The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN

upon the subject to the Chambers, but probably
not till after the Easter holidays.
It is stated in a well-informed channel that Gen.
Chazel, who is studying the state of military orga-
nisation in various countries was about to proceed
to Berlin to prosecute this object. The Prussian
Cabinet, however, made a communication to the
Belgian Government expressing a desire that the
General should postpone his visit to Prussia for the
present, in order to prevent the idea that is con-
nected with political considerations which might
engender alarm.
The Constitutionne/ contradicts the report given
by one of your contemporaries that there had been
a Cabinet Council, which sat till a late hour in the
night. I have mentioned all the Cabinet Councils
which have lately taken place, and I have reason to
believe upon inquiry that the time occupied at the
last Council did not exceed two hours.

Letters from Rome state that some degree of ex•
citement has prevailed in that city for some two or
three days. Letters from Garibaldi, and proclama-
tions from the Insurrectional Committee, had been
profusely circulated of an exciting character, not
o❑ly upon political matters, but calculated to excite
uneasiness in regard to the Pope. The respectable
portion of the population has no sympathy with
those agitators, but their manoeuvres have some
effect upon the lower classes. it is not, however,
to a serious extent, as the influence of Garibaldi is
almost entirely destroyed.
An extraordinary case of a trance has just oc-
curred. A few nights ago a Monsieur R-, a
merchant, residing in the Rue de Rivoli, gave a
dinner in honour of the approaching marriage of
his son. Among the guests was Adrienne L--, a
young girl of 16. The family, fete having been pro-
longed till a late hour, and Adrienne being rather
indisposed, it was arranged that she should sleep at
the house. The next morning the merchant's wife,
finding that the lady did not come downstairs, went
up to her room, and finding she was asleep did not
disturb her. Madame R--- again went up to her
room at midday, and seeing the young girl in the
same attitude she touched her. On placing her
hand on the girl's face Madame R-- was horror
struck at finding that it was as cold as marble,
and she fully believed that she was dead. The body
was rigid. A doctor was, of course, immediately
sent for, and by his advice the formality of sending
notice of the decease to the authorities was delayed.
He believed she was only in a trance, and made
some experiments usually practised in such cases.
Having touched her even with a heated iron the
symptom that life was not extinct was manifested.

For some hours the girl remained in the same state,
—that is to say, she did not breathe, and was quite
inanimate. Other measures were resorted to, and
the girl soon
gave signs of animation. The next
day she was sufficiently recovered to go home.
The English Protestant chape: at the entrance of
the English garden of the Exhibition is now com-
pleted, and our countrymen may now attend reli-
gious worship without leaving the precincts of the
Champs de Mars. The storm which has prevailed
for the last few days has rendered it necessary to
remove the covering of the gallery leading to the
grand entrance from the Pont de Yena. Some of
theornaments have been blown down. Only the
two British lions have been able to withstand the
storm. The weather was still cold and disagree-
able to-day, with frequent showers, and the at-
tendance at the Palace has been rather limited.
The workmen seem to have taken advantage of the
comparatively free circulation, for they have been
more busy to-day than ever. Boards, ropes, lad-
ders, and the various appliances of the building are
scattered in all directions, and give an idea of a
more unfinished state than ever. They, however,
completed their work very rapidly, and probably
only a few days more will elapse before all is
finished in the interior. There is, however, mach
to finish in regard to the many surrounding build-
ings. Even the vestibule which forms the principal
entry has been filled with workmen. It is a noble
construction of grand and elegant proportions. It
is 91 metre long, 15 metres wide, and"lB in height.
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b ny Crank,
This entry leads the visitor to the various splendid
representing
of two beautifullrictor Victory
galleries. The architect, M. Alfred Leroux, has
statues,j‘lst sti
on Pr dhe placing
crowning the French flag; the other, by W W. Va-
lette, is an illustration from Scripture• The Ti
juries
have again been pursuing their labours. The task
will probably not be finished for some days.

MR. ROBERT BELL.—There departed from among
us at 4 p.m. on Friday a gentleman whose name
was well known to all men of letters in London, though it
was not as common to the ears of the world at large es
are those of many others who have, perhaps, done less for
literature. At that hour Mr. Robert Bell died, after an ill-
ness which had kept him to his bed for about three months,
and left behind him few men who at their going will be more
deplored by loving friends. The work he has done has been
chiefly of that sort which operates most widely without
receiving any impetus from the name or fame of the man
who does it. For more than 30 years, we believe for more
than 40 years, Mr. Bell has been a contributor to periodical
literature, working both as a writer and as an editor. Dur-
ing that long professional life he has always kept his head
well above the waters by his own exertions, and has afforded
ono of the few instances we have that literature taken in early
life as a profession, and as an only profession, may be made
the means and the solo means of maintaining an honour-
able career. Mr. Bell, however, did not work only as a contri-
butor of the periodical press. He wrote a novel called "The
Ladder of Gold," which was well known a few years since,
and may be well known again; he wrote a life of Can-
ning; ho wrote and produced on the stage, ns we think,
three plays ; and he edited an edition of the British poets,
which is, perhaps, at the present moment his best-known
contribution to English literature. But the peculiarity of
Mr. Robert Bell's life has been this, that though by no
means a pre-eminently successful man, though not enjoy_
seemed to justify his friends in expecting for
ing that public success which his undoubted talents and
acquirementshiinhehas through a long life been always helping others,
and'never wanting others to help him. Whether as a tuein-
ber of a public corporation at the committee of the Lite-
rary Fund, or as private individual who knew personally
most of those who were successful in literature, and nearly
all of those who were unsuccessful, he has ever been giving
assistance. We who knew him well admired him for his
wit, his genial kindness, his affection, his great social
virtues ; but very many who did not and could not know
him socially were bound to admire him for the constant
support given by him to his literary brethren, and for his
manly adherence to the interests of the profession which
he had adopted.—Pall-mall Gazette. [We are requested to
state that the funeral of the late Mr. Robert Bell will take
place at Kensal-green to-morrow(Thursday), at 12 o'clock.]
Loss OF TIIE STONEWALL JACKSON AND ALL ON
BOARD.—The fate of the barque Stonewall Jack- .
son, which sailed from Liverpool, via Cardiff, for the Cape
of Good Hope, on the 22d of January, has been cleared up
by a report from Captain Jones, of the Inman Company's
I steamer City of Manchester. On the 18th.of March, when
the City of Manchester was on her outward voyage to
New York, and when off Kinsale about 3.30 p.m., a barque
with the British ensign hoisted, union down, was sighted,
and Capt. Jones at once bore up for her. In reply to a signal of
what was required, the captain (Russell)
of the barque said
his vessel was the Stonewall Jackson, of Liverpool, and that
she was sinking. An offer was made to take the distressed
crew on board the steamer, but it was declined. Capt. Jones
then asked if ho should take the vessel in tow. To this
Capt. Russell consented, but refused to send his own boat
for the tow-line. Under the circumstances No. 4 boat of
the steamer was launched, and the chief officer and six men
pulled alongside the barque, and succeeded in making fast
a cable. The vessel was then taken in tow, but some time
afterwards the line parted, and a fresh Manilla repo was
put on board the barque, together with an extra cable. The
steamer then proceeded at half-speed, the night coming on
very dark, though the Old Head of Kinsale light was vis-
ible. When off Kinsale Harbour it was noticed that both the
tow-ropes were rather slack, and on a test being put to them
it was found that they were loose. They were then hauled in,
and on being examined it was found that they had not snapped
the eye-holes being perfect, and Capt. Jones and his officers
thinking that the barque required no further assistance, as
the ropes had been clearly cast loose by those on board the
Stonewall Jackson, proceeded on his voyage. With the
exception of a piece of wreck washed ashore near Kinsale,
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and which has been identified as having been a portion of
the barque, nothing has since been heard of her, and there
can be no doubt ,frommoney, cast off the tow-
ropes motives
of his own,
probably a desire
when off the mouth of Kinsale Harbour, attempted
to enter, and in doing so came to grief, with all on board.
The boat and men belonging to the City of Manchester had
a narrow escape. When coming alongside..the steamer from
the barque the boat was swamped, but the men were saved.
The Stonewall Jackson was 468 tons register, was built
at Liverpool on the composite principle, and had a crew of
22 men.

FEMALE OVERSEERS IN ENGLAND.—At the Barn-
staple Petty Sessions, held on Wednesday week, two ladies
were elected overseers; Mrs. Slocombe for the parish of
Bittadon, auk firs. Craug fur like palish of Bratton

NG, APRIL 17, 1867.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, April 17.

An imperial ukase has been published to-day,
placing the financial administration of Poland
under the control of the Russian Minister of Fi-

nance.

The official journals Northern Post and Invalide
continue to discuss the Luxemburg question in a
sense favourable to the maintenance of peace.