The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-19 00:00:00

PRINCE ALFRED IN INDIA.

The visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to India has
given intense satisfaction to the natives, and called
lorth much enthusiasm. In some districts, however,
and especially at Bombay, the opinion was expressed
that the Prince was just a trifle too homely. The
popular -wish was that he should have sat in a howdah
on an elephant's back, and moved slowly along so as
to be leisurely inspected by all and sundry. They
take exception also to the extreme plainness of his
attire when he appeared in public. One of the
native papers criticises him for making no presents to
the native chiefs, but this is a mistake. One
rajah received a splendid telescope, another a re-
volver with carved ivory handle, a third a hand-
some double-barrelled Lancaster rifle. In return no
valuable gifts were taken. Sir Neville Chamberlain
himself examined the articles offered with the object
of returning those that were costly, and keeping such
as would I.e interesting though inexpensive souvenirs
of the country. The chiefs were at liberty to display
their generosity in other directions, and it appears
that they did so. One gave £20,000 for a sailors'
home at Bombay ; the Rao of Kutch has set aside
15,000 for the erection and endowment of schools
throughout his dominions ; the Hon. A. D.
Sassnon has given £lO,OOO for the erection of
a new high school in Bombay; the Nawab
of Joonaghur has given £lO,OOO for public works;
the Chief of 13hownuggur the same amount for the
same purpose ; and many smaller sums have also
been given which are to be devoted to public works.

TIIR CUBAN INSURRECTION.

A. Times telegram gives some details of the latest
complete and utter extinction of the Cuban revolt.
How many extinctions have been announced
before, the editors of the Madrid papers
only can tell; but this time it seems that
a genuine downfall may be calculated
upon. The insurgents have no longer
a force of organised strength to resist the advance of
the Spanish army. Even the American consuls and
other representatives in Cuba, who are not profound
sympathisers with the Spanish cause, admit that the
rebellion has ceased to be formidable ; but they add
that considerable numbers of insurgents are still
scattered in guerilla parties over the island, whom
it will take a long time to subdue.

THE PLEBISCITE.

The Emperor Napoleon, it is said, has an Ingenious
idea respecting the approaching election. He is to
send a letter by post to each of the ton millions of
electors, canvassing him to vote for the Pl6bisci to. It is
believed that M. Plon, the publisher of the "Life
of Cream.," has already had orders to print
the Circular. By the adoption of this scheme the
Emperor may possibly secure more votes than he
would gain by a public proclamation. Prince Napo-
leon is expected, contrary to previous expectation to
make a speech in the Senate on the Senatus Con-
sultum. A. suggestion has been made that no citizen
should be allowed to vote on the plebiscite unless he
could spell and pronounce the word with correctness.
If this test of efficiency were applied the diminution
in the constituency would be very considerable, and
if the voter were required to explain the meaning of
the word the difficulties of his position would be
greatly increased. Considerable interest has been
excited by a great meeting held by the Deputies of
the Left at the house of M. CI-chilies, at which more
than a hundred members of the Parisian and
provincial press were present. A warm disolusern
arose as to the course to bo pursued on the.plAnsc!te,
and it was finally decided that seven journalists
should be named to prepare a manifesto.

The announcement that the miderwritere Md. on
the City of Boston settled the claims as a total loss, which
has been made by some of our contemporaries, is
premature. The underwriters only settle after the vessel
has been posted at Lloyd's. The City of Boston has not
yet bedn posted. The ships are posted by the committee
of Lloyd's and appear in Lloyd's list. This is done
weekly. It is not probable that the City of Boston will
be posted for several weeks-
With reference to the dispute between the congre-
gation of St. George's, Wolverhampton, and the vicar
(the Rev: A. Prior), the Birmingham Post learns that the
vicar has expressed his willingness to readopt the black
gown, and to otherwise meet the views of the congrega-
tion, subject, however, to the bishop's approval of his
proceedings. This sanction, however, the bishop now
refuses to give Mr. Prior until the question shall be for brought before him.

According to the Liberte the Emperor of the
French, intends after the plebiscite to address a letter to
the King of Prussia, by M. de Persigny, or M. Drouyn
de Lhuys proposing that all questions left unsettled by
the war of 1866, shall be referred either to arbitration or
a Congress. The Univers states that M. 011ivier has
withdrawn the instructions Count Daru had sent to M. do
)3anneville, at Rome.
The National Rifle Association has declined to
comply with the request that the Welsh volunteers should
be permitted to send twenty of their number to represent
them at Wimbledon, and there compete with the English,
Scotch, and Irish twenties. In the first place, the com-
mittee appointed to collect subscriptions to the funds of
the International Enfield Trophy stipulated that the com-
petition for this prize should be limited to England, Scot-
land, and Ireland ; and secondly, and consequent upon
this limitation, the competition for ;he selection of the
English twenty has always been open to Welsh as well as
English volunteers.

In reference to the case of Vivian and the Marquess
of Waterford, the Liverpool Albion says:—" The Queen's
Proctor does not intervene. The intervention is bn the
part of some of the relatives of the marquess. It is
rumoured that if Lord Waterford would Would only pro-
mise his family not to marry Mrs. Vivian, no more would
be heard of the case in the Divorce Court, but as—if
report speaks truly—he will not make that promise, some
members of the Waterford family are anxious to put such'
a marriage out of the question by getting the decree for a.
divorce ,rev_ erase"