The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-06 00:00:00

THE MINISTRY.

A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian writes from
London as follows :—" If there is some disappointment,
there is little general surprise at the dispersion once more
of her Majesty's Ministers after their brief reunion in
Downing-street. Little hope was entertained by those
best acquainted with the paramount feelings that govern
them, of any decisive or important result ensuing from
their being called together. The majority of the Cabinet
are in sympathy Prussian. If it were not so the Home
Secretary would hardly have gone the length of calling
prostrate France a defeated burglar, against whose return
and resentment no securities that could be exacted ought
to be considered excessive. A French gentleman spoke
to me with great feeling on the public use of such language
by Mr. Bruce. 'I do not presume,' he said, to call it
unbecoming in a Secretary of State, for Ido not pretend
to be au fait with your political etiquette ; but I say it is
not generous, not wise, and, I still venture to hope, not
English."

COMIC) PAPERS.
(From Punch.)

LETTERS PATENT.—Post Cards

Some persons carry punctuality to such an extent that
it becomes a vice. People bringing little bills are flagraw
instances of this.

THE EUROPEAN EXAMPLE.—If the present war, with
all its slaughter, and especially that which it has brought
on the aggressors, be not followed by a lasting peace, its
event will certainly prove the inefficacy of capital punish-
ment.

AN UNSELFISH POLICY.--It is perhaps a mistake to
suppose that the British Government could in no way de-
part from its policy of non-intervention in foreign affairs,
so as to satisfy belligerent nations. If British interference
were of such a nature that it obviously could not result in
any consequence to this country but unmitigated disaster,
then possibly they would not ascribe it to selfish motives,
and might be satisfied.

(From Judy).

As the conduct of Paris led to the siege of Troy, so the
conduct of Trois led to the siege of Paris; the trois being
Bismarck, King William, and Napoleon.
COMING IT RATHER STRONG.—Since the removal of the
French Government to Tours, the hotel and cafe keepers
there have been reaping a rare harvest. At least three
times the amount paid during the Pierre Bonaparte trial
(and Goodness knows ! that was high enough) is now freely
given for houses and apartments. Decidedly these inn-
keeping gentry are fully equal to the exigencies of the
situation. Their efforts are quite Tours de-force.

The Marquis de Lavalette, whose health has been
very indifferent of late, has left London for Scotland,
where he intends to make some stay.

Professor Huxley does not desire to be put in
nomination as a candidate for a place on the Metropolitan
Board of Education.

General Lee is now reported to have been less
:verely attacked than at first announced. He is suffer-
ig, not from paralysis, but from extreme exhaustion. It
hoped that he will recover.

DEPARTURE OF REINFORCEMENTS FOR IRELAND

—On Tuesday there embarked from Liverpool for con-
veyance to Dublin, 15 officers and 373 rion-commissioned
officers and soldiers of the 91st Regiment. There are
also three officers and 99 men of the 31st Regiment gone
on board the same vessel to Ireland. The names of the
officers are Captain S. Christian, Captain J. T. Gardner,
and Lieutenant R. S. Mansfield.

GREAT COTTON ROBBERY.—The discovery of a
robbery of sixty bales of American cotton from a ware.
house in Beaufort-street and Manor-street, Liverpool, has
been made by the police of that town. It is also stated
that a number of bottles containing paraffin oil, matches,
and candles were found among the very large quantity of
cotton remaining in the place, in such a position as to
leave no doubt that the burning down of the warehouse
was'intended, so that in the destruction the robbery of
the 60 bales might escape detection. A reward of £5O
has been offered for information leading to the apprehen-
sion of the thieves and recovery of the property.

DUBLIN AND THE RIVER LIFFEY.—The Dublin
Town Council have finally resclved on carrying out a
great work of local improvement under the direction of
Mr. Bazalgette, the engineer of the Londonniain-drainage
scheme, namely, the improvement of the sewage s3rstem,
and the purification of the River Liffey. On Monday the
report of the committee of the corporation, detailing the
result of a visit of a deputation to the Treasury on the
subject, was adopted, and it is probable that contracts will
immediately be advertised for. The Government haveagreed
to lend to the corporation, on security of the rates, a sum
of £350,000, at five per cent.—four per cent. to represent
the interest, and one per cent. a sinking fund, to exhaust
the principal in a certain number of years. There were
no dissentients in the body. The arrangement is con-
sidered an excellent .one for the citizens. The sewage of
the city, under the new plan, is to be carried by pipes
running parallel with the river to a point below the tide-
way, where it will be dispersed into the sea. Some say
the work will cost not a shilling less than half a million .
sterling, but the necessity for such a reform is universally'
admitted.