The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-27 00:00:00

THE EXEl'Aft BAZAAR.

Extensive arrangements have been made to give
next week in Exeter much éclat to the Grand Life-
boat Bazaar, and various entertainments on behalf
of the Devon and Cornwall lifeboats. Some months
,ince the Prince and Princess of Wales took the
undertaking under their special `patronage. The
bazaar has also received the pat! onage and support
of the most influential residents of the two counties.
The programme of the entertainments is as fol-
lows :—On Tuesday, March 30, a grand fancy fair,
bazaar, and flower show, at the Royal Public Rooms,
will be opened with a public ceremony by the Mayor
of Exeter ; a military band will attend ; Richard-
son's show, magic and legerdemain, by well-known
amateurs, will also be performed. On Wednesday,
March 31, fancy fair, bazaar, and flower shot
will be held at the Royal Public Rooms. A per-
formance will also be given in the evening at the
Theatre Royal. On Thursday, April 1, a lane)"
fair and bazaar will take place at the Royal
Public Rooms. In the evening a grand ball will
be given at the Royal Public Rooms, under the
superintendence of Lady Poltimore, Lady Agnes
Courtenay, the Mayoress of Exeter, Mrs. Chiches-
ter, Mrs. Hartley, Mrs. T. B. Gibbs, and several
other ladies. By the kind permission of the colonel
commandant, the band of the Royal Marines will
attend at the ball. On Friday morning, April 2, 3
fancy fair and bazaar will be held, also a grand morn-
ing concert is to be given at the Royal Public Rooms,
under the direction of Mr. Asbe; and amongst the
artistes are, Madame Lemmens-Sherrington, Miss
Meenan, Mr. Nelson Varley, and the celebrated Hun-
garian basso profondo Herr Angyalfi, solo mustel
organ, Mr. Lemmens. In order that all classes may
have an opportunity of enjoying this great musical
treat, a second concert is to be given in the evening
at reduced prices, and the week's entertainments
will conclude with a special bespeak to be given in
the evening at the Theatre Royal. Every one con-
nected with these amusing Easter entertainments
on behalf of a great and philanthropic cause, has been
unceasingly engaged in assisting to perfect them
and to make them a complete success. Foremost
amongst these workers are Messrs. T. B. Gibbs and
C. H. Edmonds, the zealous and able honorary
secretaries. It may be mentioned that the Na-
tional Lifeboat Institution has 22 lifeboats on the
coast of Devon and Cornwall, on which it has er
pended about £ll,OOO. These 22 boats also in-
volve an expenditure of at least £l,lOO a year to
maintain them in a state of efficiency. Hardly °
storm occurs that some of these lifeboats do not
perform noble services in saving shipwrecked crews•

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, FRIDAY, March 26.
We are once more engaged in a conflict of rumours.
multitude of statements has caused considerable dig'
quiet, not to say panic, on the Source, and Ire
are troubled with all the vague apprehensions
which worked so much mischief last year. To begin at
home, serious dissensions amongst the Emperor's Minis:
ten) are said to have broken out. M. Rouher is auZ Prise.
with both M. Forcade de la Roquette and M. Magee:,
The disagreement between these is so serious that it
doubtful how long they will be able to continue at g
ale
same board. To make (matters worse, the Emnerer'a,
health has given more cause for anxiety during the lit
two or three days. Such are the leading rumours whiell
have brought Rentes down. They are:composed, as:nstlei;
of a very small proportion 'of truth and a very lerg,"
admixture
of fiction. No doubt the Empero
Ministers rg
are not unanimous on every question ; whe!
Ministryis ever was? But, if my information be correct, it
not the question of war or peace, as the near.
mongers affirm, which is the subject of dispute
at present. The far weightier question of internal Policy'
and especially the pressing subject of the general election,
are now the topics of deliberation and the causes of some
little dispute. The Ministers differ as to the amount ana
the kind of interference which ought to be exercised at the
election, but it seems that this discrepancy has been Much
exaggerated. There are at present no signs of M. Rouher's
the
withdrawal or replacement. As to the illness Of
Emperor, it may be sufficient to say that the report
absolutely incorrect.
A still more bewildering maze of hints, suggestionS,
and reports come from abroad. The Belgians, we itfiei
told, will not make any concessions ; they w.
allow the commission to sit, but not Ling detriment:"
to the interests or the honour of Belgium shell 1:
tolerated. Then the Etendard comes out with a con.
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spicuous statement, to the effect that a great number
Prussian troops are being concentrated along the railw
f
rom Breslaw to Beßemberg ; why, it is impossible to divine.
Next, the Temps is a little alarmed at the proceeding t
the Prussian Government with regard to the Wnrke
Luxemburg. An officer has been sent over to control the
demolition of the fortifications, and this step hit/
given rise to a very lively debate in the Luxeraburf
Chamber. The Temps considers the sending of this ()facet
a menacing act, " reflecting the disquiet which is felt Ile
Berlin through the uncertainty of the general situation.a
Lastly, there is the " alliance" between Austria
Italy, the purport of which is, we are now inferini.eni
to leave a clear field to Prussia and France in the even':
a war between these two ; all which congloraerati,i
of perplexities I give for what it is worth. Individnel' they
these rumours are not, perhaps, worth much, hut
work a deal of mischief here. ts.., t
These political vagaries are supplemented P-Thei
collection of very substantial horrors. The °;,i-al.-
day, during mass at Notre-Dame, Annecy (Savoy), anhis
vidual, pursued by a furious madman with a knife in
hand, rushed into the church and tried to take refa:
behind the high altar, but before the a ho
reach a place of safety, he stumbled and fell'
dead
stabbed him. The victim was deed t
a few moments. A maid-servant has killed her master.%
Marseilles. The man was in the habit of beating
wife, and the servant very laudably endeavoured to defer
her mistress. One day, however, this defence went
yond due limits, and ended in the man being stabbed to
fugitive Oulu
death. Smaller matters of tragical aspect are too
nu
rous to mention. an
The Patric gives a very gloomy account of the ErnP d
Charlotte's health. She is confined to her bed ;
besides the mental affection, which has increased in
She
tensity, a slow fever saps her strength. Jre eye is
fid,e6
and lustreless, and her conversation unconnected. Zing
often speaks of Mexico, and the old apprehension of b
~:
poisoned has returned. The Queen of the Belgians
only person from whom she will receive her food.
Memorial Diplomatique, on the other hand, contrardients.
this alarming account. It is happy to state that the r.i.
cess is as well as could be expected after the severe trials!
she has undergone.
The mo melancholy bulletis of the disasters eauseci
by the late storm continue to arrive. Many English veo.
eels have been lost. The steamer Cygne, of Caen, :13
just arrived at Havre with the captain and 16 men of
English ship Janet Mitchell, of Glasgow. The caps
the
informs the English Consul that, having lost all his
s,_e,
he ren th
a
and not being able to bear up against the gale,
vessel ashore at Savenelle, in order to sav
lives of the crew. Later accounts state that her
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that 811..e
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stern is now buried in twelve feet of sand, and
is fast breaking up. The steamer Grand-Erapereur was_ to
be seen about twenty miles off the coast with the disabled
three-masted ship Zanzibar in tow, and the tug Neptur
had gone out to fetch the French brig Raoul-et-Aureel
hie,
of t
on shore near Deauville. The coast from Hermanvill toe
COU,SCU:IICB is strewed with wreck forming part
yobed
e
Norwegian barque Peters. Nine bodies have been
ashore ; one of them has the name Thomas
tatooed on the arm, A child is supposed to have been on
.
board the vessel, as among the objects found on the be_or.
are a copybook containing grammar exercises in
the
wegian languag in
e and two rude coloured pictures.. "-i. 34The;
body of a woman holding two children embraced
to
arms has also been found near Ouistreharm
wrecked fishing-vessels, they are not to be numbered. .-1.0
gale has been one of the most severe of late years.

ERAA.TUM. —ln our Law and Police of the
211,.
inst., it was stated that at the York Assizes, two Pers°"
named Whorlow and Gringer, were convicted for obtain'
ing money on false pretences.' This was inaccurate, e°
far as Gringer was concerned, the judge stating th.a_ii
against him there was no case. While regretting our In 15",
statement, wo congratulate us Griner pat 1)79 11-5-1
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