The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-14 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PAB,II

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
FitiDX.4
It is still asserted that negotiations for a Conference
the Roman question are under the consideration of Cre.
iernment. It is further added that all the Powers will
1111 baa
summoned to attend the deliberations—oven Turkey
Greece.
The following is the characteristic letter addressed bit
Victor Hugo to the Emperor when he was informed
the manager of the Od6on that the performance of 1/4,11',
Blas" had been intereicted " by superior orders :"--";-
Tsf. Louis Bonaparte.—Sir, I acknowledge to you
reception of the letter which the director of the Odeon m;
written me, Victor Hugo, Hauteville House, December 7,
1867. It is a coincidence that the interdict was notified °-
the 2nd December, the 17th anniversary of the auther'S
exile."
It is an item worth noting that at the grand ainliAe:
given to the President of the Corps Ldgislatif
Kerveguen was not present. Ua
The establishment of a new consulate at Pesth
hailed with satisfaction by those interested in Bunge'r'
commerce.
The friends of the Chassepotaifie are delighted at tD~
letter which has been published in the North Gel
Gazette by a German officer who, a short time since, 1331'
visit to the camp at Chalons and made a minute exam"
nation of the weapon in question. The following reeit
are in everybody's lips :—" It would be madness .r;
attempt to conceal the superiority of this firearni•
facility of loading the Chassepot is superior to anY °tPeci
system at present known. The Chassepot is lighter, 01
its work is much more elegant than that of the needle:
gun ; that is why it is in complete accord with the iriev".
,
of the French soldiers."
The latest theatrical sensation is the performance
dramatised version of " Gulliver's Travels" at the Cbils-4
telet Theatre. I am not going to describe the pie°°,:ct
detail, but I simply want to chronicle the "
that people were found who were willing to PA;
800 f. for a box and five lonia for a stall, to o°..a
most amusing story utterly spoilt. For days Iglard
to the opening night the most strenuous exertions Iv'
made to procure tickets, which had, however, all Weir,
sold many weeks before. The redeeming point Was too
scenery, which was really beautiful, as no doubt Were
raj
dresses of the actresses, but, unfortunately, the
portion did not wear thM em. tile
The Poet Deputy, . Belmontel, has conceived tea
idea that your expedition to Abyssinia may prove ""h
rious to French interests in the East. He PurP°3oo
therefore, snaking an interpellation to the Chamber
ul
the subject. tp
I give it on the authority of one of our papers thev,,e,
city of Paris is in treaty for the purchase of two 0014,
tions of coins relating to the history of the French cAPi
The first, belonging to MM. Rollin and Fernardent, polli
prises 866 gold, silver, or bronze pieces of money strtitat
Paris, from the time of the Gauls down to the Pre-eu.
day. The second collection, belonging to Madame rs 40
mann, consists chiefly of coins and medals subseclnelal
the year 1789, and perpetuates the recollection of of
events since that period. None of the 2,205 13i'.011,
which it is composed are included in the other collect 4
The price asked for the second is 2,400 f. grA
We are fond of canards here, and the bigger tfielto
the better. The last I have caught floating about i 5
M. Thiers is to be made a Minister of State,

. .
It has been rumoured in Paris that the V114"40 011
and Prince Imperial would pass the winter at 14ieft100
account of the health of the young Prince. The osse—tioll
of the French press had tended to give a wider oircuh-ejoi•
to such a report, which recently, however, WI isspolg
officially denied. Facts which have just reached us
in favourable terms of the health of the Prince 1113 -
-Lancet.
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St The Council of the Royal Horticultural ::100

have just completed their arrangements for .01.-
and, following on the success that attended their fird'ofe
vincial show at Bury St. Edmunds in July 11141 0 0/
resolved to hold a grand summer exhibition next 1:i thei
Leicester, in July, in conjunction with the sholc. bel°
Royal Agricultural Society. The exhibitions t° w-ted
at the gardens, South Kensington, next year, Aret
pho
spring shows in March, April, and May ; a gremi*-0101
in June, and special prize and pelargonium shoal
'—
show in the same month. hold
DEATH IN A. FIELD.—An inquest has beeilooo
at Quedgeley, near Gloucester, on the body of an do
name unknown, who had been found starved tA),: 0,8
a field on Quedgeley Farm on the previous 111013°;;',004
surgeon said the body was that of a man about 16:1 Vedis,
old. The mouth was drawn do ; one or 1/I,il
bitten by vermin, and the body generally
emaciated. The cause of death was effusion or ""
_
the brain, caused by exhaustion and starvation.
Of
diet of the jury was to that elle
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FATAL ACCIDENT THROUGH THE orOd
A BELL.—A shocking accident occurred at that per,
church, King's Norton, on Thursday evening. 7,4
peal of bells, subscribed for by the parishioners, P"--
been cast by Messrs. Blcws and Son, of Birmirtgb3t'se 0,1
the largest bell was being fixed, when, from sou° 007,
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present unexplained, it fell, cutting in two the a0r07.00010
crushing the head of Mr. Arthur Longinore,
or"'
gentleman who ha:.....2±:11221L122L____........-Iterest in, the 0 for
Arrangements hove been for seine time in prclir,e, t bbl
the production of Victor Ifugo's play of " RoY 131;9;A o
Odeon Theatre in Paris. As the Government 1-o,o' r-viite't
the interdict which for so many years kept the 55it1,1.014,133
" lfernani" off the stage, and had allowed it to be woo'
out at the theatre Francais, it was supposed Ore t
t°
be no objection to Ruy Blas. This, however, turos,ootto'
be a mistake. The French Government, after soO°.'etioa
tion, and after having given a sort of partial Esr
soot
to the jperformance of the latter drama havo
prohibition to the manager of the Odeon. last c0..0
M. Gailhard, the winner of the first prize at the tP_
petition at the Conservatoire, has made his debut>igair;
stage. His first appearance was at the OP01", The r
as Falstaff, in "Le Songo d'une Nuit d'Eteanor or •
was too important for a debuta.nt and M. Gontiotg
quite over-weighted. He gives promise of
.luv„Ajig
good actor, and has a baritone voice better 10:
was a 420
tones than i
late fen thilure.
lower. Madam Cabel, to t at
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Mr. Toole has been at Nottingham doriug the Pre
week playing his usual round of characters.