The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-14 00:00:00

MONTPENSIER IN M &DRID.

The presence of the Duke of Montpensier in Madrid,
notwithstanding his disclaimer of any intention of com-
peting for the vacant throne, appears to occasion consi-
derable uneasiness in the city. The Minister of
War has been interrogated on the subject, by
Senor Ochoa, who asked whether Don Antonio d'Orleans
captain-general of the army, travelled with the necessary
authorisation, and whether he was aware of the singular
rumours to which his abrupt return to the capital had
given rise. General Prim replied that the duke was quite in
order, so far as the military law was concerned, but
that he did not understand how men who called themselves
liberal could wish to keep the exercise of liberty exclu
sively to themselves, and to deprive a citizen whose rights
to come to Madrid no one could dispute, from taking baths
at Alhama and returning to Madrid. General Prim added
that he could not understand how the presence of the Duke
of Montpensier could occasion any alarm, as on the one
hand, the Cortes were supreme, and on the other the
whole Cabinet with the exception of Admiral Topete per-
sisted in its opposition to Don Antonio de Bourbon as
candidate for the throne. The epithet " Bourbon," on
which the Minister laid some emphasis, called forth loud
cheers.

THE CULTIVATION OF THE CAMPAGNA.
A correspondent in Rome says that the experiment
tried by the present Pope of bringing into cultivation the
unhealthy lands of the Roman Campagna through the
Trappist monks have already cost eight lives. " I visited the
in farm on Friday, and although the agriculture leaves
nothing to desire, it is clear that the experiment
must be tried on- a far larger scale to ensure
success. The monks in vain cultivated the
small area given them, while the neighbouring proprietors
refuse to allow them to meddle with the adjacent lands.
Miasma is thus maintained up to the very doors of La
Fontaine, and the fever has decimated the community.
Cnivict labour might easily be had, but the consent
of the proprietors is a sine qud non, and the
majority of them find the growing of cattle
and sheep more profitable, (in a short-sighted
p3int of view) than corn or vine growing. The
land brought into cultivation by the Trappists bears ample
witness to what might be done could a law be passed
obliging each proprietor to cultivate a certain
portion of the Campagna. Such a measure alone
can eradicate fever, and the present Minister
of Commerce and Agriculture, Cardinal Berardi, himself a
practical farmer, on his family property at Ceccano, is
fully alive to its necessity, and but for the stupid opposi-
tion of the Roman proprietors themselves, it would long
ago have been brought into execution."

COUNT VON BRAY.—It is curious to notice that
b)th the Prussian and anti-Prussian press claim the new
Bavarian Minister for Foreign Affairs as favourable to
their views. The official organ of Count Bismarck, the
Provincial Correspondence, says that the past career and
the well-tried sentiments of the new Bavarian Minister
may be looked upon as a new and sure guarantee of the
resolution of tilt Government of Munich to persevere in
the national policy which it has hitherto followed with re-
sp3ct to the Northern Confederation. The Bavarian
Fatherland, on the other hand, together with some
patriotic journals, declares that the Count is determined
to follow a course in conformity with the addresses of the
two Chambers.

THE AuTEurr. AFFAIR.—M. Glauday, the presi-
dent of the Haute Cour. has paid another vst to Prince
Pierre Bonaparte's room at Auteuil, where the tragedy of
January took place. The president, in order to judge
fairly the conflicting statements made by the Prince and
M. Ulric de Fouvielle, would not restrict his observations
to the plans prepared for him, but preferred to make per-
sonal observations before communicating his impressions
to the jury. It is said that Louis Noir, notwithstanding
the active exertions of his counsel, cannot obtain a solicitor
t) notify to the High Court that he intends commencing a
civil process. The resistance of the solicitors is based on the
fast that Louis Noir being the brother of the victim, can-
not claim damages, the father from whom the death of his son
has removed a possible means of support, being the person
legally entitled to prosecute the suit.
MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS IN PARIS.—It was
believed that General le Boeuf would resign in conse-
quence of the changes that had been brought about in the
-administrative system of Algiers. The Minister of War
was indeed annoyed to find that Algiers was to be re-
leased from military control, and thought at one time that
the motion on the fusliject was a vote of censure on him-
self. The Left having, in conjunction' with the other
signatories, modified the terms of the motion, the General
c)nsented to remain in office, and accepted this proof of
their confidence. He even went so far, it is reported, as
to telegraph to Marshal McMahon, the result of
the vote and his acceptance of its principle. It is
doubtful, however, if the latter will regard with the same
equanimity the prospect of a transformation, and if he
will take a provisional share of a power which must
necessarily pass from him before long. It is said that the
Ministry will take advantage of the.approaching anni-
versary of the Prince Imperial to declare an amnesty for
the conspiracy of February in the same way, that M. de
Forcade availed himself of the 15th of August to get rid
of the June conspiracy. The situation in which M.
011ivier finds himself, is so similar to that in which his
predecessor was placed, that the report may rest
on good foundation. The Left are urged in certain
quarters to hasten the course of events by inter-
pellating on the subject. The general feeling of the
public is against these accusations of conspiracy which
are made to serve as pretexts for the imprisonment of a
number of citizens. It is looked upon as intolerable that
a so-called Liberal Cabinet should follow the course of the
advocates of personal power, and forget the responsibility
which belongs to it.
LYDIA THOMPSON AND THE EDITOR.—Great
excitement has been caused in Chicago by the rencontre
between Misses Lydia Thompson and Pauline Markham
and Mr. Storey, the Editor of the Chicago Times. On the day
following the attack the Times published the following ac-
count thereof—" My wife called at the Times office about 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and we started for myresidence
at Wabash Avenue. When near Teck-court I saw a man
and woman go around the corner and approach a carriage
which was standing in front of a house two or three doors
from mine. When opposite the carriage, a man whom I
suppose is Mr. Henderson, stepped up in front of me, and
said, Is this Mr. Store ?' I replied, ` Yes, sir.' He
then stepped back, and a woman approached with a small
whip in her hand ; she struck me, I think, on the shoulders.
I did not feel the blow, as I had my overcoat
on. I concluded that it was the intention to have me
whipped by a woman, and to avoid it I caught the
woman by the throat and took the whip from her. Hen-
derson then came and up and struck me on the forehead with
the butt-end of a large cow-hide. I took it away from
him when he drew his revolver. He retreated some dis-
tance, when two other men grabbed me from behind and
pulled my hair. Quite a crowd collected by this time, and
Mr. Alexander and several other gentlemen put Hender-
son and two of the women, Lydia Thompson and Pauline
Markham, I believe, into a hack and they were taken to
the Armoury by a policeman. The last two men who as-
saulted me got into another carriage and drove off." Mr.
Storey causedka charge of assault with deadly weapons to
be preferree against the women, and, if sustained, the re-
sult will be serious.

AN AGGRIEVED PARSON.—An aggrieved parson
writes to the Daily Weirs, complaining of the rubric which
forbids him to bury any but baptised persons. "I have
had to grieve a family in my parish by refusing to inter a
young man in the burial-ground attached to my
church because he died unbaptised, and this has
,deeply grieved me. I was obliged to obey the law,
especially as I knew that my diocesan had lately laid
it down that the rubric was not obsolete. There
are certain rubrics that he has set me the example of
breaking, as that at the beginning of the Communion
Service :--` So many as intend to be partakers of the Holy
Communion shall signify their names to the curate, at
least some time the day before.' But this rubric to the
Burial Service I seem bound to obey. It has pained
me to grieve a most respectable family in the time
of sorrow. It has also pained me to be obliged to put a
stumbling-block in the way of the Nonconformists of my
neighbourhood. I vote for a Nonconformist member of
Parliament. In my late and present parish I count the
Nonconformist minister among my best friends. With-
out being legally bound to it, in my school I have
always acted on the Conscience Clause. I am now in
favour of the League's amendments to the Elemen-
tary Education Bill. In my visits and in my charities
I make no distinction between Church people and
Dissenters. And as a consequence of fair and kindly
dealings with those whom too many Churchmen look
upon as the Jews looked upon the Samaritans, I find that
one-third of my communicants, and one-half of my confir-
mation candidates, are either the children of Dissenters,
or have themselves been Dissenters. And now, in obedience
to this harsh rubric, I am obliged to offend a body of
people who were being attracted to our communion,
The interests of the Church, as well as the rights of Die-
'muter!, call for the opening of our churchyards to 411
parishioners."