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—
"1 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 2G.—Three o'cifock—The marke
closed as follows :

41 per Cent.
End of month... -- Italian: Fives 56 50
3 per Cent
End of month 7O 10 Ottoman Loan ... 331
Credit Mobilier
End of month... Spanish Threes
Credit Foncier ...1580 Home• Debt —
End of month... Defer red ......
RAILWAYS. Cash
Orleans , ...... ..... 0211
Northern .... ... 1092i
Lyons and Mediterranean ...... 9421
Southern__ 6231
Western ... 5BO
Eastern • • , —
Sardinian ..... 5Ol
Austrian .. 763i
Lombard . 5084
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman 551

ACCIDENT TO BRIGANTINE.—ThIS filly met with an ac-
cident on her way from Woodyerates to Danebury on
Tuesday evening, but although slate 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 they were coming flown llaruham
within half a mile of Salisbury, time postilions went too
fast, and the hill being very steep, with a sharp turn at
the bottom, the wheelers ran into the leaders. The
postilion of the former was flung from the saddle, and,
the wheels passing over he was killed instan-
taneously.

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CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, SUNIIAT, June 27.

In the midst of a period of comparative dulness a
remarkable and important incident has occurred to
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. Baton 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 IZgislatif, 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
Qf 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 of 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.'
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This letter was much applauded by some of the papers.
The Constitutionnel 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 L6gislatif as to the laudable
firmness of this act.

Unfortunately for AI. 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
Ltgislatif. 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 has undertaken—
the conciliation of a strong power with sincerely liberal
institutions."

This is an ampule 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 JerUme
David have dissatisfied and alarmed even some 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
Siecle, Electeur Litre, and the Opinion Nation«le, each
and all came to grief yesterday. But by far the most
important press trial was a very unexpected one, in which
M. Henri Ilochefort 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 delit 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 Lantane into France, they were again brought
up on the much graver charge of responsibility for
its contents, and in this indictment M. Henri
llochefort was included as an accomplice. The
editor of La Lanterne has been sentenced to three years'
imprisonment, to a fine of WO, 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 M. Gambetta, who
has been elected in two districts, the affair does bear a
queer look. The journals of to-day 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 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 Lis 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, largo 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 unioo."
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 Parkgato 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 TVestern 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 wino and spirit merchant, also of that town. The
names, however, for the present, are 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 ou her behalf. Telegraphs, &c.,
were set to work, and the police are ou 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) aro 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 comes into
effect, it will, in all probability, not entail the creation of any
additional office, Lut 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."

Prufessur 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. Firet, there was a great difficulty in getting
men to fill offices of importance and trust who were fit to
fill them; 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. Applegarth, and said there was no man
in England who bad conduced so much to the successful
result of the late trade union Liquiry as Mr. Applegarth.
That Commission was set on foot by employers to strike a
blow at their organisations. It was thought that they could
get 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.