The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-08 00:00:00

necticnt, will receive the nomination of Minister to

Austria in place of Mr. Motley, resigned.
General King, the United States Minister at
Rome, has applied to his Government for the pur-
chase of a house in that city for the Legation, where
the Protestant service could be performed under
the shelter of the American flag. It is thought that
this would cause bickering between the various

denominations as to which should control the ser-

vice, but this would not occur to anything like the
extent some journals in America suppose. In pre-
sence of an overwhelming and hostile ascendancy
all branches of the Protestant Church amalgamate,
and the general proposal is more feasible than the
experience of the churches in America „would lead
people to think probable.
We are not surprised at the scene in the House
of Representatives on Tuesday, the 19th of March,
exciting shoats of laughter, though such exhibitions
tend to damage its reputation. While the debate

was proceeding on the Relief Bill (million dollars)
for the South, Mr. Woodbridge, of Vermont,

characterised General Butler's amendments as tricks

of a demagogue to kill the bill. The general, in a

rage, sprang to his feet, and thrice exclaimed at

the top of his voice—" That's fair play from Ver-
mont ! is'nt it ?" The attitude and tone of the

speaker indicated ungovernable anger, and all looked

for a personal collision when the general sat down,
and the house, after a pause of expectation and
amazement, struck with the absurdity of the exhi-
bition, burst into roars of laughter. Nor was this
the only scene that occurred during this debate.
Mr. Bingham was attacked by the general, who as-
serted that he belonged in spirit as well as body to
the Democratic side of the house. Mr. Bingham
retorted with excitement, ending of course with an
unpleasant allusion to Fort Fisher. General Butler
charged back with reference to the trial of Mrs.
Surratc, where Bingham was Judge Advocate. The
retorts were bitter and personal, and created a lively
sensation.
Tammany Hall, long the head-quarters of the
Democracy in New York, has been sold to Charles
A. Dana for $175,000, to be taken possession of on
the Ist of May as the office of Mr. Dana's new Re-
publican paper.
Miss Carmichael, the once Mormon poetess, who
apostatised in favour of a husband exclusively hers,
is about to publish a book on her life in Salt Lake
City.
Mr. J. B. 1). De Bow, it appears, it is not dead,
his brother having been the person whose death
occasioned the outpouring of obituaries.
Mr. George W. Mountford, formerly consul to
Candia, is writing a history of Crete, which will be
published in a few months.
Henry Bill, of Norwich, has given Ledyard, his
native town, $l,OOO and 300 volumes, as a nucleus
for a public library.
The friends of the late Moses F. Odell, of New
York, have decided to found a department of
American history to his memory in the Wesleyan
University at Middletown, of which institution he
was an early and constant patron. An alcove in
the library has been set apart and christened the
" Odell Alcove," and over $3,000 worth of books
already purchased.
The new steamers Bristol and Providence, larger
than any of the Sound boats, will be run between
New York and Bristol, connecting at the latter
place with the railroad to Boston, and the route
will be opened on June 1. The project of building
a new railroad from Warren to Mansfield, thus
shortening the distance by railroad from Bristol
to Boston twelve miles, is under serious considera-
tion.
All the stock of the Salisbury Branch Railroad
has been taken, Commodore Vanderbilt being down
for $350,000 worth.
The State Association of Connecticut base-ball
players has elected the following officers :—Presi-
dent, John A. Sterry of Norwich; vice-president,
Gershom B. Hubbell of Hartford ; secretaries,
C. E. Terry of Waterbury, and William M.
Hudson of Hartford; treasurer, S. P. Smith
of New Haven. The season for the champion
games is limited by the first days of May and No-
vember, and they are to be played under the
general rules of the national association, though a
series of special rules was adopted.
Professor Jacob Orton, of Rochester (N.Y.)
University will probably succeed to Professor Paul Chad-
bourne's professorship at Williams College. Professor
Orton was a graduate of Williams in 1855, and will have
charge of the scientific expedition which the Lyceum of
Natural History :propose to send to South America next

summer.
Captain Jabez Peck, one of the early settlers of
Pittsfield, and one of its most respected citizens, died at his
residence on Sunday evening, after a few weeks' illness, at
the age of 86, and Hosea Murrill, another aged and
wealthy citizen of the town, diod on Monday morning,
aged 83.
General Steadman has been nominated for col-
lector of internal revenue of the first district of Louisiane,
but is not legally eligible, not being a resident of the
district.

Brigadier-General 0. Brown has been made
bureau commissioner for Virginia, in order to relieve
General Schofield for more entire devotion to the Recon-
struction business.
John Hughes, Southern candidate for State
Senate, was unanimously elected Mayor of Newborn, N.C.,
Thursday, by the aid of the negro vote.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis has another son.
Between one and two o'clock on Wednesday
afternoon the Prince of Wales and their Majesties the
King and Queen of Denmark, attended by some members
of their suite, visited St. Bartholomew's Hospital.