The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-21 00:00:00

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

The police have just made a very laudable descent on
certain cafés in the Quartier Latin, which have for some
time enjoyed the reputation of being complete " hells."
At the time when the police made their appearance, no
feWer than ninety-one persons were found congregated
round tables at which baccarat and lausquenet were being
played. A scene of indescribable uproar took place
when the serpents de title entered the room. Tables
were upset, glasses smashed, and the gamblers dis-
persed to all parts of the house, some trying
to get away by the roof, others by the windows. But the
Parisian police generally do their work very neatly, and
every avenue of escape had been guarded. The commis-
sary took down the names, occupations, and addresies of
all those present. These comprised not only students,
but clerks, shopmen, artists, actors, petty tradesmen,
waiters, servants, women of bad character, and profes-
sional card-sharpers. After this successful " bag," the
sergents de rifle started for another café. Here seventy-
four persons were trapped; and at a third, twenty-four.
The crew of the ship Pietre-Anna have just been landed
at Fecamp, after four days of suffering in an open boat at
sea, without food. Their vessel was burnt on the way
from Spain to Antwerp, and the flames spread with such
remarkable rapidity that the men had barely time to save
their lives.

The menageries in Belgium have been the scene of
two or three frightful accidents. A week or two

ago a lion tamer was torn to pieces. Last week
the folks of Roubaix witnessed a frightful struggle with

a tiger. Tho tamer had failed, at first, to command
obedience obedience from the animal, but, after some difficulty, the
tiger went through some of his exercises. The people then

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cried out to the man to be satisfied, and come out, But he

was not satisfied, and attempted to go through a
further performance—an attempt which ended in the tiger
lying down before the door of the cage. The tamer struck

the animal, and a struggle ensued, the tiger lacerating
the flesh of the man in all directions, and the latter

furiously beatin4 the animal with his loaded whip. At
last the beast succumbed, and the keeper, braver than
wise, came out covered with blood.

THE DIVISION ON TILE IRISH CHURCH

BILL.

Three divisions took place on Monday night in committee
on the Irish Church Bill, the majorities in favour of the
Government being 107, 111, and 98 respectively. The
first trial of strength took place on Clause 12, Mr. Gathorne
Hardy having moved to leave out the words " 1871 " and
insert " 1872." This was lost by 301 to 104. Only one
Conservative voted with the Government—ColonelJames
Grant. Three Liberals went into the lobby with
the Opposition—Sir R. Clifton, Mr. W. I.T. Maxwell,
and Sir Robert Peel. The next division was also
on the same clause, the question being that it
should stand as part of the bill. The motion was carried
by 214 to 103. Mr. Orr-Ewing, who supported his party
on the first division, now went with the Government. The
Liberals who voted against the adoption of the clause
were Sir R. Clifton, Mr. Dalway, Mr. Maxwell, and Mr.
S aunderson. The third test was taken on an amendmentpro-
posed by Mr. Gathorne Hardy on Clause 14, but the Con-
servatives were once more defeated by 330 to 232. Mr. Orr-
Ewing again supported the Ministry, but six Liberals
walked into the lobby with the minority, viz., Sir R.
Clifton, Mr. Dalway, Mr. Maxwell, Sir Roundell Palmer
Mr. Saunderson, and Mr. Whalley.

It will be seen from this that two Liberals who had
hitherto either abstained from voting or bad gone with
their party went over to the Opposition—Sir Robert Peel
and Mr. Whalley. Sir Robert Clifton and Mr. Maxwell
were the only two Liberals who went into the lobby
with the Opposition in all three divitions. Colonel
Grant, who voted for the bill going into
committee, supported the Government in the first
division, abstained from voting in the second, and
went with his own party in the third. Lord Bingham,
who had previously given his voice in favour of the
Government on each occasion, voted with the minority
in the first and third divisions, but was absent in
the second. Mr. Saunderson, an Ulster Liberal, who is
opposed to the principle of the bill, went into the
lobby with the Ministry in the first division, but sup-
ported the Opposition in the second and third. Sir Robert
Peel only voted once, when he went against his party.
Mr. Whalley formed part of the majority in the first
two divisions, but deserted his friends in the
third. Sir Roundell Palmer, who was present
in the House during nearly the whole of the
proceedings, only recorded his vote once, which was in the
last division, when he voted with the Opposition. Mr.
Butler-Johnstone went with the majority in each division.
Mr. Dalway, who has voted against the bill on every occa-
sion, was not present when the committee divided on the
first amendment ; he, however, went with the minority
in the next two divisions. Lord Stanley and Mr.
Disraeli were both absent. It is not known what kept
the eldest son of Lord Derby away on such an
occasion, but the leader of the Opposition could
not put in an appearance owing to a severe
attack of gout. Mr. Glyn and Mr. Adam acted
as the Ministerial tellers in each case ; Mr. Noel and Mr.
Hart Dyke did a similar duty for the Opposition in the
first and third divisions; and Mr. Charley and Mr. Wing-
field Verner acted in that capacity for their party on the
second occasion.

It never rains but it pours." The cotton mills
of Lancashire seem to have teen particularly amenable to
fires on Sunday ; wo have already reported two. The Man-
g/ester Courier now reports a third at a cotton mill at Broight_
net, near Bolton, belonging to Messrs. Itylands and Son, of
Manchester. The building was a three-storey ono, built of
;tone ; thu upper room was used for mixing, the middle for
i,inuirg, and the ground floor for blowing. lbe fire com-
I;encecl in the top storey, and rapidly gained such hold (the
oont being stored with cotton) that in a short time the place
vas wholly destroyed. The loss is roughly estimated at
ClO,OOO.

Sir Frederick. Heygate has given notice in com-
mittee oa the Irish Church Bill, if M. Disraeli's amendment
en clause 29, lino 42, is rejected, to move the following
,lause to follow. (Providing for disposition of glebe lands):
—" When any real property so becoming vested in the com-
missioners consists of glebe lands, or other hereditaments
which have bleu appropriated or granted, by or in pursuance
of any statute or Royal grant, or letters patent, since tne
second year of Queen Elizabeth, for the endowment of any
rectory,vicarage,or otherparoch iul benefice, the commissioners
shall, on the application of the said representative body,
made within six months after the Ist of January, 1871, by
order vest such property in representative body, subte9t to
any life interest subsisting theroin."

PARIS, TUESDAY, April 20.
The Corps I,gislatif is thrusting the Budget through
the House with amazing rapidity. Yesterday all the
votes for commerce, agriculture, public -works, fine
arts, the Emperor's household, and several other matters,
any one of which might have given rise to infinite discussion
at any other time were passed. But there is now nobody
to talk about the Budget. So many of the deputies have
got leave of absence that it is difficult to form a House,
and those who come are inclined to get rid of the business
as speedily as possible. The one thing noticeable in yes-
terday's discussion was an amendment calling attention to
the high tariff imposed by America on French brandies.
Some of the worthy deputies would like high duties on
foreign goods imported into France, but they find high
duties imposed on French commodities imported into
America extremely inconvenient and annoying. And
well they may. The United States Customs taxes French
brandy to the tune of 1,115 francs for every hectolitre of
pure alcohol. The consequence is, that whereas French
producers sent 70,000 barrels of brandy to the United
States before the protective tariff, they now send only
one tenth that number. M. Planet was the chief
speaier yesterday. He thought it strange that the Ameri-
cans, at the end of a war, should have substituted a prohi-
bitive for a moderate scale of duties. The consequence
was a great falling off in the commercial exchanges between
France and the United States. The Government of that
country ought to know from experience that high duties
were not profitable to the Treasury. During the war of
secession it had imposed a very heavy tax on whiskey,
and, hoping to obtain 100 millions from that source,
it had only received from fifteen to twenty. Afterwards
the impost was reduced and became much more productive.
M. Planet thought that the proper course would be, not
to make reprisals by adopting a heavy tariff on this
side of the Atlantic, but to "address the American
pebple in the name of the French nation." It is to be
hoped that the Yankees will profit by the appeal. No
exception can be taken to M. Planet's discourse, but
it is clear that free trade is good for all alike. If French
manufacturers suffer so much from high duties,
there certainly ought to be no clamour against the
treaty with England. In this case people com-
plain of a duty which of all others may be
fixed at a high rate with justice—the duty on spirits.
It is positively affirmed that the Empress is about
to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. One of the papers
says that her Majesty will proceed straight from Corsica
to the Holy Laud. The story goes that this journey will
be only the accomplishment of a vow which was made
some months before the birth of the Prince Imperial. As
soon as her Majesty knew her condition, she solemnly
engaged herself to offer thanksgiving in the Garden of
Olivet, should she safelygive birth to an heir to the French
throne. This vow was to be fulfilled before the Prince had
completed his fifteenth year. It is a wild story—but then
the Empress is not wholly free either from fanaticism or
superstition.