The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-30 00:00:00

fliE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENIN 51, MAY 30, 1807.

just WI t 3 a similar demand made to Mr. DIXON, a
plaster en, of Bradford, on Saturday, March 30th,
intimntit ig that unless Mr. DIXON'S brothers joined
the uni )n that day the men would strike on the
Monday • morning. It is fair to add that the request
had be V. previously made to Mr. DIXON, but
the opportunity for intimidation was seized when he
had man-4 • contracts on hand and was pressed for
time. lit t, therefore, sent back a note intimating
that his lh lathers would join as required. Embol-
dened by :their success, the men sent back the mes-
senger to gay that the note was not satisfactory, and
unless the entrance fee of half a guinea each was at
once paid the strike woul I take place. So far is
this syster I carried that when an employer who had
been brow, ght up to the trade, and being short of
hands and pressed for time, went to work himself,
he was ,struck against by the labourers. The
case of Mr. HOWROYD, referred to in the
evidence of the secretaries of the Unions ap-
pears to bare been incorrectly stated. It
said that Mr. HOWROTD, on receiving the demand
hat his sons should join the union, locked out his
The fact was that he refused to c, mpel his
sons to. join, and the men'therefore struck on the
Monday as threatened. The other masters made
common cause with Mr. Hownovo, and locked out
their shops until the strike was withdrawn from
Mr. HOWIWYD'S. However, they did not hold to-
gether so well as the men. They gave in at the end of
five weeks, and left Mr. Hownorn to fight the So-
ciety alone, which he did. He got other men but they
have been continually interfered with and annoyed,
if not intimidated, as they went about the streets,
and consequently Mr. IloWnoyD has had to carry on
his work under great disadvantages. Mr. Ilownovn,
it seems, is quite willing to come forward and give
evidence himself, and we could not do better than
call him. So serious a height have these unions
grown to that builders are seriously embarassed,
and many large employers will not tender for work
unless protected by a strike clause. The workmen
are so commonly in the habit of striking fur an
increase of wages when a large contract is on hand
that the contractors, u..kss they have a strike
clause in the contract, giving them time in case of
a strike among their hands, are often very heavy
losers. It is satisfactory to learn, from the evi-
dence cf Mr. MauLT, master builder, and Secre-
tary of the General Builders' Association, that the
number of non-unionists is really very large—far
larger than the unionists ; but the reign of terror
which these have established prevents the truth from
being known. Mr. MAULT declared that the
masters had to give evidence b oth for themselves and
the non-unionists. " The fact is, th a the men
themselves are in many cases too frightened to give
evidence, and 1 am sorry to say that the
same is the case with the masters. I
have received, viva voce, I should think, a
hundred times as much evidence as I have
received in a form that I could bring before this
commission; and I have received many letters also,
but in these cases the masters have said, We do
not wish to make martyrs of ourselves, we do not
want our names mentioned, and you must not say
anythingaboat this before the royal commission." In
one case certain men offered to come forward and
give evidence if they were enabled to emigrate after
doing so. Really we had better not hear much more
of the tyranny of the aristocracy and the selfishness
of the masters !

:11 CU .

We are not surprised that Mr. BEALES finds him-
self in a position of some difficulty, so much so
that he has had to confess it. Last night at the
carnival of the Reform League he said that they
had met with a view of considering what the future
oairse o► action of the, Leage should be. After
what had occurred
,in the house the night before it
was, he said, difficult
.to know what to do, for
" really all their friends on the Liberal side were
doing nothing but complimenting the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, and saying they were perfectly
satisfied with the bill, which was as much
as to say that the Reform League might be
shut up." This was the unkindest cut of all, and
evidently revealed the truth of the matter in a great
measure. lie must bear in mind that Mr. BEALES
sail not a word himself in "favour' of the bill now
before Parliament, although he was obliged to
admit that all their friends in the 'louse had agreed
as to its merits in its present amended form. We
think that this is disingenuous oa the part of the
League, because right is right in all places,
and if they had been told at the com-
mencement of the session that they would
have even half what has been conceded,
they would have been surprised. Mr. BEALES will
not argue that OTHELLO'S occupation is gone, how-
ever, and though some may believe that the agita-
tion for Reform is at an end he thinks otherwise ;
the League has a great deal to do yet, and he for
one is not prepared to lower the banner of man
hood suffrage. This is a great mistake iu every
point of view. Manhood Suffrage is quite incom
patible with the state of things in this country,
and will never answer. As for the intimation
made that the League could be useful in many
other matters, Mr. BEALES' best friends should ad-
vise him not to attempt too much. What answers
for one purpose seldom if ever answers for another ;
and, allowing that the League had done all that its
members profess, it would be a suicidal act on their
part to keep up the affair, with a view to carrying
other measures. They would best illustrate their
real love for the cause they profess to have so much
at heart by frankly acknowledging the services
rendered to it by the Government, and case from
their labours.

SMELLYUNGUS AT TIIE DERBY.--The Derby of
1867 will be for ever 'numerable, says a dyspeptic and
snarling contributor to the Stturday Review —first, because
it was snowing hard half an hour before the flag fell ;
secondly, because it was won by a horse who had been
long regarded as good as dead, and who, it was believed
only came to the post in order to save numerous bets that
depended on his starting. There is perhaps nothing, even
under the most favourable circumstances, so wholly and
utterly uncomfortable and unenjoyable as the Derby-day.
From the beginning to the end it is one continuous struggle
to move, to breathe, to see. A succession of rushes requiring
the greatest muscular exertion—a 'ush to the railway-
station, a rush from the train to a fly, a rush from the fly
to the Stand, front the Stand to the Paddock, from the
Paddock to the Ring—this is the character of the great
holiday of the year. It is a strange sort of pleasure to be
wtdged in for hours in a dense crowd, to be deafened with
the din of countless voices, to fight with arms and 1-gs to
maintain a footing, in order, at last, after long weary wait-
ing, to got one glimpse over tem thousand heads of a blue
and a red and a yellow jacket flashing by, and to see exhi-
bited on the telegraph the number of a horse whom for
weeks past you have proved to all your friends, with the
greatest critical and analytical sagacity, to be incapable
of finishing among Um first twelve. It is curious
what trouble and fatigue p.epie will undergo, espe-
cially about matters cf which they are entirely
ignorant. Out of es-ory humlryl pars xis w!lo go to the
..),Tby it is pre:ty cc t pia that nint.ty-nine know nothing
and care nothing tb.,tit racing ; th,y go from a dui!
.to custom, they get very much in the way, they
block up all the thoreughfarc,a, they run Perpetually up
and down stairs without aim or objact, and they eat and
drink a great deal more than is good for them. Tkere are
thousands no doubt who call this pleasure ; but lovers of
racing, in the prospect of such delights, may be excused
for regretting that tho Derby is not run somewhere else
than at Epsom.
In committee on the Repre.;entation of the People
(Scotland) Bill, Mr. Dalglish will move that the LTuiversi-
,ies of St. Andrew's, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Aly2rdeen
shall return one member; Mr. Baxter—That the counties
of &Mt k and Peebles be united and return one member.
That the counties of Ross and Crotnarty and Sutherland be
united and return one rry,7n,y.‘r ; and 3.1 r. Itob3rtbon
w:cl:shige.)•- That thj possetision of a residence within the
county shall form a necessary part of the county franchise.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Wednesday Evening.

The official journal of Austria, the Abendpost,
states from a certain source that the coronation of
the Emperor of Austria as King of Ilungary will
take place on the Bth of June, unless any unfore-
seen event should prevent it.

The Moniteur states that by a rescript of the Em-
peror of Austria the Diet of Croatia is dissolved
with the reserve that there shall be a new and
speedy convocation of it. The rescript mentions as
the reason for the dissolution, that the retirement
of the majority of the members of the Diet has
broughtto light pretensions which render the realisa-
tion of a constitutional arrangement impossible.
The rescript adds that the desire of the Emperor is
not longer to adjourn the ceremony of the coro-
nation.

It is stated from Berlin that a Conference of the
Plenipotentiaries of the St rtes forming part of the
Zollverein, and which do not belong to the Confe-
deration of Northern Germany, will meet in the
course of the month of July in that city with a view
to deliberate upon the modifications of the existing
treaties rendered necessary by the new Constitution
of Northern Germany.

The Turin Gazette announces that the definitive
signature of the financial condition between the
Italian Government and several large banking
establishments, represented by the house of Erlanger
and Co., took place on Monday last.
Private telegrams from Bucharest and Vienna
allude to excessive measures which had been adopted
by the Ministry of the united Principalities against
a certain number of Jews. It is added that upon
the representations of France, in which the Austrian
Government had joined, those measures had been
immediately withdrawn.
It is stated that King Victor Emmanuel wilt come
to Paris about the 10th June,. • accompanied by the
Duke and Duchess d'Aoste, Princess Clotilde, and
the Queen of Portugal. The illustrious visitors will
embark at Genoa for Marseilles, escorted by a
squadron now almost ready for sea. several Arabian
Caids have disembarked at Marseilles, on their way
to Paris to visit the exhibition.

A report has prevailed that there is an intention
to close the Session of the Chambers without pro-
ceeding with the important projects of law respect-
ing the press and the right of public meeting. I
believe there is no foundation for the report, and
that the Government is desirous to pass a law
which would relieve the press from restriction, as
far as is compatible with circumstances and the
temper of the times. Upon this subject .the Siecle
says :—" We never thought, for. our part, that it
would be possible to postpone two questions of such
importance, and to leave the citizet:s in uncertainty,
who wish every day to consult upon their interests,
and the journalists in suspense, between the admin-
istrative regime and the jurisdiction of the Tribu-
nals."

The France gives a positive contradiction to the
report, but seems to think it necessary to suspend
the deliberations of the Chamber temporarily. "In
that case, however,
,there would only be a short
prorogation, and they would meet again imme-
diately after the session of the CTeneral Councils."

The Memorial Diplomatique says that " the
evacuation of the fortress of Luxemburg by the
Prussian troops has commenced, and that on Satur-
day morning the greater portion of the artillery in
garrison in that fortress had left for Troves. The
remainder of the troops would leave the fortress
between the Bth and 15th of next month. As to
the war materiel, of which there was a large
accumulation in the fortress, that it can only be
taken away gradually, but there will not be much
delay."

A subscription has been • opened at Montauban,
the native town of Ingres, to raise a statue to the
memory of that eminent painter. The committee
is wider the direction of M. Prex-Paris, the Mayor
of Montauban.

The fête of the Rogations was celebrated by th •
Church of Paris, on Monday, in a pious and solemn
manner. The Rogations consist of fervent suppli-
cations made by the ancients with the hope of ad-
vt'rting any calamity supposed to be imminent.
General opinion attributes the institution of these
public prayers to Saint Matnert; a bishop who lived
about the middle of the fifth century, but some
writers say that these prayers were made in the
East before the time of St. Basile, t century or two
previously. At that period, however, the prayers
were vague and indefinite, and were only offered up
on occasions of pressing danger. Saint Mamert
made them a .regular and periodical institution, and
fixed the time for the three days preceding the
Ascension. Under this reform of Mariam% the
Rogations were adopted throughout the whole
Christian world. In several of the ancient pro-
vinces of France—Brittany and Languedoc, for in-
stance, the Rogations are celebrated with much rustic
pomp. The curate at the head of a procession leaves
the church to the sound of the bells, to bless the
productsof
theto
th earth,
square of the village so
, grand
that they may
.ttl
have their share in the benediction.
The thunder storm of Monday afternoon was of
short duration, and it was not violent, but accounts
ee rt afid the peasants conduct
their e,
have been received of considerable damage done by
e
it in several localities. the lightning struck the
northern tower of the church of St. Sulpice, and
s...veral masses of
.stene were precipitated to the
happily without mjurin-
ground, any one. The
lower ceiling of the tower was much damaged. The
electric wire by which messages may be conveyed to
the church of St. Germain des Pres, situated at a
distance of about half a mile, was broken, and in
falling It struck th, face of a passer by. To-
day the heat has been very oppressive and
another thunder storm seems imminent.

The soldiers in Paris having made a request to
be allowed to visit the Exhibition, the request has
been complied with in a rather curious but effective
manner. A military post hae been established
within the building. It is composed of an entire
battalion of infantry. 411 the troops, of the garri-
son of Paris and the environs will in their turn
form this post. The battalion arrives at 10 o'clock
in the morning, deposit their arms and accoutre-
ments under the railway gallery, and the soldiers
may then walk freely about the Palace and park.
At 5 o'clock the battalion is again formed in order,
and leaves the Champ de Mars by the gate of bor.-
our.

Great preparations are in progress in the Otto
man section of the park to give appropriate recep-
tion to the Sultan Abdul Azis. The pavilion, now
a very modest looking building, is to be changed
into sumptuous divans, which willbe fitted up with
Oriental luxury and magnificence.
It is said that the Chinese theatre will be cer-
tait.ly opened on Saturday next. .
swallows great A wonderful
conjuror, Ling-Loot, will astonish the natives.
numberslle
of eggs without breaking
them, and pits a Sword nine-tenths of a yard long
down his throat. The renowned Chinese juggler
Alexandrini will appear on the same day.
Such is the number of English visitors to the Ex-
hibition that it is often necessary for the railway
company to
put on extra trains from Calais to
Paris. One frequently sees more English than
French at the Palace.

Nearly
80,000 persons paid for admission on
Monday. In spite of some captious cavilling, the
simple fact is that every day there is an increased
desire to witness and appreciate its marvels.
.National
betweens
France and
The Opinionlt would seem
that clouds are again
Prussia."

One of the Paris papers reports that an autograph
letter of invitation from the Emperor has been sent
to the. Emperor of China, and that his Celestial
Majesty is likely to accept it, and show himself at
the ..Eihibition. This would be another good c.ird
for it.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A youth named Ed-
wards, iu. the, cmplqyment .of Mr. Lowe, gunsmith,
Chester, was killed under the followiug circumstances.
It apriirs that ho was engaged in compressing air for the
purpuf.e of charging an air gun. belonging to one of his
master's customer; whoa the globe employed in the pro-
cess burst. The upper half struck Edwards on the chest
:ujd j•w ba,la :,,fee that t;io hreastbaie was
Lroken-and the lower part of. ate jawbone was tort: away.
The unfortunate youth died ip about half an hour.

LATEST INTELLIGESOF.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

ARRIVAL OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA

IN BERLIN.

BERLIN, May 30.

The Czar has arrived here. hlis Majesty was
received at the Frankfort Railway Station by the
King of Prussia and the Princes, and the illustrious
party continued the journey together to Potsdam.