The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-22 00:00:00

THE BANKING BILL.

The new Banking Bill has been introduced in the
House, and various amendments were submitted, but no
action was taken on any of them. The bill, authorises
additional National Banks, and a further expansion of the
currency by 95,000,000 dollars, propositions which
naturally excite much opposition. The debate
would have been wholly without interest but
for the incidental recitation by Mr. Morgan, of
Ohio, of the Democratic platform of 1872.
That important document, as now predicted, will
not declare the war for the Union a failure as
that of 1864 did, nor proclaim repudiation as in 1868, but
will announce as the great issue opposition to " bloated.
bondholders" and National Banks, and favour to in-
creased issues of greenbacks. The Democrats were still
further enlightened and encouraged as to party prospects
by the gushing announcement by Mr. Samuel Cox of
New York that he means to "stand by the platform of
the Democracy in 1872." We have no doubt of it. Mr.
Samuel Cox could always be trusted to stand by any con-
ceivable platform the masters of the Democracy chose to
make for him—always, except when he ate all his former
words, seeking to persuade a Republican Senateto confirm
Andrew Johnson's nomination of him for a foeeign
sion.—./Vew York Tribune.

THE NEW FRENCH MINISTER TO
WASHINGTON.

By a cable despatch we learn that M. Prevost-Paradol
has been appointed French Minister to Washington. We
are glad to learn that in this particular case rumour has
taken the shape of fact. Among all living French states-
men there is no more respectable name than that of M.
Fr6vost-Paradol. Paradol is yet a oung man, having
been born in 1829. In 1861 his "]loge de Bernardin
Saint Pierre " won the prize of the French Academy.
During all the years that have intervened from that time
until now he has been reaping honours. His books have
been coming out every year ; and each successive book has
more and more commanded y espect. During the
time that Louis Napoleon has governed France
he has sometimes won favour and sometimes
suffered. On one occasion he suffered one month's
imprisonment, and paid besides one thousand
francs. But all through he has been one of those men
who, not overmuch bound to party, saw good in all great
public movements. He has never, in consequence, been a
violent party man. Frenchman every inch of him, he
loves progress ; and forcefully as he bounds forward, he
never despises steady and consistent advancement. It is
only two winters since M. Prevost-Paradol delivered a
course of lectures, on France before the Philosophic
Institute of Edinburgh. On that occasion, though a
Frenchman, he spoke good English, and his sentiments
as well as his language commanded general respect.
M. Prevost-Paradol is one of the best thinkers
and writers that the second empire can boast
of. In addition to his many excellencies, he speaks good
English. This last is a good recommendation for Wash-
ington. On the whole, we welcome M. Prevost-Paradol
as the best man possible for Washington. Our new
French Minister is a scholar, a philosopher, and a gentle-
man. What more do we want ? One Frenchman,
De Tocqueville, has photographed the United States as
he saw them. His picture is the best that we know.
Much, however, as we admire De Tocqueville, we shall
not be sorry if M. Prevost-Paradol improves upon his
predecessor, and establishes the opinion that scholarly.
Frenchmen are the best commentators on American in-
stitutions. Aside from all our remarks, we rejoice to
know that a highly educated and politically moderate
Frenchman, who fluently speaks the English language,
has been sent to Washington. M. Prevost-Paradol has
our good wishes.—New York Herald.

TETE NEW RAILROAD WAR.—Commodore Van-
derbilt and Colonel Fisk are again at war, and from indi-
cations it would seem that these doughty commanders
intend to wage the contest to the bitter end. The rumpus
grows out of a refusal on the part of the Commodore to
accept ticket coupons, according to previous arrangement,
from the Erie Railway Company on his New York
Central. Outside of the merits of the case on either side
the moral is that all the inconveniences resulting from the
contest will fall on the travelling public, and not on the
grand railway despotisms of the country, which will
doubtless keep it up without regard to anything but
incomes and stocks.—New York Herald.

THE HULL WORKING MEN'S ART, INDUSTRIAL,
AND GENERAL EXHIBITION.—For this exhibition a large
temporary building has been erected in the Corporation
Field in Park-street, Hull, a central position, and not far
from the principal railway station in Paragon-street. The
exhibition was originated and mainly matured by working
men, who have been labouring at it for many months.
For a long time they did not seek ,the co-opera-
tion of the trading and other classes ; but latterly
they have done so, and it is expected the result
of the combined efforts of various classes will be a very
interesting and instructive exhibition. The Mayor and
Corporation of the town responded to the appeal of the
exhibition committee by granting the use of a suitable
site for the building, and a large and admirably adapted
exhibition hall and annexes, designed by Mr. R. G.
Smith, the Corporation surveyor and architect,
have been built and approved. On Monday
afternoon the exhibition was formally opened by
Thomas Witby, Esq., the Worshipful the Mayor of
Hull. The exhibition contains, besides working machinery,
models, and a great variety of specimens of handicraft, a
large and locally very interesting antiquarian collection
and a large number of works of art, some executed for the
exhibition and some lent.

SUICIDE OF A COUNT.—A count, who had long
been out at elbows, has just committed suicide in the
Toulon prison. Some time ago he was arrested and sen-
tenced to a week's imprisonment as a vagabond. Being
recognised as a gentleman of noble family, the prison
authorities procured him a coachman's place with
a rich family. He performed his duties with
comfort to himself and satisfaction to his master, but,
unfortunately, the latter having occasion to change
his residence, discharged him. He found it impossible to
get any employment, and dreading to be again taken up
for a vagabond saved the officers trouble by declaring
himself to be one, and asking for a lodging in prison.
There being a mark against his name as an " old
offender," he was placed in a class subjected to more
severe' prison discipline than he had been on the first occa-
sion. This change of treatment weighed heavily on his
mind. He had in his pocket some manuscript essays
on scientific, subjects which had been rejected by
many publishers, and to console himself he appealed
against their judgment to that of his fellow-prisoners, but
they only laughed and jeered when he attempted to read
his productions to them. On going to bed he asked the
gaoler to lend him a pencil ; with this he wrote upon a
sheet of note paper these words—" Since everybody mocks
at me, I must be an ass." Then he hung himself by his
braces to a bar in his cell, and he was found in the morn-
ing dead.—Daily News.

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