The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-03 00:00:00

NEW ALLIES FOR LOPEZ.

The New York papers state that Lopez has entered into
a new alliance with two nations of Indians. The treaty,
being tripartite and secret, is in retaliatory imitation of
the private convention entered into by Brazil and her
allies. The exact date of the treaty is not known.
The news was brought by two sergeants who deserted
from Lopez. According to this account Lopez is now
associated with ten thousand Indians as wild as himself.
The Buenos Ayres 'Standard does not attach much impor-
tance to the report concerning Lopez and the Indians, and
believes that his power is completely crushed. In the
Brazilian Exchange it is the opinion of commercial men
that the war is practically over.

compete with the English if, besides the increased cost, they
had to endure the delays of the Custom-house formalties ?
After adducing several other facts in support of his,
arguments, and reading a protest against the decrees
signed by several French ironmasters and shipbuilders,

Buffet said he did not demand the with-

drawal of the decrees, but only that they should be
suspended until the opinion of the country should

be taken on the whole question.

M. Buffet, Minister of Finance, said in reply that
the Government had been charged with forsaking
the enlightened commercial policy of their pre-
decessors, and of prejudging a question whose decision
belonged by right to the Chamber. He defended
them from both these charges, from the last of
which he was especially anxious to clear himself, and
maintained that the Government had only exercised an
ordinary privilege in promulgating the decrees. The
decree on the admission of metals did not, he
said, in any way restrict the powers conferred by pre-
coding lews and decrees, but only suppressed the abuses
against which former decrees had imperfectly provided.
After examining the several heads of the argument, M.
Buffet said that the Government might have acted without
a decree, but were unwilling to avail themselves of that
power. He declared, in the name of the Government,
that they considered the delegation given to the
Government by the law of 1836 had no longer its raison
(rare, and that everything connected with their economic
regime should be strictly within the law. He had often
himself been accused of being unconciliatory, but he
would give them a proof of his desire to
conciliate. During a short period those who
could prove they had entered into contracts before the
9th of January should have leave to import under
the old system. He said a short period, as the Chamber
must discuss the whole question, This intimation appa-
rently gave satisfaction, for the Minister sat down amid
loud applause.

The Monitcur Universel has published some more details
of the tragedy in the Faubourg Saint-Honor. The unfor-
tunate women who were wounded in the struggle with
Lathauvers are not so dangerously hurt as was at first
supposed. The cook, Felicie, is most anxious to be
informed of the state of her mistress, but as yet
she has not been told the worst, as the doctors fear
the consequences in her present state. She will, it is
feared, lose three fingers, the inside of her hand having
been dreadfully injured by the knife of the assassin.
Madame Mark, who went to her assistance, has been in
danger, but is now better. Tho muscles of her neck
were not touched, and the wounds are begin •
ning to close. The murderer has, according to the
aocounts received, put on a most cynical air, and disgusted
those who come in contact with him. When he was
brought into the bureau of the magistrates he seated him-
self in a chair, crossed his arms, and awaited his examina-
tion in the most indifferent manner. He not only confessed
his crime, but appeared willing to give details of the scene
which passed between himself andhis mistress. The reason
be assigned for the dreadful act was that Madame
Lombart had suspected him of drinking her wine, and ho
knew that she had informed Felicie of her intention of
dismissing him. In reply to the Commissary he declared
that he was not drunk, but was completely himself at the
time of the occurrence, cnly he was annoyed at
being taken for a thief. Madame Lombart was
sitting in the salon at work when he entered. She got up
when she saw him, and going up to her, he asked her if it
was true that sho was displeased with him. She replied
in the affirmative, and quoted Mick as her authority for
charging him with taking the wine. He declared that if
she persisted in her remark she should (lie, and
rushed upon her, and, throwing her down he with
two thrusts of the knife cut her throat. "You know
the rest," added the assassin, "and I can affirm that I
have only one regret for what has passed, and that is to
have missed Pi:Ede, it having been my firm resolve to kill
her also." He said all this with a freedom of speech that
was most remarkable, he appeared quite free from remorse,
and had altogether the air of a man who is satisfied with
himself.

An alarming rumour of the Pope's death was circulated
yesterday in Paris, but the Gaulois ascertained through
inquiries at the Nunciature that his Holiness had suffered
from an attack of epilepsy, and that his condition was hi
UO means alarming.

UNGLISH AUTHORS AND AMERICAN PUBLISHERS.
A. letter in the Times throws some light on the
system which appears to exist to some extent of the
works of English authors being sold for publication
in America. This would be all very well, and a
boon to numbers who can make nothing by their
writings in England, in the overcrowded
state of the literary market ; but it also'
affords a facility to dishonest persons of purloining_ orl
otherwise obtaining nianuscnpts which they sell to!'
American publishers and pocket the proceeds. To•
the letter referred to is appended a correspondence
which has taken place between some unscrupu-
lous speculator and the Boston firm of Fields,
Osgood and Co., relating to what the former calls .00.
44 4 Serious ' of twelve small poems by Alfred Tenny'
son, P.L. of Great Britain," which he had, he said,.
been commissioned to dispose of for the'
sum of 2250 sterling. He appears to havel
much mistaken the character of the gentlemen,
composing the American firm, for in answer to his'
proposal he received a decided refusal to have any-fl
thing whatever to do with such a bargain, and a+
strong comment on the breach of confidence ,
on the part of some person, which led
to the poems ever having found their
way over the Atlantic. The existence of the poems
was known to Messrs. Osgood, Fields, and Co.,
who are Mr. Tennyson's authorised publishers and!
representatives in America, but they were also aware
that they had been written for a strictly private
reason, and therefore they took the honourable course
of protesting in strong terms against attempts like
these to give_the poems publicity.
REVIVAL SCIENCE.
It has been reserved for an old lady of Aberdeen•
shire to bring the science of religious revivals to a
state of unequalled polish and perfection. The
North-East Coast Mission has lately being doing
much good work in Aberdeenshire, and amongst its
devotees none has been of more exemplary enthu-
siasm than this old lady, who deals in fish. Return-
ing one night from a stirring service, she found
her 'husband, who is a sadly godless fellow,
snoring in bed. Moved, we are told, beyond self-
control by the contrast which his placid worldliness
presented to the scene she bad just quitted, she took
up a large knife, and rushing upon him shook him
violently by the shoulder, exclaiming, " You asleep,
you aul' sinner ! an' nay convertit I Rise
up this
minute, and gas doon on your knees, an' pray, or, as
sure as Guid made me, I'll drive this gully
into you !" This looks rather vigorous, but in
reality it is only the natural consummation of the
revival system. If people are to be terrified into
godliness by threats of horrible torments in the
world to come, it cannot be very wrong to produce
repentance by threatening a little inconvenience ;Ili
this world.

IMPROVEMENTS IN ADVERTISING.
A Paris journal has rather a curious advertisement 4
scale. Its tariff' for an annonce is one franc a line ; •
for a Helaine, three francs; for a fait divers, five
francs. Well, an annonce is an advertisement pure;
and simple; a Helaine is an advertisemint in which,
particular. attention is drawn to the article ; whilsti
a/ad divers is an anecdote inserted in the ordinary
column of news. For instance, for five franca'
a line, a jeweller can have served
hVI
a story of a brilliant robbery from
n lisp,
is
shop, committed by two people with a strong
accent, who carry off a large quantity of valuables.
Eg
As the Paris correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette
says, this is rather hard upou the English; but,
clearly, it is open to us to retaliate. We can have
our news paragraphs in which enterprising tradesnlen
are victimised by men of strong French accent. The
matter shall have our consideration.
A number of time-expired men and
,invalids
of
the Ist Battalion Ist, 31st, and 109th Beglments
have arrived at Chatham from the service companies
of those corps in India and Malta.

THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
Leasee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
Tilts tVENTI.7O. at 7, I'M NOT MYSELF AT ALL At 7.15,
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: 11e.,,r,. Treri, Vokes, 13rittain
Wriot, Harry Boleno, &C.; Missc. Harriot C.veney,
Kate Santley, &c.

T 1 E ATRE- R 01-1) L, HAYMARK ET.
'ruts EVENING, at 7 o'clock, A KISS IN THE DARK.
After which, at 20 to 8, SEW MEN AND OLD ACRES; Mr
Buckstone, Mr Chippendale, Miss Robertson, &c. Concluding
with THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS:
Mr. A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, &c.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Tins EVENING, at 7, AFTER DARK: Mr Vining. Followed
by THE STREETS OF LONDON: Mr Vining; 3lessrs Ashley, Stuart, Rignold, Taylor, L 506011, Ebvrne ; 31eadomes
Barnett, Stoker, Brewer.