The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-15 00:00:00

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, July 14.
The Cunard steamship Scotia arrived here at 2
a.m. to-day.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1378 ; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 1378 ; the lowest, 1368.
Sterling Exchange on London llO.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1889
" 1885 l2lB.
" 1867 1204.
10-40 44
Illinois 144.
Erie 2BB.
Cotton—Ma upland 34ic.
Petroleum—Standard White 3l4c.
WASHINGTON, July 15.

General Grant bas issued a proclamation order-
ing the elections in Mississippi to be held on the
30th of November.

A separate vote will be taken upon the sections
of the new State Constitution, which provide for
the enforcement of the Test Oath and disfranchise-
ment of rebels.

Mr. Seward has gone to Alastia.
SOUTHAMPTON, July 15.

The North German Lloyd steamer New York,
from New York, arrived off the Needles at 9.15
this morning.

SPAIN.

MADRID, July 14 (Evening).

In to-day's sitting of the Constituent Cortes,
General Prim declared that Senor Ardanaz, the
new Minister of Finance, would re-establish the
credit of Spain abroad by showing respect for
obligations contracted, and by the payment of all
just claims.
The new Cabinet is regarded by the public with
satisfaction and confidence.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, July 14.—Three o'clock—The market
closed as follows :

41 per Cent.
End of month... Itaßan Fives 55 5
3 per Cent
End of month 7l 57i Ottoman Loan 327 50
Credit Mobilier
End of month... Spanish Threes
Credit Foncier ...1642 50 Home Debt —
End of month... Deferred —
RAILWAYS. Cash.
Orleans ... 945
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 6131

Western
Eastern ..
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
SaralTossa
Roman

800
5421

Anthony Trollope's New Story.

?he Vicar of Bullhampton. By Anthony Trollope.

No: I. Bradbury, Evans, and Co.

Another serial story by Anthony Trollope,
and, again, about clergymen ! It might be objected
cynically, upon the toujours perdrix principle, that
Anthony Trollope is almost always writing thus
about clergymen, only for this—that he is never
better, that be is never so recognisably at his very
best than when his imaginary people are living,
moving, and having their being in the clerical world.
"The Warden" and " Framley Parsonage," and
" The Last Chronicles of Barset" are about his
three best books, are about his three happiest efforts
—the last-mentioned of the three is, to our think-
ing at least, incomparably his masterpiece. Hence,
the very fact of this serial trending in the same
direction, makes it in a manner doubly welcome to
us, and we hail the first number of it accordingly.
Although it provides us, this initial number, with
no more than seven opening chapters, it is so freshly
written throughout that we are already familiar with
the whole of the scenery in the midst of which the
story will doubtless, from its very title, principally
ie, and we are even now intimately acquainted
with the chief personages peopleing the pages of
the imaginary narrative. Bullhampton proper,
meaning the little Wiltshire town so called—its
charming Vicarage—the local squire's estate and
residence, " fantastically named" Hampton Privets
—the ramshackle old mill of Jacob Brattle, lying
picturesquely and prettily in the midst of the
Water Meads—many of the quaint little ins and
outs of the continguous locality and the clustering
tenements—we seem to know all about them even
at starting. Then as to the dramatis personz, they
are sketched in so vividly, that, although they have
been only just now introduced to us, we appear to
reckon them all up among our old familiar favou-
rites, or at the least acquaintances. The two
heroes of the story, lay and clerical—namely, the
Rev. Frank Feuwick, the Vicar of Bullhamp-
ton, and his old college friend and intimate,
Harry Gilmore, of Hampton Privets, the Squire of
Bullhampton. And, together with thee, the two
heroines, one already married, the other doubtless
to be married—Janet nee Balfour, the young
Vicar's wife—and her friend, Mary Lowther,
from Loring, in Gloucestershire. Together with
these, we already seem to know all about
the Brattles down at the Mill—that doggedly
obstinate, irritable old Pagan, Jacob Brattle, the
miller ; his good-wife, with piety and excellence,
one is almost tempted to say, enough for the pair of
them ; their scapegrace of a youngest son, Sam
Brattle, and their ruined young slip of a daughter,
the father's darling, poor Carry, and her plain,
brown-visaged elder sister, Fanny, "aigood as gold,
the glory and joy and mainstay of her mother."
As yet we have had, of course, but the merest
glimpse, here, of what the plot of the story is
likely to be ; but it promises so well that we shall
look eagerly for the sequel. In keeping with the
general freshness of the tale, "The Vicar of Bull-
hampton" is noticeable for inasmuch as it intro-
duces to the serial-novel-reader a new illustrator—
H. Woods—who, iu one of the pictures at least,
has contrived to hit off, at once, two of the leading
characters, the obstinate, irritable miller, Brattle,
and tieuwick, the kindly, observant Vicar of
Bullhampton.

MADAME TITSSAUD'S.—The excursion trains, from
almost every part of the United Kingdom, are just now
bringing hosts of sightseers to the metropolis; anil to
ovoiv one we would say—" Do not leave town until you
have 1 een to Baker-street, and have seen the great wax-
work exhibition, where not only life-size portrait models
of the statesmen of the day may be seen, but some of the
most elegant and costly Court dresses, manufactured in
Paris by the first houses, are also on view."
DoNNILLE and Co., Belfast, dare the largest
holders of Whisky in the world. Their Old Irish Whisky is re
commended by the medical profession in preference to French
Brandy. Supplied in casks and cases for home use or exporta-
tion Quotations on application to Afeaus. Dunvillo and Co.,
Belfast; or 4, Beaufort-buillap,Strezd,Londou,
Tertisement,..

CORRESPONDENCE 1110111 PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, WEDNESDAY, July 14.

The sudden shutting up of the Corps Ldgislatif has
caused such widespread dissatisfaction that I doubt not
the Chamber will soon be called together again. The
Press almost unanimously condemns it; the murmurings
of the public are very general. By some it Is
whispered that the prorogation has been effected
in order that the Senate may be able to cut down and
restrict the programme of reform without let or hindrance
from the Corps L4islatif, but I am not disposed to
attribute any such sinister design to the Emperor. He is
excessively attached to his prerogatives, which is
not unnatural in a sovereign who has reigned
absolutely for eighteen years. The great blemish
of the message which was read on Monday was
the great importance attached to the preservation of the
Imperial prerogatives, and the evident desire to make it
appear that the reforms were coming from him as a free
gift, and not as a response to the demands of the nation.
This is the secret of the unpopular prorogation. The
Emperor does not wish it to be understood that lie is yield-
ing anything. He desires to appear in the light of a bene-
factor who is conferring upon the nation privilegeswhich it
has no right to expect, and hence he has thought fit to get
the Corps Legislatif out of the way altogether. It is true
that the deputies would have no power to discuss the
reforms, but they might give trouble by interpellations.
They might act as if they had some share in the reforming
business, whereas the Emperor clearly indicates by his
Message that he desires all the credit to himself.

It is difficult, however, to justify the adjournment of
the Chamber before the business for which it was specially
convened is finished. In England the House of Commons
is always adjourned during a Ministerial crisis ; but in
France there is no such connection between the Ministry
and the Parliament. The Ministers are not members of
the Corps L6gislatif, nor are they responsible to it—at
present, at least. It is most probable, however, that the
Chamber will soon assemble again. The Journal Officiel
has announced that the Emperor will receive the deputies
to-morrow, at the Palace of Saint Cloud. This shows that
the departure of the members from Paris is not desired.
The semi-official Patric says that the prorogation of
the Chamber for a few days was absolutely necessary, but
it will be convened again as soon as possible.
The uproar in the Chamber when this prorogation
was announced surpassed even the most riotous
performances of the present session. M. Jules
Favre was beside himself with rage. He declared
that the prorogation was not only a deadly injury, but one
which proved the impotency of personal power. How
he made out this latter conclusion I cannot tell, for his
voice was lost in the din. The President called him to order.
M. Favre then said that the prorogation was not merely
an impropriety, it was an infringement of the Chamber's
dignity. He was called to order again. Then he went
hack from the tribune or pulpit, from which the
deputies speak, to his seat ; but not feeling
satisfied with his performance, he again roared
out above the tumult that the proceeding had no
parallel in history, that the Chamber was subjected to
humiliation, and that personal power would not survive
the event. Such violence on the part of Jules Favre is
unprecedented. He is one of the most moderate, as he is
the ablest, of the Republicans, and it must have been a
deep sense of injury which led to this explosion.
The fifty-five deputies whose elections have not yet been
confirmed are especially indignant at the prorogation—
though most of them are Imperialists. They have
addressed a memorial to the Emperor, praying him t•
convene the Chamber again.

All accounts agree that the programme orreform was
not decided upon before Saturday, but the writers who
profess to be acquainted with the seerets of the Cabinet
differ materially in their versions of what took place at the
last meeting. The Gaulois says that the Emperor sat
in a deep arm-chair, with his legs crossed, ques-
tioned the various Ministers, took their opinions,
and then drew up and signed the programme
himself. The Empress is represented as " animated and
anxious." M. Rouher " spoke in a tone of concentrated
rage." The Patrie, on the other hand, affirms that the
Emperor was not the author of the Message. The versatile
M. Rouher drew it up voluntarily. All the Ministers and
all the members of the Privy Council were gathered at this
meeting, which lasted from seven o'clock on Saturday
evening until ten. M. Rouher, "in a tone full of
emotion," prayed his Majesty to sign the Message. " I
cannot be suspected of partiality on behalf of these
measures, but I believe the hour is come to adopt them."
His Majesty did adopt them. If M. Rouher really drew
up the programme which required his retirement for its
consummation, if he really recommended the Emperor to
take a step which must end in his own political downfall,
he must be credited with the most patriotic and disinte-
rested action ever recorded of him.

The contest for places to hear the debates is so keen
this season that a lively traffic in tickets is carried on.
Twenty-five orders for admission arc delivered gratuitously
by the porter to those who call for them early in the
morning. These are snapped up and sold in
the course of the day at the door of the Chamber
just as if the Corps L6gislatif were a theatre.
It is curious that whilst the price of these tickets last
session ranged from two francs to three and a half, this
year they vary from seven to ten, although the Chamber
is engaged only in the dull work of confirming returns.
Such is the growth of public interest here in parliamentary
proceedings.

M. Thiers is credited with a remarkably neat mot
apropos of the message. A deputy observed :—" Well,
Liberty is brought to bed at last." " Yes,"
was the
reply, "but it is by a Caesarian operation !"

THE COMIC PAPERS.

(From Punch.)

WIMBLEDON SWEETMEATS.—BuII's-Eeyee.
NOT ABDICATED YET.—Lord Derby still seems to reign
over his party, and not to have forfeited his claim to the
title of " The E(a)rl King."
Box ET PILETEREA NIHIL.—Mr. Grenville Murray
makes light of the effect of Lord Carington's tap on the
head. But to judge by the disgraceful scuffle in Marl-
borough-street Police-court, he was decidedly afraid of
the effect of Mr. Newman's box on the ear.
THE CHANGELING.—Nurse Canterbury (holding out the
infant, " Irish Church Bill") : "Which we've took the
greatest care of 'im, mem, and 'ope you'll think 'im
grow'd." Mrs. Prime Minister : " That is not my the-ild
—not in the least like it."
"COMING EVENTS," &c.—ln the match at Wimbledon
he Commons beat the Lords. In the contest between
these two bodies, expected to come off immediately at
Westminster, many persons arc hoping that the Commons
will be again victorious. Betting in favour of the Lower
House.
OH, WOODMAN !—A correspondent of the Times calls
attention to the deplorable and disgraceful fact that several
of the finest trees in Kensington Gardens, and particularly
five or six noble old Scotch firs, have been brutally felled.
Who was the Vandal that—by the hands of his servants
—felled them ? He must be a very stupid feller.
A DOUBLE MEANING FOR Dis-ENDowmENT.—People
seem to forget that the monosyllable "dis," used in com-
position, has two meanings. There is the Latin "dis,"
Which means separation ; the Greek " dis," which means
doubling. In the case of the bill fOr "Disendowing the
Irish Church," the Commons employ " die" in the former
sense ; the Lords, in the latter.

(From Judy.)

The Normal State of our Work-girls—Sew, sew ; and
Judy is afraid, in many respects, it is but too true.
A Claw OF CONDOLENCE.—We cannot help feeling
sorry for the American gentleman who has been refused
admission into the sacred salons of the Reform Club. We
presume he will return by the Black Ball Line of steam-
packets to New York. And we wish he would take his
friend Bright with him.

(From Fun.)

THE BALANCE OF NATURE.—It will be found, as a rule,
that after " hot words " a coolness springs up.
THROWN-UP FROM THE DOWNS. —When is a pigeon's
photograph like one of Pickford's vans? When it's a
carrier's carte.

A PRETTY SITUATION.—The following advertisement
has plunged us into deep meditation. What does it
mean ?--" Governess (Nursery), to teach English and
music, and take entire charge of them and their wardrobe ;
a young lady ; the highest references can be given.
H. M., e.c."—English and Music want looking after so
much in these clays that we are delighted to hear of any
one who will take entire charge of them. But we are
puzzled about their wardrobe. English may have its
ideas clothed in good language, but how is music's ward-
robe to ho understood? Its nether garments possibly
would be c(h)ords.

The Birmingham meeting in favour of " the bill,
tho whole bill, and nothing but the bill," is to be held at six
o'clock on Saturday evening, in the open space at tho back
of the Town Hall. it is stated that two of the borough
members—Mr. Dixon and Mr. Muntz —will be present.

The Irish Church Bill as amended by the Lords was
published on Wednesday. The original text as the Lords
received it has been printed with lines drawn through those
parts which have been struck out, and additions made by the
Lords tinted italics. The fast thirty-five thus
_
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AlitigaiPElßGat_

THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND THE IRISH
CHURCH BILL.

The feeling of the country with respect to the Lords'
amendments to the Irish Church Bill is being actively
displayed in public meetings throughout the provinces.
During the last few days these have been very numerous,
and the prevailing sentiments displayed, whether at Glas-
gow or at Sheffield, at Reading or at Bradford, have been
singularly unanimous. Concurrent endowment, as was
foreseen by those best acquainted with the temper of the
English middle classes, finds little favour, and in Scotland
the indignation which its mention has provoked has been
very strongly manifested.