The Sun.
London, England, 1870-06-25 00:00:00

THE ORLEANIST PRINCES.

The Figaro and the Gaulois say that, in reply to the
Orleans letter, the Emperor has written to Emile 011ivier
to the effect that he is anxious by a spontaneous measure
to put an end to the exile of the Bourbon princes, and
begging him to inform them that it has ceased as far as
they are concerned. This letter is not believed to be
genuine, as the Emperor, however anxious to do so, has
no power to repeal a law by his mere mote proprio. The
Temps considers that the Princes could do no less than
write such a letter after the notice of interpellation given
by M. de Fir& The letter in its eloquent brevity is that
of French citizens who claim their common rights in the
land of their birth. The Temps thinks that such a letter
ought not to have been needed, and it cannot believe that
it will now be evaded or rejected. The Patrie confines
itself to publishing the letter, which it designates as
an important document. The Opinion Nationale re-
gards the letter as a grave fact, and adds that it has
reason to believe the committee to which it has been
referred will report on Saturday. The Parlement pub-
lishes the document without comment. The Liberte
considers the letter as honourable to the princes,
but reminds them that they have only had
to submit, as others have done, to the law of
revolution. In 1830 the younger Bourbon branch
banished the elder branch. In politics such ostracismsare
legitimate, but it would be a worthy crowning of the edifice
of a dynasty to recal the exiles and thusprove that it is not
by force but by the consent of 40,000,000 of Frenchmen
that the present Government exists.

THE CROPS IN FRANCE.
In the sitting of the Legislative Body, in reply to M.
des Rotours, M. Louvet stated that, notwithstanding the
drought, the Government had received favourable reports
with regard to the prospects of the crops : nevertheless,
the Government would not neglect anything to facilitate
the arrivals of cereals.

THE DESTRUCTION OF THE AURORA.
A telegram from Bombay states that in consequence of
the reward offered by Government, information has been
laid which has resulted in the arrest of the captain of the
ship Aurora and of two English freight brokers, who are
sworn to have planned a scheme of shipping bad cotton
and wool, and afterwards destroying the ship, with the
view of obtaining the insurance upon the goods. The
total shipments by the Aurora were 575 bales of cotton
and 419 bales of wool.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
M DE LESSEPS IN LIVERPOOL.
M. de Lesseps and Mr. D. A. Lauge were entertained
at a banquet last night. In reply to the toast of his health,
which was proposed by the Mayor and drunk with great
enthusiasm, M. de Lesseps said that all that was want-
ing for the complete and lasting success of the Suez
Canal scheme was capital, and he believed that would be
forthcoming. Mr. Richard Pendlebury, senior wrangler
of Cambridge, was one of the guests at the banquet, and
M. de Lesseps alluded to him in complimentary terms.

THE ENGLISH EIGHT FOR THE INTER-
NATIONAL MATCH AT WIMBLEDON.
The rifle competition on Strensall Common, near York,
has resulted in the selection of the following eight com-
petitors to form the English representative team in the
International Rifle Match at Wimbledon :—Mr. Nors-
worthy, London ; Captain Radcliffe, London ; Captain
Fenton, Rochdale ; Captain Jacques, London ; Captain
Burt, Birmingham ; Captain Harrison, Rotherham ;
Lieutenant Purchas, Worcester ; Mr. Doe, Victoria
Rifles.