The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-12 00:00:00

THE ELECTIONS IN ROIIIIANIL.

The other day we published a telegram announcing
that the Ministerialists were winning the Roumanian
elections. Further intelligence now arrives to the effect
that the Opposition, Bratiano's party, has attempted to
provoke popular tumults. The majority of the electors,
however, have remained faithful to the cause of order.
The Opposition has elected some of its leaders, but the
Government is gaining a strong majority. This result is
of some importance, for the Opposition is the reactionary
party, while the Ministerialists support a policy of peace.
Beyond doubt the party in power hocusses all these
Eastern elections, and invariably contrives to get a majo-
rity ; but the result in this instance is not the less
satisfactory.

LITERARY. —An interesting feature of the
"Griffith Gaunt trial" in New York was Bin Reade's ac-
count of how his novel "White Lies".came to be written.
A. Maquet, a Frenchman, had written a play, " Chateau
de Gautier," which Mr. Reade purchased with a view of
translating and producing it in England. He was to pay
£4O for this right, but it was stipulated that if he failed
to have it accepted, £2O should be refunded. Failing to
have it performed, this condition was complied with ; but
Mr. Reade, not to lose the labour already bestowed upon
it, then determined to use the plot and incidents, con-
structing a story, but. before doing this be sent back the
.£2O to Magnet. After the novel was published, Magnet
wrote Mr. Reade a letter acknowledging his fairness and
honourable dealing. Owing to the copyright law then
existing between France and England he could not ac-
knowledge his indebtedness to Maquet for the plot and
incidents without losing his own copyright, but as soon
as the law was changed he fully explained the whole

matter.
Mr. Porter C. Bliss, lately from Paraguay, has
been appointed a clerk in the State Departtnent. He has
the discrepancy noticed between his narrative of
the circumstances of his release given to the newspapers
and the letter to his parents, which was also published,
oy saying that when ho was first. received on board the
Sandwich
Guerrifre the officers treated him kindly, but their man..
ner afterwards changed. The affair ‘vill soon be inveati-
gated by Congress.—Captain Walter M Gibson, the well-
known Arnerh an advcnturer, has writtsu to the Tribune
be
insaildl
enloefa.lt LhurtEdit looks
to propose a philanthropic scheme regarding
leland immigration. This is what C. Gibson gets in return
rtpuriigseh.t
blot
mmoaayt for his long letter: " We do not quite like the looks of thiS
1 . . New
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Belfast, are the largest
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THEATRE-ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
dole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, at 7, THE 3IAN OF TWO LIVES: Mr.o
Dllon. _

'ro"Couclude with PUSS IN BOOTS

TUF-ATIIr-POYA L. ITAYMATINF,T.
EVENItiq, BLUE DEVIT,9: Rowe. Eo_::era
Blick9tune. jam. Mi 34 Fanny Wright, &c. Afier which. "FTO,TE:
Messrs. Sothern. Chinnendale. &c.: 3lesdarnes Cavencii:-h,
&e. Followed by TIIE CAP ra I'; OF THE WATcII. r
Fothera. Concluding with MARE YOUR WILLS: Mr Buck-
stone. CommencA at 7.

PRINCESS S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining.

TIM EVENING, at 7, TWICE BILLED. At 8, AFTER
DARK: Mr Vining, Mr Walter Lacy, Miss Rose Leclercq, Arc.
And THE SECRET.

THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.

YS .17:VPINTNG, at, 7, DID YOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE
TO C A ?MERV/ELL: Mr. O. Belmure, Mrs. L. Murrav At 15
to R. BLACK AND WRITE: Messrs. Fechter, A. 'Stirling,
R. Phillips. Stuart: Cvlotts Leclercq, Blia4 Lennox Grey &c,
And WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH ; Mr Atkin.

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