The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-24 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Aug. 23.
No time has been lost in appropriating the legal
patronage which recent legislation has placed at the
disposal of the Government. ➢ir. Chatterton's
patience has not been very severely taxed. Prompt
payment is an excellent principle in the political
economy of party, and he is not the only servant of
the Crown who has had the benefit of its practical
recognition. The session had scarcely closed when
be received the reward of his public services. At
3 o'clock yesterday he was sworn in as Vice-Chan-
cellor, and Mr. Warren as his successor in the office
of the Attorney General, before the Lord Chancellor,
at his house, in Merrion-square. Mr. R. Cusack,

clerk of the Crown and Hanaper, administered the

oaths. A brief address expresses his gratitude to the
electors of the University, and gives them notice that

another vacancy in the representation has been

created by his promotion. If the constituency were
fond of variety, it might well be an object of envy

to others who have not been so fortunate in attract-

ing the attention of political suitors. " To-day to
get lovers, to-morrow to lose them" has been its

course of public life since the present Government
came into power, but it is beginning to repent of
conferring its favours on so many, and to think it
more conducive to its interests and reputation to

select in future some candidate whose attachment is
likely to be permanent. The new Attorney-General,
Mr. Warren, will not be rejected; but in the not
improbable event of his following the examples of
his predecessors the electors are disposed to intimate
that no other law officer need apply. There is a
growing feeling that the University should be repre-
sented by some gentleman who has no professional
advancement to expect through the position which
it gives him, andthat, not merely inconvenience, but
positive dangers is incurred by itsinterest being con-
fided to those who may be hampered by official ties,
and unable in a critical emergency to take an inde-
pendent course and oppose any objectionable policy
which Ministers might feel constrained to adopt.
Mr. Warren has already issued his address in the
full confidence of an unopposed return, and by an-
ticipation seeks to turn the point of dissatisfaction
by the assurance that his position as Attorney-
General " will subserve rather than impede" his
exertions "to vindicate the rights and advance the
interests of the University, the Established Church,
and the learned professions." Tuesday next has
been fixed for holding the election. No announce-
ment has yet been made as to who is to succeed Mr.
Warren in the Solicitor-Generalship, but the opinion
is gaining ground that Mr. Harrison will be ap-
pointed.
Another candidate for parliamentary honours is
early in the field. Lord Hubert de Burgh Canning,
now viscount Burke, only surviving son of the
Marquis of Clanricarde, has offered himself to the
electors of the county of Galway, to fill the place
rendered vacant by the death of Lord Dunkellin.
He promises, if elected, to bring to their service the
same devoted zeal and unwearied attention which
his lamented brother constantly exhibited, and to
give his support to the liberal measures tending to
benefit the people and the interest of Ireland. He
is not likely to be opposed.

The report that the Government have given

prepared to give an equitable price, according to the
provisions of the act of 1844.
At Rathfriland sessions to-day 11 persons were
charged with complicity in the late riots. Mr. Magee,
the Crown solicitor, prosecuted, and Mr. Frazer,
barrister, defended the accused. He complained
that Protestants only were prosecuted. Mr. Magee
said he wished that both parties should be made
amenable. He applied fora postponement for a week,
and consented to give copies of the informations.
The cases were accordingly adjourned. At Granard
Fleming obtained a postponement to September 18
in order to forward informations. The Attorney-
General will receive fresh instructions. The magis-
trates were equally divided as to informations. The
Rev. Mr. Campbell's counsel admitting that there
is no evidence of assault the defendants were bailed.

directions to the Sessional Crown solicitor to prose-
cute the leaders of the Orange procession on the 12th
of July has excited a feeling of disquietude in the
North, and the probability of such an intention
being seriously entertained is freely discussed. An
impression prevails that the matter having been
allowed to rest so long unnoticed a prosecution now
would only tend to stimulate angry passions and
convert into warm sympathisers many Protestants
who now heartily disapprove the conduct of the
processionists. A fresh grievance would be added
to thoss3 of which the Orange party camplain.
A new incentive would be afforded to the hot-
headed youth of Ulster to resist the law, and
the course would be hallowed by what would be re-
garded as the martyrdom of their chiefs. Another
circumstance makes them think it unlikely that
proceedings will be taken against those who took
part in the display at Bangor. The object of the
monster meeting purported to be to petition Par-
liament for a repeal of the Party Processions Act,
and a memorial was actually drawn up and for-
warded to the Earl of Derby, who has sent a reply
to it, and so recognised, as they contend, the legi-
timate purpose of the assembly. How, then, can
the Government, with any degree of consistency,

prosecute those with whom the Premier himself has
entered into correspondence ? The memorial pro-
fessed to come from a Protestant meeting, and

there was no reference in express terms to the
Orange institution, but it was subscribed with the
name of " Wm. Beer, Chairman," and this might

have been thought sufficient to stamp its character.
The memorialists recall Lord Derby's recollection to
" the fact that processions on a gigantic scale have
more than once taken place in Dublin ; one of them
to celebrate the funeral obsequies of a traitor, the
other in honour of the memory of O'Connell."
They were accompanied by banners, green badges,
and bands playing music suitable to the objects
commemorated, and yet " the then Law Officers of
the Crown declared that these demonstrations were
not illegal." They quote the declaration of Lord
Cairns when in the House of Commons, that " he
could hardly understand any country that boasts of
its freedom being content to be told that it is to
be deprived of the liberty of using banners, flags,
music, &c., of any kind," and that a higher end
would be attained by accustoming the people of
Ireland to tolerate on the one side and the other
matters which in England are looked upon as in-
different. Mr. Whiteside's opinion, to the same
effect, was also referred to, and the Premier was
urged to secure for Ireland, as had been success-
fully done in Canada, the repeal of an Act
which had been a source of irritation and an-
noyance in Ulster. Lord Derby's reply was as
follows :

" 10, Downing-street, Whitehall,
Aug. 2, 1867.

"Sir,--I am directed by Lord Derby to acknow-
ledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th ult., en-
closing a memorial from the Protestants of Ulster,
assembled in public meeting at Bangor on the 12th
ult., on the subject of the Party Processions Act.
His Lordship desires me to state that it is his wish,
and that of the Government, that as long as the
Act continues in force it should be impartially ap-
plied ; but, in the present state of Ireland, he is not
prepared to recommend its repeal.—l am, Sir, your
obedient servant, "'" HERBERT MURRAY.
" William Johnston, Esq."

Recent events are not calculated to alter his Lord-
ship's opinion of the impolicy of repealing the Act,
but the expression of his wish and that of the Go-
vernment that it should be impartially enforced has
given satisfaction to the moderate men of both
parties. It would, however, in their judgment, be a
step of questionable wisdom to prosecute the leaders
after holding communication with them.
The investigation before the magistrates at
Granard Petty Sessions was resumed yesterday.
Other witnesses were examined to prove the nature
of the attack on the Rev. Mr. Campbell, and to
identify rioters. Mr. Curtis, for the defence, ad-
mitted the riot, of which he expressed disapproval,
but denied that the prisoners were implicated in it.

He censured Mr. Campbell, and contended that he
might have left the town quietly if the people had
not been led to suppose that he was going to preach.
Witnesses were produced, and the hearing of the
case has not yet terminated.
The autumn show of the Royal Horticultural
Society was held yesterday at Salthill, and though
the weather was not so favourable as was expected
there was a. large attendance. In the evening the
members dined together at Salthill Hotel.
The half-yearly meeting of the Dublin and Drog-
heda Railway Company was held yesterday, at the
Amiens-street terminus ; Mr. J. W. Moreland in
the chair. The report showed a prosperous condi-
tion of the property, and a dividend at the rate of 4i
per cent. was declared. The observations made at
the meetings of other northern lines in reference to
amalgamation were replied to, and the board de-
fended for declining unless upon fair terms. It was
also distinctly intimated that in the event of the
Government seeking to purchase they should be

THE SUN, LONuOS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1867.

different effects of modulation produced by the
clever artist. I say that people have to stand,
which, alas, is proverbial, for many remain thus
stationary till they are ready to drop, always ex-
cepting our elegantes, who are drawn up to the
pianos in garden chairs by officials in red and grey
uniforms. There they delightfully recline with
half-closed eyes savouring the musical treat, all the
more acceptable because it is gratis.
It surprises no one that the French jury of 1867
should have imitated the English jury of the Lon-
don Exhibition by awarding the medal of honour
to Messrs. Chickeriug and Sons ; but many were
astonished that the Emperor should i❑ person have
accompanied the presentation with the decoration
of the Cross of the Legion of Honour, the sole dis-
tinction of the kind awarded to emulating exhibitors.
Some of the sweetest memories of the Exposition
will be those of visitors who have regularly at-
tended Mr. Poznanski's trial of Chickering's in-
struments. From such music to the opera, grada-

tion is easy. Amateurs of grand things gratis
have not ceased gathering round the noble
edifice since the scaffoldings fell from it on the

sth August.

The opera forms the centre of that space facing
the Boulevard des Italiens, surrounded by the new
streets Scribe, Auber, Haleoz, and the continuation
of the Boulevard Haussmann. The principal front
of the edifice is a portico forming an open work of
seven arches. To the right and left of this are the
side or Lateral facings, on each of which rises a pro-

jetting pavilion, one of which facing the Rue Auber
is the imperial entrance, and 80 contrived that the
Emperor's carriage will set him down within the
walls of the opera. The first floor of the prin-
is ornamented with double rows
cipal facing
of marble columns and arches, which are not
only remarkable for carving and architectural em-
bellishment, but have been selected with a view to
add the splendid effects of colour to those of indus-
try; thus pedestals and pillars of brown Jura contrast
with Italian marble, the warm tints of violet-veined
stone heighten the darker shades of Raviere's block.
These are surmounted by the gilt bronze busts of
our principal composers, and the ensemble produces
the most striking effect.
White marble and sombre bronze statues will be
grouped in every niche,
most elegant flights of steps
lead to the boxes inside, each box, even up in the
fifth tier, has a small withdrawing room adjoin-
ing it. The stage is thirty-two metres deep, and
30 wide. The height of the immense stone gable
arising above the stage exceeds that of the towers
of Notre Dame. On the summit of the cupola above
the house is a gigantic ventilator, bearing the im-
perial crown and eagle in gilt bronze. The stair-
cases and lobbies, all of the richest masonry, with in-
laid warble, are so constructed that there are separate
passages and steps for corners and goers, so that
crushing is impossible. White marble and gilt are
used in great profusion about the imperial pavilion
on the ground floor, on which is a waiting-room for
the body-guard (the Cent-Garden), and stabling
for the escort. On the first floor to the right
of this pavilion is the Emperor's reception-
room, which is to be most splendidly decorated,
and to the left that of the Empress's. A gallery from
these state-rooms leads to the imperial box, but he has

another private one near the stage when he wishes
to enjoy the opera without all the ceremony of a gala
performance. On the summit, however, of his pri-
vate pavilion there is a cupola and imperial crown.
On the corresponding pavilion is another bearing
the mural crown of the Tower of Paris. Every
possible appliance that forethought could devise
has been provided. There is a station for a boly of
firemen and
police, a smoking room, refreshment and
waiting rooms, galleries, for those who have not taken
tickets beforehand, and a reserved entrance for such
aristocratic equipages whose coachmen cannot drive
their masters through the same openings fit for hired
fiaeres. There are no less than five underground
floors or stories below the stage, coach houses for
the Emperor's carriage, plenty of stages for the
Cent Gardes, without forgetting all the different
offices for directors, managers, under-managers,
and those who are employed in the different depart-
ments of the opera.
There are vast warehouses for stage decorations,
stage furniture, slips, and all the appliances for the
ballet, separate rooms for hairdressers, dressmakers,
also separate with drawing rooms for the deras and
tenors, whose throats are the recipients of those
wonderful sot's,
fit's, and zit's, which each costs a for-
tune to hear. This Opera-house is not Babylon,
nor Sodom or Gomorrha either, whatever our mora-
lists say;
it is only as yet the architectural
wonder may
of the nineteenth century, and to me it
seems built for the purpose of alluring the demi-
gods of fortune from those Elysian fields which arc,
in our times, situated near the mines of California.

COMMERCIAL.

NEW YORK, August 10

Money is accumulating in embarrassing abundance, and
rates continue to decline. On Governments, advances are
made at 3 per cent., on Stock Securities at 4, and on prime
commercial paper at 6 to 7. Government Bonds daily
grow stronger, and large orders have reached brokers to
purchase not only from the country, but from abroad.
Gold is steady and increasing, tliugh the market is dull.
Yesterday it opened at 1401,. and after declining
to 140 closed at 1401. The market was by turns
weak: and inactive, and strong and excited. The
general impression is, that in the face of the favour-
able harvest, the present high price of gold cannot
be maintained. The export of specie is decreasing. Last
week being the lowest during the summer, amounting to
$1,161,806, making the total from Jan. 1 $39,785,192, a
decrease of $12,398,871 for the corresponding period of
last year. The specie payments of customs continue large,
and though the Treasury sells small parcels, the increase is
considerable, the glut of money being accumulated in the
Treasury. American silver sells at 6to 7 cents below the
price of gold. Mexican dollars are quoted at 1031 to 101
in gold. Foreign exchange is dull and steady, a few
sales only being effected, at 1091 to 1091 in gold.
Erie broke last Saturday, fluctuating between
68 and 73 for hours. During the week it re-
mained quiet at the middle figure, but it fell again on
Wednesday, influenced by a rumour that a leading
director had resigned, and was marked at 691. In
sympathy, the New York Central has declined from 5 to 4
per cont., while other securities and investments, in-
fluenced by the same feeling, have generally declined.
Mining stocks are dull, though there is a better inquiry
for the Nevada Silver Mining Stocks, several recently
formed companies having proved their success by forward-
ing large returns of bullion. General trade is, to the last
degree stagnant, and as cotton goods are falling more
failures are feared. The following are the latest quotations :
At New York stocks are heavy and dull, . American
gold 1401, United States Five-Twenties (1862) 110 to
114, (1864) 1101, (1865)
, (1865, New Issue) 108,
United States Ten-Forties 99/, United States 7-30 Loan
1081, Missouri Sixes 103, Tennessee Sixes 671, Virginia
Sixes 50, New York Central Railroad 104, Erie 681, Erie
Preferred 78, Hudson River 1201, Reading 105, Michigan
Central 111,
811, Illinois Central 119, Cleveland and Pittsburgh 941,
Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana
Cleveland and Toledo 1231, Chicago and North-Western
45}, Chicago and North-Western Preferred 691, Pitts-
burg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago 1051, Chicago, Rock Island,
and Pacific 102}, Ohio and Mississippi Certificates 271,
Adams Express Company 73 to 741, American 74, United
States 76, Wells, Fargo, and Co.'s 671, Merchants' Union
16 to 18, Western Union Telegraph Company
461, Pacific
L Mail Steamship Company 1461.
Petroleum Stocks continue in fair demand at improving
quotations, particularly for Bennehoff Bun, Buchanan Farm,
Central, New York and Allegheny, Rynd Farm, United
Petroleum Farms, and United States.
The following are the closing prices to-day for Express
Stocks:-Adams 72 to 73, American 71 to 74, United
States, 73 to 75, Wells, Fargo, and Co. 661 to 67, Mer-
chants' Union 16 to 171.

(From Messrs. Bowles, Drevet, and Co.'s Circular.)
Paris, August 23, 1867.
Without any marked changes in value the market has
shown less animation than reported in our last, and con-
fidence fails to be re-established. Business in both com-
mercial and financial circles is excessively dull, and the •
accumulation of idle capital very great. Americans have
sympathised with the general market, and prices show
some decline, with little business. The issue of 1862 closes
at 83/ to 83 7-16ths ; ditto 1865, 81i to 81k.
Our advices from New York are to the 20th :
Gold .................................... 141
113 f
U.S. Bonds (1862)............••••"
The Rente closes at ............... 69 65
The Italian closes at ............ 49 10
Exchange on London ......•••••• 25 181
(From E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular, Aug.2l)
Our advices.from New York are to the 7th inst After
the Cuba left on the 30th ultimo the stock markets gene-
rally gave way, and transactions reported were more
limited ; early in the week, however, there was a renewed
demand for all kinds of securities. United States Govern-
ment Bonds showed no alteration in quotations excepting
for the 5-20's of 1862 and 1865, the descriptions currently
dealt in inEurope, thus leading to the conclusion that these
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