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London, England, 1869-06-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1869.

of the discussions, whoever is nominally addressing
the House is pointedly addressing him as " Sir," or
" Mr. Speaker." In striking contrast to all this, the
Lord High Chancellor of England is only by a figure
of speech, as one may say, the Chairman or Speaker
of the House of Lords. It is by little better than a
fiction that he presides over its proceedings. As
though it were from the fact of his having no chair
to sit in as head of the house, he is absolutely without
any of the authority usually accorded to the chairman
of every great public meeting. The noble lords who
are addressing the House are really addressing
the House—not the Chancellor. Throughout
their remarks they ara continually saying, " My
Lords" not "My Lord." The Chancellor is there on
the Woolsack arrayed in his black silk robe and his
full-bottomed wig ; but, he sits there as one may say
mumchance. Unless, when, in the ezereis.t of a
right not accorded to the Speiker of the House of
Commons—an official, so called, upon the lucus a
nun lucendu principle—he, literally, at these excep-
tional intervals, of his own choosing, steps aside from
the Woolsack, still arrayed in his robe and flowing
wig, when he himself, we say, takes part in their
lordships' discussion. That privilege, the privilege of
speech, he certainly possesses. Bat, as to any autho-
rity he might be supposed to have for maintain-
ing order in their Lordships' House, or in regulating
its proceedings, he has, to all intents and purposes,
none. Yesterday this clearly unsatisfactory state of
things in regard to the conduct of public business in
the House of Lords, was brought under the
consideration of that branch of the Legislature
by the noble and learned Lord, the Master of the
Rolls. Lord ROMILLT'S reason for doing so was, in

itself, sufficiently notorious—the °cession, in fact,
arising out of the unseemly and most disorderly
manifestations of applause which have, more than
once of late, proceeded from the occupants of the
Strangers' Gallery. Daring the late noble debate
on the Irish Church Bill in the House of Lords,
we have ourselves heard proceeding from that
Strangers' Gallery —not merely loud cries of " Hear,
hear," technically called. "Cheers," whea either voci-
ferous or long sustained, but the stamping of feet and
the clapping of hands, and now and then, even, or
we are very greatly mistaken, what is terme I among
Orangemen the Kentish Fire ! Now, applause of
any kind would be at all times simply dis-
grac2,ful, proceeding from that particular portion
of the House of Lords set apart for the accommoda-
tion of Strangers. But applause so hnpassione 1, so
noisy, and so wholly unrestrained in its character,
was nothing less than outrageous. It certainly ap-
pears most desirable that the nominal Iliad of

the House, the Lord High Chancellor, should
be empowered by their lordships to prevent the re-
currence of any such disorderly manifestations. It
is no doubt perfectly true, as was observed last even-
ing by the noble and learned lord n)w the oc.nipant
of the Woolsack,' that there are three remark-
able distinctions between the Speaker of the
House of Commons and that so-called Speaker
of the House of Lords, the Lord Chancel-
lor. Namely, First of all that the Speaker is
chosen by those who wish to select him for the
office; secondly, that he is chosen from among
members distinguished by their long acquaintance
with the business of the House, and to whose deci-
sions on points of order or calls to order implicit de-
ference is therefore paid ; and, thirdly, that he cannot
be a partisan, has no opportunity of speaking except
iu c.mrnittee, and is generally supposed to be a person
free from the trammels of party. The L)rd Chan-
cellor being—not a doubt of it—at a very
great dis tivantage in every one of these prtienlars !
Nevertheless, for all that, we cannot but think that

the noble an 1 learned lard the occupant of the Wool-
sack, should have place 1 in his hands at Ist the
power of keeping order—fa-, as the Marquis of SALts-

URY well said last ereuing, if there should dunce to

be a tyrannical Lord Cllancell:)r, thc House could

but t.kk,2 away fro:n hi•a the authority w'tich it is
now pr )pos.,d sholl I be co.iti IA to th o eadtvis of
.he ‘Voilsack in his etpa ity as firit Pe,,r of the

producer. There is no reason that we can see why
the principle should not be extended—why the
national exchequer should not, as wellas the local rates,
be drawn upon for assisting an arrangement so
thoroughly advantageous to all parties. Mr. GOSCHEN
intimated, indeed, that this matter was under the con-
sideration of the Government, and should they resolve
upon carrying it out, Sir WILLIAM HUTT will see
realised a project which he urged repeatedly, but
unsuccessfully, thirty years ago. Of course there are
difficulties of detail, and the Government as well as
the boards of guardians will have to guard against
any abuse of their office by persons who do not
require their assistance. But of the soundness of
the principle that the Government in some shape,
whether locally or imperially, should assist emigra-
tion, we have no manner of doubt.

LATEST INTELL LGENCE

(REU"'ER'S TELEGRAMS.)

A\IERICA.

NEW YORK, June 22.

The Canard steamer China arrived at 2 p.m.
and the Hamburg American steamship Westphalia
at 5 a.m. to-day.

The Allau (Glasgow) steamship St. David also
arrived out to-day.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1371; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 1381; the lowest, 1371.
Sterling Exchange on London lo9k.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 122.
" 1885 llBk.
it " 1867 ll9l.
10-40 46
Illinois 143.
Erie 291.

Cotton—Mikl. upland
Petroleum—Standard White 3ole.
Flour, extra state, $6.20c. to $6.80e. Cora, old
mixed, $9.6e.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, June 23.

The Wiener Presse of to-day contains the fol-
lowing statement :—" In the Red Book, shortly to
appe tr, a note is published of the diplomatic cor-
respondence between the Minister for Foreign
Affairs and the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at
Rome, stating that the Government will continue
to observe a policy of reserve with regard to the
lEcumenical Council, as the course which will be
rdopted by that Council cannot yet be foreseen."

NEW YORK, June 22.

According to Mr. Adam Moffat's report, the re-
ceipts of cotton for the last four days have been
4,000 against 1,200 last week. Shipments to Eng-
land 4,000 bales against 2,000 ; to France none
against 1,000 bales; and to the Cjntinent, 1,000
bales against 500 bales.

FRANCE.

BOURSE, June 22.—Three o'clock—The market
closed as follows :

4i per Cent. lO2 15
End of month
3 per Cent
End of month 7O 25
Credit Mobilier 247 50
End of month —
Credit Foncior 1582 50
End of month — -
RAILWA'

Bank Shares 2895
ItaF.an Fives 56 80
End of month —
Ottoman Loan
Do. Debt 45 GO
Spanish Threes 31
Home Debt —
Deferred
R. Cash.

Orleans -.— ...___.
921
Northern -... lo9l+
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern...„ 625
Western
Eastern •

Sardinian
Austrian

•
50
768 k

Lombard M2I
North of Spain 57
Saragossa
Roman 59

A SPRING SONG AT MIDSUM..IIEn.

The folowing char.ning trans'Ation app3ars,
here, in our columns for the first time—and it
does so not inappropriately in the midst of the
present spring-like approach of Midsummer. It
is from the pen of a true poet, Denis Florence
McCarthy—the Irish lyrist who has already
translated so exquisitely various masterpieces from
the French of Andre Chenier and from the Spa-
nish of Pedro Calderon. The vernal stanzas,
thus daintily " done,:-_nto English " by the Irish
Poet, are frQ'n the delicate and delicious French
original ot''lll. le Chevalier de Chatelain. They
are entitled "In the Foresit," and run as fol-
lows

Hark ! on my ear.
Pleasant and al., e,
The jocund voice of spring doth fall
T'ancy ther rise,
Mount L) the skies,
And follow Nature's tuneful call.

Scarce is the porch
01 tho green church
Thrown open where the blithe birds pray,
When each ono sings,
Bustling his wings,
And with a hymn salutes the day.

Up frum the wold,
A Blondin bold,
The squirrel climbs to the top of tho tree,
Woe to its guests
In their soft nests,
For ah ! a hungry hunter is he.

Groan grows the grass,
While, as they pas,
The Zaphyrs strew the earth with flowers,
Or softly spread
Moss for the tread
Of Beauty's feet in the noontide hours.

See the young bee,
Careless and free,
Sips from the cup of each opening flower,
But since he knows
Summer soon goes,
He bears the sweets to his winter bower.

Up the lark springs,
Swo2t the merle sings ;
Then from some covert out of view
Softly doth float—
Rings the strange note—
Echoes the cry, Cuckoo ! cuckoo !

On the sweet broom,
Breathing peifume,
The butterfly rests in the noontide's glare,
Or Kith his bride
Floating beside,
Wing touching wing, he frolics in air.

Murmuring sweet,
Sparkling and fleet,
The river glides, and its bright waves gleam,
And the young bird's flight
Is stayed at the sight
As he stoops to drink of so clear a stream.

The evening breeze
Sings to the trees
The sweetest music that ever was heard,
And its lullaby,
When night is nigh,
Brings happy sleep to beast and bird.

Save that the night
Hath its own delight,
For the Night-bird then displays his art,
And with poet skill
Sends a throb and a thrill
Of sweet emotion to every heart.

Such are the pure
Joys that allure
When Supprionn
-When thought doth spring,
Spring's sweet
wing,
the flowers to rise;
To seek and be lost in the azure skies!

The above poem, in its original form and under
its title Tans 1(z Fact-Resurrection, appeared very
recently in the Jersey Constitutionnel.

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CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, TUESDAY, June 22.

The Emperor is now at the Camp of Chalons, engaged
in his periodical inspection of the war resources of the
country. From-Chalons, it is now tolerably certain, his
Majesty will go to Beauvais on the 27th, and a speech is
generally looked for. Whether this part of the programme
will come off or not is not exactly certain. The
Constituttonnel thinks it probable, but cannot guarantee
it. I may mention that the moderate reformers here are
profoundly despondent at the aspect of affairs. The
Maclean letter and the honour conferred upon M. Jerome
David have discouraged them greatly. The letter to M.
Mackau is clearly against reform ; but the Emperor has
previously given manifestoes of this kind to the world,
and changed his policy afterwards. The elevation of M.
Jerome David to the dignity of Grand Officer of
the Legion of Honour is a fact which the
reformers cannot get over. M. David is an
" Arcadian," the chief of that select band, in deed ;
and I may explain that the Arcadians are the most un-
compromising supporters of Imperialism. Despotism
pure and simple is their creed. They opposed very
strongly even the moderate concessions of the 19th of
January. To confer distinction at the present moment
upon the leader of this party is deemed very ominous
indeed. Hence a speech at Beauvais is looked for very
eagerly.
M. Dalloz has taken the initiative of opening, at the
office of the Mouiteur Universel, a subscription in favour
of the victims of the recent melancholy events at
St. Etienne. It is said that this proceeding has given
very little pleasure in official spheres, and the occasion
does look a little inopportune. But some of the families
of the men who lost their lives by the fire of the soldiers
are in a most wretched state, and the subscription is ani-
mated by pity for wretchedness, not sympathy with riot.
A very interesting account of life inside the Concier-
genie has been written by one of the captives arrested on
the boulevards during the late riots. This prisoner
was, or says he was, no rioter at ail. He had
simply crossed the Boulevard Montmartre at a time
when it was deserted, and he and a friend were imme-
diately arrested by the police. They were carried off to
the guard house, where there were about 500 persons who
had been arrested on the boulevards; a great
many among them were badly hurt—some with
black eyes and swollen faces, others mopping
up the blood that trickled down from wounds in-
flicted by knuekledusters.' Most of them had lost their
hats, and had their clothes torn to tatters. At
tlllYY In tl,e morning they were formed in column,
surrounded by police, Gardes de Paris, and hussarsi,
and marched off. Their destination was the Con-
ciergerie, where about 200 were immured—represent-
ing pretty nearly every class of society. The writer
says :- --" There were fellows whose reckless, villanous
features were enough to inspire one with terror and loath-
ing. There were also highly respectable people, merchants,
tradesmen, journalists, and a few foreigners, among them
an American, Mho said that he was employed at the United
States Legation. All, without exception, lordly protested
that they had done no harm, and complained bitterly of
their arrest. Nearly every man was engaged in writing
to his friends, and the gaoler, on the receipt of a small
douceur, undertook to forward the letters to their destina-
tion. All were much fatigued, but in the large hall which
we occupied there was not a single bench or convenience
to sit down ; neither was there any convenience of
another description, and as necessity has no law,
the result was as unpleasant to nose and eye as can
well be imagined. At half-past nine in the morning we
were marched out, and a brown loaf was served out to
each man, together with an earthenware platter, into which
a spoonful of soup was ladled, the look and smell of which
was quite enough for most of us. The platters and brown
loaves were converted into seats, and enabled us to get a
little rest. The prisoners were greatly cast down, and many
of them wept bitterly ; a few were exasperated to such a
pitch that we had to do all we could to prevent their
resorting to extremities which might have had very serious
consequences for us all. At three o'clock we were called
out, and received a ration consisting of a handful of beans."
This elaborate meal was soon followed by a transference to
the fort at Bicare, where the quarters were scarcely any
better. The truth of this story is vouched for by the
Debuts, in which it appears. The writer will probably
beware of riots another time.

Rumours, even when they are absurd, are sometimes
curious. Of this kind is the report which has circulated
pretty freely of late that the Count de Chambord, heir to
the French throne according to the Legitimists, has
resigned his claim in favour of the Prince Imperial, at the
request of the Pope ! It is hardly likely that his Holiness
would make any such request. The Emperor is, indeed,
the eldest son of the Church, but he is by no means the
most tractable.

The Count di Girgenti, who was called from Rome ten
days ago to the residence of the ex-Queen of Spain, has
returned to the Holy City. The Libcrte says that the
Prince has again endeavoured to obtain the abdication of
Queen .Isabella in favour a the Prillce of the Asturias,
and again have entreaties and arumcnt in favour of this
course proved vain.
A young English nobleman 'aim has more than once
figured in the chronicle of Parisian follies, is again the
subj( et of divers raragraphs in the Paris pap: is. It is
another case of•ruin through the demi inonde, After having
plunged into dissipation until his career was arrested by
the interposition of the law courts, this erratic nobleman,
who is brother to a duke, has at length been incarcerated
in the residence of his mother at London. His eldest
brother and his mother allow him a pension of £4OOO a
year each, but only on condition that he remain on this
side of the Channel. The banks of the Seine are deemed
too dangerous for noblemen with a diminished patrimony.

TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS DAMAGES

A breach of promise case has lately been tried in
Chicago which has created great excitement in the neigh-
bourhood. It has occupied six days, and has resulted in a
verdict for $lOO,OOO ! The plaintiff is a schoolmistress,
named Amanda Craig; the defendant is a gentleman,
named Sprague, who has "plenty of greenbacks,"
on which it will be seen the lady has made a
heavy demand. The Illinois estimate of such matters
must, if we judge from the evidence, be somewhat
different from the English standard, or else the jury
accepted the defendant at his own valuation. A great
deal of correspondence was read at the trial, and the
following is a specimen of Mr. Sprague's epistolary
eloquence :—" Chicago, Oct. 10, 1865—my Dear amanda J.
Craig I have this moment received a letter from Connicut
new London returned to me that I wrote to you I sent to a
relation through o mistake she made a Great deal of
fun of me Because I denied of Going to Be mar-
ried (this letter lett the kat outt) she says I
must not Be mad at hear she says she wrote a
letter to Cincinnatti she says she will have some Good
fun mr sprague was Good a nuff to return the Letter to
me and that Lett the seacreet out why I did not Gett
letter from you will Please return the Leteer I sent you
through a mistake and I will send you the one that has
Been all the way to the yankees sttas for you to keep as
jock that is Plaid on me Booth By my Carelessness You
can send me a copp iff you Dont want to send the origion I
really Do nott Believe that lamin my right mind of the
time." Another letter gives an account of the writer's
illness, and promises to send "a Long Leteer as soon a 3 I
gett Beter." The lady (Miss Craig) appears to possess
more education than taste, and her letters, in which she
professes undying devotion, are well written. In one of
them the following questionable compliment is made toiler
correspondent. "The most artistic lines that could be
penned by other bands are as nothing to me when com-
pared with the lines of love and affection your fingers have
traced." Mr. Sprague, at the time of his acquaintance
with Miss Craig, presented a brilliant appearance, by the
aid of the tailor, hairdresser, and dentist. When Miss
Craig commenced to sue him he pulled out his
front hair, laid aside his teeth, wore shabby
clothes, and succeeded by various devices in making him-
self a complete object. The fair Amanda, however,
exhibited in court a locket with his portrait, which pro-
duced invidious comparisons, and rendered his sacrifice of
vanity to prudence useless. The jury, we may suppose,
having regard rather to the American standard of women's
rights than to the sense of the loss Miss Amanda Craig
had suffered by her hero's fickleness, awarded her the full
amount of damages claimed-220,000. The counsel for
Sprague will apply for a new trial.

It is rumoured in London city circles that, as an
acknowledgmint of the very able and satisfactory adniinis-
tietion of the 'resent Lord Mayor, a large and influential
section of the Livery intend to invite him to accept the re-
sponsibilities of a Second year of office. -
Miss Shedden's case was before the House of Lords
Tuesday for the twenty-lEt time, the plaintiff herself
having occupied neatly the whole bat time in addresses to
the bond°, wand.-ring fr-m one point to another. Tho Lord
Chancellor told her positively Le would not hear her after
that day.
TIIF. SIIEDDEN LEGITIMACY CASE. —ln the
Probate Court on Tuesday afternoon Lord Penzance
gave his judgment on the motion for a new trial
in the cause of Shedden v. ' the Attorney-Gene-
ral and Patrick (cited). He said that the reasons
for a new trial must be very strong indeed before he
would allow the whole case, tried so long ago, to be re-
opened. The only reason given for the proposed new trial
was the alteration of some post marks. There was no evi-
dence to show that this altered the bearings of tho case. Ho
thentort_diimissed the_apnlication. •