke,
of whom the plaintiff claims to be the natural child,
an alimentary allowance of 35,000 fr. a year.
The Court yesterday delivered judgment de-
taring that, by terms of Art. 14 of the Code
Napoleon, a foreigner, even not residing in France,
can to summoned before the French tribunals
for the mention of obligations by him con
traeted towards a native of France; that the
claim of Madame de Civry against the Duke of
Brunswick is brought for alimentary subsistence;
that, although a foreigner when born, she became
French by her marriage with the Count de Civry,
and her right to an alimentary pension has arisen
posteriorly to the event which confers on her the
quality of a Frenchwoman, since it exists in reality
and can be claimed before a court of justice, only
from the day when the necessity arose ; that the
Court has no occasion to inquire at present into the
validity of the demand, but simply to consider the
quality of the parties and the object of the appli-
cation ; looking at all these points, the Court de-
clares itself competent, directs the case to be
pleaded ou the merits, and condemns the Dukt
of Brunswick to pay the costs.

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We have reason to believe that it is her Majesty's
intention that in the ensuing autumn Prince Altred shall
pass some time in Edinburgh. His Royal Highness will
reside in Hclyrood, and will take advantage of the facilities
afforded by the residence in that .capital of distinguished
professors to attend lectures, and by other means to cons
pleto his education. It is probable that his Royal High-
ness's stay in EdinbuTh may extend to Fix months.
PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE.—The total
revenue of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land in the year ended the 30th June last was £70,683,860
lls 9d. The total ordinary expenditure was £68,624,596

18s ld, showing an exec ss of income over ordinary expen•
diture of £2,059,263 13s Sd ; but the vote for fortifications
(£9O ~000) redur.es thus excess to £1,159,263 13s Bd. The

balance in the Exchequer on the 30th uit were £6,892.114 2s
A HINT FOR C,•MPETITIVE EXAMINEES-IN
REFERENCE TU THE " CRP:MORN E TUURNAMENT.'-
A. Mr. E. T. Smith ine,itions in his advertis,ments that
ne has specially is view the amusement and instruci ion of
"juveniles" by this pertormance, a Saturday Reviewer
suggests that it might be interesting quire what an ri -
teiligent b•iy who hail just been reading Ivanhoe thought of
the eremoine tournament, as compared with that of Ashby -
de-la- Zrch.

GENERAL LEE'S ARMY (now in Pennsylvania)
consists of about 130,010 men actu-illy in the field
irrespective of the force left for the defence of Richmond,
and it is made up of the following corps :—General Ewe 1,
35,000 men; General Longstreet, 42,000; General
28,000—making a total of 105,000 infantry, in addition to
12,000 cavalry, under the command of General Sivart, and
3,000 under that of Colonel Jenkins, besides a numerous
artillery.

Nine hundred converts to Mormonism passed

through Detroit on the 3d ult , on their way to the Salt
Luke. They were from Germany, and appeared to be intel-
ligent and well-to-do pecple. About 1511 of the emigrants
were men; all the rest were women and children.
DEATH OF ONE OF NELSON'S HEROES —There.
died lately at Miscoe Island Robert Harper a native o
Glasgow, aged 78. He was a sailor under the immortal
Nelsm, and was on board his ship at the battle of the Nile
or Aboukir, and was one of the oarsmen in the boat that
landed his lordship on the shores of Egypt after the battle.
MEDICAL TRAVELLING CHARGES.—What is a
physician entitled to charge for railway fare ? The
question is being agitated rather warmly, and a recent di-
pute between Dr. Vose, of Liverpool, and Sir Thos. Glad-
stone, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, and Mr. A. Keho, is much
talked ot, as well by medical men and in the select circles

its particulars have reached. In July, 1862, a Mr. George
Grant was taken ill in the Highlands, and Dr. Vose was
summoned by telegraph from Liverpool to Aberdeen. The
patient died, and his executors (the three gentlemen I have
named) requested Dr. Vose to send in his claim for pro-
fessional services. This amounted to two hundred and five
guineas, being 186 guineas for the journey (372 miles), and
19 guineas for ordinary attendance. The executors consi-
der this exorbitant, and atter some correspondence, a copy
~f which 1 have seen, close their accounts without paying
Dr. Vose. The latter has no remedy, except appealing to
his professional brethren as to the fairness of his charge.
Like banisters, physicians are, by an absurd fiction, sup-
posed to render their services gratuitously, and the result is
that the question has no chance of being tried in a court
of law. But, odd as it may sound to some ears, the faculty
have declared that Dr. Vose has rather under than
overcharg-d for his j:eirney ; and it is broadly stated
that, had the late Mr. Grant been a new instead of an old
patient, the charge should not have been less than two-
thirds of a guinea a mile. It is true that the executors
quote Professor Miller of Edinburgh, as saying that £25
per diem, and £3O for a day and night, is adequate remu-
neration for a leading physician's absence from home—but
it is said that neituer Professor Sytne nor Dr. Simpson
comply wilh the "custom" he quotes as that of the
northern city. Dr. Letbam is also quoted by the exf- on-
tors, but repudiates utterly bAckfeg up Dr. Vo-e's charges
as moderate, as does Dr. Watson; and it would seem that
the heir will have to pay the lull amount unless he would
be convicted of evading a moral responsibility only bec..use
it cannot be legally enforced.—lllustrated News.
In the Sunderland Times of Friday, a correspon-
dent signing himself " One of the 36th Regiment,"
writes :—" The _Daily Chronicle says, is stated that.
General Stuart, of the Oonteee'•ate cavalry, fano other than
Lord Ernest Vane Tempest. '1 hie is not true. Lord Ern at
Vane Tempest is no , nor ever was, in the ConfeUerdte ser-
vice, and as Assistant Adjutant-General of Stone's division
greatly distinguished himself at the battle of Ball's Bluff,
ought 21st October, 1861."