The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-09 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The number of passengers who passed through
the St. Lazare station of the Western Railway on
Sunday was 255,500. Of these 245,000 were for
the local lines, and 10,500 for the long ones. Nearly
one-fourth were for the Champ de Mars.

The receipts at the Universal Exhibition on Sun-
day by the turnstiles were 63,543 fr., about 2,000
persons coining between seven and eight in the even-
ing, as after the main building is closed at six the
Park remains open until twelve.

According to the Annuaire 111ilitaire, just pub-
lished, the senior General of Division in the active
section of the French army is Count de Schramm,
named on the 30th of September, 1832. There
are 86 generals of division in the section, plus 6,
inaintained without any limit as to age, by the
application of the law of 1839, being 6 in excess of
the cadre fixed by the same law in time of peace.
'Cho section comprises 6:5 generals of brigade, or
4 more than the regular number.
The Italie of Florence says :--"A real crisis has
suddenly set in here at Florence relative to cop-
per money, of which the supply had hitherto
been almost too large. At this moment there is
literally no possibility of getting a soldo piece.
Phis state of things cannot be attributed to any
exportation of the coin, as every one knows
that the intrinsic value of this money is notably
below the nominal one. The presumption is that
„here exists some local speculation. This scarcity
of small change is the more remarkable that in the
last years the Government has coined more than it
wanted, and one of the financial statements of M.
fella declared the existence in copper of several mil-
ions of Italian sous."

The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the
:ollowing as the atmospheric situation yesterday :---.
•"fhe barometer has fallen rapidly since Monday in
Sweden and Norway, but has gone up in the rest
,f Europe. The centre of strong pressures was
his morning in Switzerland. Winds are blowing
strongly from the N. on the Black Sea ; from the
J].S.E. at Trieste ; and from the S.E. at Bordeaux ;
Whey are feeble over the rest of France. The sky is
generally clear, except in Norway, the South of
.iweden, and Scotland, where it is overcast. Some
thunder-claps were heard this morning at Nairn."
[a Paris yesterday the weather was again of the
finest summer character. At three the thermo-
meter marked 28 Cent. (82 2.5 Fahr.)
BOURSE, May B.—Two o'clock.—The market
continues to maintain an expectant attitude ; only
1. small amount of business is being transacted, and
She changes in the quotations of stocks and shares.
Ire directly attribu.able to the enormous sums
posted up for "discount." Today a further sum
,f 120,000 f. Three per Cents. is called for, besides
[70,0001. Italian Fives ; the first-named stock has
;ousequently advanced 32c., to 68f. 45c., and the
last 45c., to 49f. 90e. Credit Fonder shares have
,mproved 15f., to 1,430 f. ; lllobili r, lf. 25c., to
367 f. 50c. ; and Paris Gas, 5f., to 1,4901. Immo-

uiliere remain stationary at 200 f. The railway de.
partment is dull, but prices show no sensible modi.

iication.

Three o'clock.—The market has closed as fol.

lows :

ki per Cents 97 Bank Shares ......... 3450
Do. and month — Italian L0an......,. 49 85
i per Cents. 63 35 Do. end month 49 85
Do. end month 6B 321 lleximn Loan lB 50
)1-edit blobilier ... 360 Do. Bonds l3O
Do. end month ... 366 25 Spanish Throes
iredit Fonder — Home Debt •
Do. end month 1127 50 Deferred
RAILWAYS.

For Account.
Orleans
Northern ll5O
Lyons and lioditerra,uean 866 25
Southern 553 75
Western 540
Eastern
Sardinian —
Austrian
Lombard ' 363 75
North of Spain —
SaragosE9, —
Ditto to Barcelona —
Roman. —

PE TITION OF RIGHT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,--Allow my trespassing on your valuable
space, with regard to Earl Russell's presentation in
the House of Lords, last evening, of my petition,
together with the Lard Chancellor's statement in
reference thereto.

The noble lords evidently have mistaken the pur-
port of my petition, which, although Earl Russell
presented, he omitted to explain to their lordships
the " grievous injustice" complained of in reference
to his own affidavit of June, 1839, controverting
the Return to the House of Commons"—(sessional
paper 447, 1864), obtained by Sir Fitzroy Kelly.
It was not for a re-hearing of my case, v. " Sir
George Grey, Bt. (in Error), in the House .of
Lords," that I petitioned ; but that the House
would present au humble address to her Majesty,
praying that she will graciously be plea-sed either
to grant her fiat to my Petition of Right, or satisfy
her suppliant's claim on her Majesty .without suit
at all," the petition for a re-hearing having been
already presented, read, and referred to the Appeal
Committee, on the sth of April, 1867.
The Lord Chancellor, in his reply to Earl Russell,
states that he understood I intended to petition for
a re-hearing of the case, and if I took that course
the committee would be able to see whether I was
entitled to a re-hearing or not.
Now this vital point, connected with my grievance,
the very suggestion made by the Lord Chancellor,
had already been carried into effect, and the required
reference made to the appeal committee, hut has no
relation to the " grievous injustice" set out in the
petition merely presented by Earl Russell.
.1 feel deeply aggrieved that Earl Russell has not
explained even the nature of my case set out in the
petition, or its prayer, to the House. The petition
states : —" That the question, whether the fiat to a
Petition of Right is grantable ex debit() justitix, or
may be withheld at the discretion of the officers or
advisers of the Crown, is unquestionably a grave
Constitutional question, one of the highest moment,
both as regards the subject and the Crown, and
ought to be settled in the most solemn and formal
manner," &c. Also, "That Sir Fitzroy Kehy, on
the 21st July, 1863, having previously been Attor-
ney-General, stated to the Honourable the House
of Commons in reference to her Majesty's fiat being
granted to your petitioner's said petition of right;
as follows : Now, he, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, was pre-
pared to maintain, as a proposition founded upon
the constitution and law of this country, that it Wilf3
not competent or consistent with the duty of any
officer of the Crown to advise the Queen to with-
hold her fiat to any petition of right upon any
ground, whether well or ill-founded' (as more fully

appears by Hansard's Parliacuentary Debates,
vol. 173, page 1,173, N.S.)"—I am, yours, &3.,
O'MALLLY IRWIN.

May Bcb, 1807.

WORKING MEN'S EXCURSIONS TO ?lIE
PARIS EXHIBITION.

A public meeting was held last night at the Whit-
tington Club for the purpose of explaining the
arrangements that had been made by the committee
of the Metropolitan District Association of Work-
ing Men's Clubs and Institutes for carrying out the
proposed excursions to the Paris Exhibition. The
meeting was well attended. Mr. Layard, M.P.,
preside], supported by Mr. Ayrton, M.P., the Hon.
A. Herbert, the Rev. G. M. Murphy, Mr. Marriott,
Mr. John Holmes, &c.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business, observed
that the present proposed excursions had been
prompted through the success that had attended a
similar organisation some four years ago, got up
under the auspices of the late Sir Joseph Paxton
and himself , upon which occasion the English arti-
sans met with such good fellowship and cordiality
at the hands of the French as he was sure they
would never forget. (Cheers.) For the present
organisation, however, the workmen were not in-
debted in any degree to him (Mr. Layard), but to
the indefatigable efforts of Mr. Hodgson Pratt.
(Cheers.) When the project was conceived that
gentleman went to Paris, and there finding that the
proposition met with a ready and eager response on
the part of the French executive, he returned to
London, and bad since completed all necessary
arrangements for carrying out the excursions. The
committee proposed that the excursions should run
over from June to October, and in order to give ge-
neral satisfaction by studying almost the individual
comfort of all who may go, they did not purpose
taking more than 200 men at a time (cheers), and
that at 30s per head, which would include their
journey and lodging, while for another 30s, making
in all £3, they proposed to take the artizan from
London, land him in Paris, feed him well while
there, pay for his daily ticket to the Exhibition,
and obtain for him free entrée to most of the public
buildings where works of art were to be seen.
(Cheers.) He (the chairman) hoped, if they could
get rid of the unfortunate bill that was stopping the
way of everybody, to accompany the first 200
workmen the week before Whitsuntide. (Cheers.)
tie then detailed at some length the many objects
of attraction to be seen in the Exhibition, and
after stating that the French authorities had pro-
mised to do all in their power to make the trip of
the working men of London as pleasing and agree-
able as possible, he concluded by expressing a hope
that all those who contemplated availing themselves
of this means of going to Paris would register their
names at once, in order that the committee might
know whether the working men really meant to
support them in what they had done. (Cheers.)
Mr. HODGSON PRATT explained that he had had
an interview with a commission specially appointed;
and that the result was the granting of certain
public buildings by the Emperor for the accommo-
dation of the London citizens, to whom they had
promised the same facilities and comforts that
would be given to the workmen of their own coun-
try. (Cheers.) He afterwards related his visit to
various restaurants, for the purpose of ascertaining
where the excursionists could be best accommodated
with food. He mentioned three or four places
where they could get an excellent dinner for 13d.
So that those who preferred it could pay 30s for
their return journey and lodging, and board them-
selves; but what the committee proposed was, to
give them everything—double journey, good lodg-
ing, good food, and the daily entree to the Exhibi-
tion, for £3, which he (sir. Pratt) thought many an
excursionist would find cheaper than staying at
home. (Cheers.)
Mr. AYRTON, in a very humorous speech, pointed
out the inconsistency of any man seeking intelli-
gence making the " inward man" his first conside-
ration, and moved the following resolution, which
was seconded and carried in the usual way :
" That it is highly important to the industrial inte-
rest of this country that English artisans should
have every facility for visiting the Paris Exhibition,
and that the arrangements made for that object by
the Paris excursion committee of the Metropolitan
District Association of Working Men's Clubs and
Institute are such as to deserve general confidence
and approval. That as it is not desirable that those
members of the committee who have given their
valuable services gratuitously should incur whatever
pecuniary liability may arise in carrying out their
organisation, the great employers of labour, manu-
facturers, and others interested in the industrial
progress of the country should be invited to join the
committee in raising a guarantee fund of £1,500."
A third resolution was carried, to the effect that
it was most desirable the English artisans visiting
the Exhibition should direct their attention to the
present condition of industry and fine arts in
France, and that a fund be subscribed for
the pur-
pose of allotting prizes for the best reportsby artisan
excursionists.
The usual compliments to the chairman closed the
proceedings.