The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-28 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, June 28.

The Official Journal of this morning gives the
exact words of the Emperor replying to an address
from the Mayor of Beauvais. His Majesty said—
"I rejoice that by coming here I am able to bear
witness to the progress made in agriculture and
manufactures, which progress is mainly due to the
good order maintained during the last 17 years.
This good order will, assuredly, never be seriously
disturbed." In reply to the Bishop of Beauvais his
Majesty said he always received the addresses of
the Bishops with great marks of deference, because
they invariably contained expressions of piety, and
never failed to call to mind holy doctrines. Should
his prayers be heard, religion would be held in
honour, the people happy, and France great and

properous.
BOURSE, June 26.—Three o'clock—The market
closed as follows :

4} per Cent.
End of month... -- Italsan Fives 56 50
3 per Cent
End of month 7O 10 Ottoman Loan ... 331
Credit Mobilier
End of month... Spanish Threes ... 31 75
Credit Foncior —.1580 Home Debt —
End of month... Deferred —
RAILWAYS. Cash
Orleans
li orthen la ..-. 10921
Lyons ltud Mediterranean
Southern__ 6231
Woster n
Eastern. .. —
Sardinien
Austriaz,
Lombard 5OBl
North of Spain
Saragossa.
Roman.... 551

ACCIDENT TO BRIGANTINE.—This filly met with an ac-
cident on her way from Woodyeates to Danebury on
Tuesday evening, but although she escaped unhurt, a
poor man was unfortunately killed. It appears that Bri-
gantine was in a large two-horse van, drawn by four
horses, and as thi-y were coming down Haruhain Hill,
within half a mile of Salisbury, the postilions went too
fast, and the hill being very steep, with a sharp turn at
the bottom, the wb .eelers ran into the leaders. The
postilion of the for, oar was flung from the saddle, and,
the wheels passing over him, he was killed instan-
taneously.
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CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS,

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
rArtis, SUNDAY, June 27.

In the midst of a period of comparative dulness E'J
remarkable and important incident has occurred tc
relieve the tedium of waiting for the opening of
the session. Your readers will remember that
Baron Jerome David was recently nominated to the
rank of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour.
This appointment, as I mentioned before, caused
general surprise, and was regarded as of very grave
import. Baron Jerome David is a young man, certainly
of no great mark ; andmany officials of high rank, ability,
and long service deemed themselves slighted by this
selection. It was thought, too, that as Baron Jerome
was chief of the Arcadians—the party more Imperialist
than the Emperor—his nomination must be looked upon
as an indication that the Emperor meant to make
no concessions. The affair, however, had still another
aspect. In the last Parliament the Arcadian leader was
one of the Vice-Presidents of the Corps L6gislatif, and
aspired to the chairmanship in this new Parliament, a post
which has, however, again been conferred upon M.
Schneider. Now, the latter thought himself aggrieved by
the conferring of such a distinction as that of grand officer
upon his rival. He, like many others, felt himself
slighted, and he accordingly resigned his post as President
°1 the Chamber. His letter has just been published.
He says that he regards it as a duty not to
allow the moral authority so necessary for the
President of a great assembly to be weakened,
and adds :

" The nomination at this time of Baron Jerome David
to the rank of Grand Officer cf the Legion of Honour
seems to me an event calculated to produce this result.
It has, moreover, a significance under existing circumstances
which compels me to beg the Emperor to receive my resig-
nation of the high post which he has been pleased to
confer upon me."
This letter was much applauded by some of the papers.
The Cunstitutionnel expressed itself unable to sufficiently
praise the dignity which has led to the inditing of this
epistle. The Liberte says that there can be but one opinion
in and out of the Corps Legisla.tif as to the laudable
firmness of this act.

Unfortunately for M. Schneider the story has a sequel.
his Majesty would not accept his resignation, and wrote a
letter, which has also been published, to inform him that
nothing offensive or illiberal was intended by the appoint.
ment of Baron Jerome David :
" At a moment when I gave you a fresh testimony
of my confidence and esteem for the eminent services
you have rendered to the country and my Government,
it never could have been my intention to do any-
thing affecting your dignity or the moral authority
which is necessary for you as President of the Corps
L6gislatif. The promotion of Baron JerOme David to the
rank of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour has none of
the character which you attribute to it. It is only the just
recompense of an honourable career, and the fulfilment of
a promise made last year, and which, I think, you knew of.
Neither can I admit that this promotion will have in the
public mind the meaning which you appear to appre-
hend. The policy of my Government is manifested clearly
enough to eliminate everything equivocal. After as before
the elections it will continue the work it ha.; undc,rtaken—
the conciliation of a strong power with sincerely liberal
institutions." _ _ _

This is an amende honorable which M. Schneider could
not but accept, and he has accordingly withdrawn his
resignation. It is questionable, however, how far he was
wise in giving vent to his feeling of discontent without its
being in his power to remedy the grievance. He has
proclaimed to all the world that the dignity conferred
on the "Arcadian" annoys him, and yet the dignity
is retained, and M. Schneider keeps his post. But the inci-
dent to the French people cannot be regarded as other than of
the highest importance. The Emperor clearly perceives
that the sentiments on non-concession indicated by the
Mackau letter and the appointment of Baron Jerome
David have dissatisfied and alarmed even s,)me of his
firmest supporters. He hastens to correct this impression
by assuring M. Schneider that his policy is compatible
with Liberal changes, and that he is not necessarily bound
to an ultra-Conservative line of conduct.

The courts of justice have recently had a surfeit of
political and press prosecutions. Business in the latter
department particularly has been very brisk indeed. The
Electeur Libre, and the Opinion Nationale, each
and all came to grief yesterday. But by far the most
important press trial was a very unexpected one, in which
M. Henri Rochefort was the defendant. This has
indeed been an extraordinary, unexpected, and serious
procedure. In the month of January a certain Robert, of
Myarle, and a M. Cornebois, were condemned to six
months' imprisonment for illegally introducing the Lan-
terne across the Belgian frontier. The charge against
them was that of a contravention, a charge
touching which the law does not admit of
accomplices. Yesterday, to the amazement of everybody
in Paris, the same persons were tried again, not for the
contravention of introducing the Lanterne, but for the
double ddit of exciting to hatred and contempt of the
Government, and of offence towards the person of the
Emperor. In other words, having first been sentenced
for the comparatively slight offence of illegally bringing
La Lanterne into France, they were again brought
up on the much graver charge of responsibility for
its conteds, and in this indictment AI. Henri
Rochefort was included as an accomplice. The
editor of La Lanterne has been sentenced to three years'
imprisonment, to a fine of £4OO, and to the forfeiture of
his rights as a citizen, including his right of voting and
his eligibility to the Legislative Body for the same term of
three years. It is not too much to say that this
trial has given rise to the utmost astonishment. It is one
of the fundamental principles of the French law, and,
indeed, of all law, that no person can be twice tried and
sentenced for the same offence. Is not this a case in
point? As M. Henri Rochefort is again a candidate for
Paris, to supply the place of n Gambetta, who
has been elected in two districts, the affair does bear a
queer look. The journals of to-clay say little about it ;
but they express the opinion that the sentence raises the
gravest judicial and political questions, and the Temps
promises to investigate the case,

Mr. Bourke has given notice that this evening
he -e ill ask the Attorney-General whether, in the event of
the House agreeing to the second reading of the Dublin Free-
men Disfranchisement Bill, it is his intention to bring in a
bill to disfranchise the ward of the borough of Bradford, re-
specting which Mr, Baron Martin has reported to the
Speaker that, being " inhabitated principally by Irishmen
of the working class, large numbers" therein " were influ-
enced by corrupt practices" at the late election ?
At the meeting of the Chorlton Board of Guar-
dians, on Friday, a letter of an unusual character was read.
The writer had been impressed with a sense of duty by a
sermon be had heard, and the duty he felt bound to dis-
charge was to express his " gratitude for obligations con-
ferred." The obligations referred to were contracted in the
tramp ward at the workhouse, and consisted of " the greatest
kindness from all the establishment." Tho writer appears
to attribute some of his misfortunes to the fact that he re-
fuses "to submit to the tyranny of a trades union."
There are now over 2,000 miners out in the Barns-
ley district who claim the support of the Miners' Union. On
Thursday night between 300 and 400 more men brought out
their tools at the Parkgate and Silkstone Pits, belonging to
the Strafford Main Colliery Company, rather than submit
to a redu tion of 10 per cent. The men at the Silkstono
Fall will, it is expected, come out next week. From the
aspect of affairs there seems to be no chance of arranging
the several disputes now pending in the district, some of
which have existed since February last.

The Western Mail reports that much consternation
and excitement has arisen in the town of Cheltenham, caused
by a rumour circulating that a certain well-known editor, in
connection with the local press, had absconded with the wife
of a wine and spirit merchant, also of that town. The
names, however, for the present, aro suppressed. It appears
there had been nothing known to have passed between the
couple to arouse suspicion, and the friends of the, runaway
lady express much anxiety on her behalf. Telegraphs, &c.,
were set to work, and the police are on their track. It is
thought they probably intend emigrating. The "selfish"
editor left behind him a wife and family.

The Government (according to the London Scots-
man) are understood to be " inclined to make a highly
favourable response to the memorial of the Scotch members
for a Secretary for Scotland. When the change conies into
effect, it will, in all probability, not entail the creation of any
additional office, but will be given effect to in a great mea-
sure upon the basis of the extra official arrangement which
worked so well when Mr. Gordon was Lord-Advocate. Most
probably the purely legal functions of the Lord-Advocate
will be entirely relegated to the Solicitor-General, who will
be a fixture in Edinburgh, and to Mr. Moncrieff will be
assigned dignities and duties which belong to the ancient
office of Queen's-Advocate."

Professor Beesly, at a tea-par ty in Manchester in
connection with the Amalgamated Carpenters and Joiners
on Thursday, said he had noticed two things in reference to
trade unions. First, there was a great difficulty in getting
men to fill offices of importance and trust who were fit to
Gil thmi; and, secondly, when they did get such men, there
was frequently great disposition to distrust them and not to
give them full confidence which an honest man deserved
when he tried to do his duty. lie spoke in terms of great
compliment of Mr. Applegai th, and said there was no man
in England who had conduced 50 much to the successful
result of the late trade union inquiry as Mr. Applegarth.
That Commission was set on foot by employers to strike a
blow at their organisations. It was thought that they could
got evidence which would set the whole kingdom against
them, and that then the Legislature might be employed to
crush them. But although they had got the inquiry they
clamoured for, they would not get the legislation they cla-
moured for.

THE LORDS' AMENDMEN

rive more pages of amendments have been issued, the
most important proposal being made by the
Earl of SHAFTESDURY....-In clause 67, which deals with
the surplus, he will move that half of the property be
applied under the management of " the Commissioners of
the Loan Fund Board of Ireland" in order to aid certain
persons by grants of loan at interest not exceeding
the rate of or less than £2 per annum. Loans may be
granted to (1) farmers holding farms either below or above
five acres, in stocking, draining, repairing, building, or
otherwise improving their lands and holdings ; (2) trades-
men or mechanics, dealers or huxters, weavers or spin-
ners, fishermen or boatmen, or persons in other occupa-
tions requiring loans of money for their respective
callings. He also proposes that when the commission
expires ten years hence, half of the surplus funds then
remaining shall be applied for the benefit of the labouring
population of Ireland.
Viscount MoNcx will move that any person who is
aggrieved by the act of one commissioner may require his.
case to be heard by the three commissioners, instead of
two.
Lord DUNS ANY will propose that the case shall be heard
by the other two commissioners. In Clause 25, which pro-
vides several enactments with respect to churches, he will
propose to leave out sub-section 4, which grants that
where any church vested in the commissioners is not
disposed of under preceding sections, they shall dispose of
such church and the site thereof in such manner as they
think expedient. In Clause 3d he will move that in
the case of any burial-ground not adjacent to any church
now used, or other place of worship, but being in any
private park, demesne, or ornamental grounds, such
burial-ground shall be vested in the Board of Works.
Viscount GOUGH proposes to add to Clause 27 a proviso
that where any ecclesiastical residence is vested in the
representative body of the Church, the body shall have
the same power for recovering any sums due for dilapida-
tion as the successor of any archbishop, bishop, or incum-
bent would have had if the Act bad not been passed.

Lord SALTERSFORD (Earl of Courtoun) proposes that
whenever any annuity shall become forfeited, or cease
otherwise than by the death of the bolder, then a like
annuity shall thenceforth during the life of such holder be
paid by the commissioners to therepresentative body of the
church, who shall make provision for the proper discharge
of the duties appertaining to the office. _ _

The Archbishop of DUBLIN. —To propose that every
claimant shall be reimbursed of all reasonable costs and
expenses properly incurred by him in establishing any
claim under the Act

The Bishop of PETERBOROUGH will endeavour to get the
words "with any burial-ground annexed or adjacent
thereto" to the proviso that where any church appears to
the commissioners to be ruinous, such building shall be
preserved as a national monument.
Marquis of SALTSBURY.—In clause 14, which deals with
the compensation to persons deprived of income, be will
move to leave out the words " salaries of permanent
curates." He will also propose that in the event of the
formation and incorporation of the representative bodY
of the Church, the commissioners shall pay over to them
the sum of £200,000 to provide for the payment of the
servants and agents and other expenses connected with
the constitution of said body, and the management of the
affairs and property thereof.

Earl NELSON will propose several amendments to
Clause 16, which provides for annuities to cathedral

officers.

THE OVEREND A 211) GURNEY CASE A.S-13

THE GOVERNMENT.

Some further correspondence is published between Dr'
Thom (through his solicitors) and the Government in the
matter of the Overend, Gurney, and Co. prosecution.
Messrs. Lewis and Lewis write to the Secretary for the
Home Department as follows :—" We have the honour to
acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the
22nd inst., in which you state that the Government
will not undertake the prosecution of these defendants'
Since we addressed you upon the subject, the Lord Chief
Justice has fixed this trial to take place on Friday, the
2nd of July, and his lordship has decided that Dr. Thom,
the prosecutor, cannot conduct the case, and that the
court will refuse to hear him. Dr. Thom has therefore
desired us to communicate these circumstances to you,
and to add, for the reasons given in our former
letter, he will not instruct counsel, or add to
the heavy legal expenses he has already incurred.
This most important indictment, found by a grand
jury, and which charges the defendants with a conspiracY
to defraud the public of three millions sterling, will be
left in the state indicated unless the Government will
authorise the expenditure necessary to try it. The costs
(including the heavy counsel and other fees), even of such
a trial, which will probably last ten days, we would under-
take should not exceed X 5,000, and we state that limit
that it may not be supposed that any unusual outlay
will
become necessary."

To this the following reply, dated " Whitehall, June
25, 1! G 9," and signed "A. F. 0. Liddell," is made :—"
am directed by Mr. Secretary Bruce to acknowledge the
receipt of your further letter of the 24th instant, etig-
gesting that the Government should undertake the further
proceedings in the case cf 'R. v. the Directors of the
Overend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited),' and I am to inform
you that Mr. Bruce adheres to the decision communicated
to you on the 21st instant."

FATAL ACCIDENT TO AN ACROBAT.—OII Saha"
day a trapeze vaulter, named Becona (or rather Tanen),
who recently fell a distance of about twenty feet While
going through a performance at the Wellington gusic
Hall, at Windsor, expired from the effects of his injuries•
THE TOWN CLERK OF MANCHESTER.—The Prirue
Minister has in very flattering terms communicated to
Mr. Heron, the town clerk of Manchester, her Majesty
approval of his recommendation that the honour 0-
knighthood should be conferred upon Mr. Heron, in recog-
nition of his high character and position, and his long
services to the community with which he has been inira"
diately concerned.
CABINET COUNCIL.—At the Cabinet Council held
on Saturday, in Downing-street, the Ministers present
were the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Lord
Chancellor, Earl de Grey and Ripon, the Earl
of Kimberley, the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce.
the Earl of Clarendon, Earl Granville, the sight
Hon. E. Cardwell, the Duke of Argyll, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Hugh Childers, the
Right Hon. J. Bright, the Right Hon. G. J. Goscheo,
the Marquis of Hartington, and the Right lion. CI
Fortescue.

EMIGRATION FROM THE MERSEY. —The ernigrae
cion from Liverpool last week was not so great as that °I
the previous week. During the week there sailed six
i
steamers from the Mersey for the United States and
Canada. The Cunard steamer Malta with 530 passenger 6
the Guion Queen steamer Nelouska, with 624, the Inman
Company's steamer City of Paris with 870 steerage PO'
sengers, together with a full complement_ in the cabin;
the Allan Company's steamer Hibernian with 500 1/3•4'
sengers, and the Cunard steamer Lava with 310 pag.

sengers.
THE RATE DEFALCATIONS AT GREENWICH.---it
will be remembered that a few weeks ago l‘lr. Franclg
Durant, one of the collectors of parochial rates for the
parish of Greenwich, absconded, leaving ascertained
deficiencies amounting to nearly £3,000. Two joint
sureties for a sum of £6OO had been taken against
I.ny such defalcations, but the persons thus respon-
sible complained at the time of the great want of super-
ti ision exercised by the parochial officials in duly auditing
the receipts and payments. The defalcations in question are
supposed to have extended over a period of several years'
The parochial authorities, having commenced an action In
the Court of Queen's Bench to recover the full amount ef
the joint bond entered into, the sureties, through their
solicitor, made an offer for the payment of a sum of .0°43
in filischarge of their liability. A vestry meeting of the
parish has been held, to take this offer into consideratioa•
when, on the motion of Mr. Berry, seconded by Dirs
Major, it was rejected, and the action will proceed.
THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BRECON
MERTHYR RAILWAY.—On Saturday Mr. W. H. Brewer,
coroner for the western district of Monmouthshire,
commenced his inquiry at the Angel Inn, Alaesycw,ani
touching the death of Thomas Stokes Thomas, engine.
driver ; John Kendall, locomotive superintendent
Rhyroney Railway ; and John Simpson, locomotive
superintendent Brecon and Merthyr Railway, whose
deaths were caused by an enzine running off the
line at Maesycwmmer, on the 10th instant, lled
falling into the parish road. Mr. Henshaw, the general
manager of the line, and Mr. Roberts, chief engineer, were
in attendance, and stated that they were present at the
directors' request, who were anxious afford the jai
every information, so as to enable Ova to arrive at the
cause of the accident. From the evidence of William John
Crane, traffic inspector, it appeared that the trans consisted
of empty coal trucks, timl,er waggons, and five trucks
laden with iron ore, and one with tin plates. They passed
Maesycwmmer station all right, but soon after passing
under the viaduct the engine left the line, and witness
.
was going to jump off when the bridge went to pieces, and
the engine and tender and three of the trucks, laden with
iron ore, fell over into the road beneath. One of the
jurors said he believed the engine had been off the line
several times, but this was said to be the fault of the
platelayers. Another juror said he had heard the engine
was too light in front, which caused it to run off the line.
The engine was said to have been weighted by the Govern*
meat inspector, and as he was not present the inquiry WA°
Rdiourned for Lis attendance.