The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-07 00:00:00

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TIER MAJESTY.

BALM ORAL CASTLE, Oct. 5.

'The Queen, accompanied by Prince Leopold,
the Prince Augustus and Princess Amelia of Saxe-
Coburg, and attended by the Maroiones.s of Ely,
drove to the Linu of Dee and thelLiun of QUoich.
Princess Louise drove out, atteuded by the Lion.
Mary Lasceiles.

COURT OP COMMO-V CO UA

Tills DAY.

A very important subject was brought
under the consideration of the Court to-day.
Sir Benjamin Phillips presented a memorial
from the Board of Works, who have
just completed the new street near the
Mansioa-house ; asking the assent of the court to
a proposal to extend the Metropolitan District
Railway to the Mansion-house by putting a station
at the top of the new thoroughfare close to the
civic residence of the Lord Mayor, and also
constructing a subway therefrom to the Royal Ex-
change. The proposal, he said, had been highly
approved of by the leading firms in the City.
Sir William Rose said the proposal was mon-
strous, and ;one that would not be for
the public service. He contended that the
board had no power to come to the court
with such a memorial, and therefore he moved an
amendment in the shape of a direct negative. Mr.
De Jersey supported the amendment. He said
the Board of Works were, in this matter,
interfering with a matter with which they had no
right, and the proposition, which embraced two
open cuttings in front of the Royal Exchange, was
one which he felt sure would never receive the
sanction of the court. The board were now en-
deavouring to thrust themselves into city manage-
ment, a matter that was not at all desirable. A
stormy discussion ensued, but on a show of hands
the amendment was carried.

The " important " communication of the Lord
Mayor to the Court on the subject of the opening
of the Holborn Viaduct and Blackfriars Bridge was
made with closed doors.

PARIS CORRESPONDENCE.

WEDNESDAY.

The Council of Ministers met to-day at St. Cloud. It
was said that the subject of their deliberations was the
work that lay before the Chambers in December; but it is
more likely that the Ministers were consulting as to the
measures they should take in presence of a unanimous
protestation from the Democratic party. They have been
much concerned at the excitement caused in Paris by the
publication of the unfortunate decree.

The Ministers aro in a fresh difficulty, and the subject is
uo less a one than the Paris elections. I have already told
you that the date originally fixed was the 7th of Novem-
ber, which would add the electoral excitement to the threa-
tened demonstration of the 26th. Becoming conscious of this
danger, the Ministers have, it is said, determined to postpone
the elections until after the opening of the session, but
with the fatal hesitation which now characterises all the
movements of the Cabinet of the Tuileries, they are unable
to decide upon the date. The Siecle, which positively affirmed
that the 7th November was the date fixed, now says the Go-
vernment have changed their minds. The Liberti satirically
observes that they do this ten times a day. Henri Roche-
fort is to be one of the candidates for Paris. He has
replied to an appeal from 223 electors, saying that hitherto
he thought his role was rather in the streets than in the
Corps Legislatif, but that the argurients of the electors
have convinced him to the contrary. He will do his duty
in the Chambers, hoping soon to do it in the Convention.
He will stand for the first circumscription.

M. Raspail has written to the Reforme, reiterating his
intention of being at his post on the 26th. M. Jules Ferry has
addressed a letter to the Siecle, calling upon the deputies fora
collective manifestation. The Siecle remarks that five depu-
ties, representing different sections of the Opposition, have
now declared that they will present' themselves at their
posts on the Nth, but the people of Paris will, it hopes,
abstain from joining them. The language of the irrecon-
cileables is not altogether encouraging. The Reveil charges
the people to be prudent and calm, but at the same time
it declares that the strength of public opinion surpasses
that of the crises of 1829 and 1847, and that France must
herself reply to the question, Shall the issue be liberty or
a return to the Dictatorship of 1851?
The Journal des _Dehats very justly observes that the
original fault of the Government was in not having
boldly and frankly passed from personal to parliamentary
government. It begins to be seriously doubted in France
whether the transition is to take place at all. There is
some talk of a meeting of the 116 in the early days of
November, at which the selection of the President of the
Corps Legislatif is to be discussed. M. Schneider, I hear,
has the best chance.

The Gaulois now declares that the Empress will not go to
Jerusalem after all, on account of a communication she has
received from M. do la Tour d'Auvergne to the effect that
political difficulties are in the way of the accomplishment
of such a project.
Yesterday the Emperor paid a visit to the Parisians.
He was in an open caleche, without escort. He stopped
before the 'new opera-howase, and examined M. Carpeaux's
group attentively for some minutes, during which time a
considerable crowd assembled in the place.
Accordin to the Libertg, it is affirmed in diplomatic
circles that the Emperor had thought at one
time of sending the Duc de Blouchy as ambassador
to St. Petersburgh, and that it was only by the
advice of M. de la Tour d'Auvergne that he changed his
plans. If this be the case the appointment of General
Fleury will lose a great deal of the importance which has
been attributed to it.

A contradiction has been given to the report that Father
Hyacinthe intends to start a paper. As for his interview
with the Bishop of Orleans, it has taken place, but was not
a very cordial one, as might have been supposed.
All that concerns the Pantin murder still continues to
excite the great interest, and public curiosity will not be
set at rest until the mystery has been unravelled. The
Journal de Roubaix says that an important discovery has
been made among the papers that were left by the Kinck
family in the town. In the pages of a copybook that
belonged to one of the children there was a German letter,
signed " Trauppmann," which traced out the course that
the elder Kinck was to take in proceeding from Roubaix to
Alsace. Trauppmann promises to meet him at the station
of Guebwiller on the 25th of August. There seems, there-
fore, little doubt that the father was murdered somewhere
in the town, and the space for the search has been circum-
scribed. It is expected that Trauppmann will shortly make
a confession of his crime.

The news concerning the strikes in the Loire district is
very unsatisfactory, and the stoppage of work seems to be
assuming dangerous proportions. It has been said that
these strikss have been encouraged by certain persons for
political ends, and that there is something significant in
their present prevalence.