The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-16 00:00:00

BELFAST.

Sir Hugh Cairns, on his re-election for Belfast,
made a long speech upon the topics principally in-
teresting to the electors. Beginning with the Re-
form question, he expressed his belief that a con-
siderable majority of the House of Commons
would be well pleased to see a carefully-con-
sidered and matured bill pass into law—a bill that
would secure to the more intelligent classes of the
working men of the country a greater share of poli-
tical power than they now possessed ; but, be con-
tinued, I hold it to be the duty of any Government
which introduces into Parliament a measure so im-
portant as one which for weal or woe may materi-
ally affect the constitution of this country, as a
Reform Bill, to comply with the conditions which
should never beabsent from a measure of that kind.
The first of these conditions is that the measure
should be complete and entire—no partial, or im-
perfect, or halting measure of reform. The whole
measure of reform proposed to Parliament should
at once, and for a considerable time, deal with and
complete the subject of the representation of the
people. (Hear.) The second condition of any
sound measure of reform ought to be framed upon
full and perfect information of all the facts, and
ought to be well deliberated before it is presented
to Parliament. Neither of these conditions, Sir
Hugh Cairns asserted, was fulfilled in the late
Reform Bill ; and "to give an idea of the haste and
imperfection with which this measure was produced,"
he told the following, anecdote :--" There was a
Reform Bill brought in for Ireland as well as for
England, and in it certain arrangements were made
for the grouping, as it is called, two or more Par-
liamentary boroughs together. One of the boroughs
mentioned was Downpatrick. Gentlemen, lam
going to announce to you a most important dis..
esty's Government
f Commons that
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the borough of Downpatrick was situated in the
to thile HeroAulsaej o
counties of Armagh and Down. (Laughter.) I
shall have something to say on the subject of educa-
tion in Ireland, but I may just now obseve that I
hope there is no primary school that would not
have been ashamed if one of its scholars had
made such a statement as that put into the bill
by the Government." Sir Hugh Cairns paid
a well-deserved tribute to the energy and
intelligence of the people of Belfast, which
had filled their harbours and docks with shipping,
and pointed out the advantage to commerce of

peace. This led him to allude to the war, and the
attitude England ought to maintain in the present
crisis. " I trust and believe that, both for our in-
terests at home and our interests abroad,. whatever
we may bo able to do in the shape of friendly offices
(which should be rendered when they are sought,
but not thrust on nations that do not ask for them)
—I say that, whatever we may do in the restora-
tion of friendship among the Powers at war, the in-
terest of this country is clear. The honour of Great
Britain, I trust and believe, is safe in abstaining
altogether from any participation, direct or indirect,
in the war going on abroad." (Hear, hear.) After
referring to that "wretched conspiracy, Fenianism,"
and to its collapse in this country and America, Sir
Hugh Cairns came to the most important subject
treated iu his address. There was no matter, he
said, of greater importance with regard to the pros-
perity and the increase of good order in Ireland

than education, yet he had seen during the last ses-
sion of Parliament great reason to apprehend that,
in many respects, the provisions made in this coun-
try with respect to it were more likely to be dete-
riorated than improved. Sir Hugh Cairns added—
" With regard to our primary schools under the
National Board of Education, wo have been told

that a change has been contemplated, and, perhaps,
has been already made, both with respect to the
general schools of the board, and with respect to
those other Achools which we all so much admire—
the Model Schools. The exact extent of that change
I am not in a position to discuss, for I have not seen
the alterations in the rules. But I hope and trust
that they will be scanned with a narrow and a jea-
lous eye by those in this part of the country who arc
interested in the subject of education. (Hear.) De-
pend upon it, gentlemen, you cannot obtain from
the schools of the National Board the advantage
which they ought to give, and which they were
formed to give, if the arrangements of the board,
more particularly the arrangements with regard to
religious education, are the subjects of alteration
from year to year, and are made the subject of
concession from year to year. These are matters,
gentlemen, which create a want of confidence, which
engender a distrust of the whole system of educa-
tion in Ireland. On the subject of intermediate
education, I cannot speak of the past ; I must speak
of the future. I have no right to speak of the pre-
sent or any future Government ; but, speaking as
your member, I trust and hope the time is not far
distant when a wise and extensive measure will re-
ceive the assent of Parliament for the purpose of
putting intermediate, and more particularly endowed,
schools in a more satisfactory and better condition
than they have hitherto been placed." (Hear, hear.)
Sir llugh Cairns, in conclusion, referred pointedly
to the threatened changes in the charter of the
Queen's University :—" Some hard words have been
used by my proposer, Mr. Ewart, and my friend,
Mr. Lytle, with reference to the conduct of the late
Government in this matter. lam very unwilling,
gentlemen, to attribute conduct which would have
the semblance or the appearance of want of faith to
any gentleman or any body of public men. (Hear,
hear.) I wait to hear, with some anxiety, in Parlia-
ment the explanations of that conduct. Ido not
wish to condemn hastily, but I trust that some
Tint I say that,
satis-
factory explanation can be given. .
even if the conduct of the late Government can be
explained satisfactorily, a more unfortunate mistakeornm..ted.
It is upon a
was never made than that which has been. c
linhaAl3:erhtbaaoenne tn impressiongv e
I say an unfortunate
I am sure, and every one
upon a matter involving,
mistakeverbseitcyaus, oef the time to
matter going to the root of university education--
fge the on utshe
atoti and
oamtmeronthse,
Iwbhoollieevoef,
has been made of the greatest and
wwehlofarheasofththounghetnuepenonn tuhensiubje.ct must think, the
come.
character, f
no change
oehl clear
ea and
would
ld distinct
b e
most
the members
under the
were
pledge
made until a full discussion of the whole subject
had taken place in the House of Commons. (Hear,
and applause.)

GREAT SALE or SPORTING DOGS.—On Saturday a valu-
able stud of sporting degas, belonging to the Earl of-Shrews-
bury, and consigned from his kennels to Aldridge's Horse
nepository, were sold by auction. They were of the well-
known breed of Gordon setters, and were represented as
perfectly broken for the moors and other field sports.. There
was a large attendance of sportsmen, and considerable com-
petition to secure dogs of this celebrated breed, and they
were disposed of at priOcs varying from 1Q guineas up to
40 guineas each.

JUDICIAL SALARIES.—The salary of the newly-
appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer is £7,000 a year.
The other judges have £5,000 each, with the exception of
the Lord Chief Justice, who has £B,OOO a year. The Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas has £7,000 a year.

. _
OUTBREAK OF ,CHOLERA IN LIVERPOOL.—On
Thursday night a nurse and four children in the found-
ling ward of the Liverpool Workhouse wore seized with
Asiatic cholera. Ono child died three Lours afterwards,
and the nurse yesterday morning. Tho other two wore
stated to be dying, and the fourth is not expected to re-
cover. A child admitted on Thursday night died in a few
hours from cholera• The authorities have taken steps to
prevent the disease spreading, and aro seeking extra,
powers.

HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKEis_ the south from proceeding to the capital, where they joined it, !fraying been educated in the school of
T
s
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. wOl.l smmercial and financial principles, which
would have been made most available for its de- Liberal ss
THIS EVENING. THE BALANCE OF COMFORT.
ence. If the large ssasl 5/Iways been a firm and consistent advocate.
Howe and Miss Ada Cavendish.
'AR.RICK : Messrs. Sothern, Ruck-
Italy could support of
numbers of troops who were in I,
have been brought to the supp renty-four years have elapsed since Sir STAFFORD
After which, DAVID G
Mesdames
result micrls+ stone, Chippendale, Rogers, Clark, Coe, &c.;
their Sovereign, no doubt a different
.A.NOP.THCOTE entered public life in a subordinate
Moore, Chippendale, Fitzwilliam, &c.
To be followed by LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED
office, at the office of which he is now the head,
AND DONE FOtt : Messrs. Sothern. Buckstone, G d have occurred • ; but so far as we can see the only
Braid, &c. ; Mrs Chippendale, M ss Hill, &c.
way to stem the tide of Prussian invasion will be and over which Mr. GLADSTONE then presided
To conclude with FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Compton.
Commence at Seven. to make terms with the conquerors, wbiess are car- under the administration of Sir R. PEEL. During
------- thin, under the circumstances, to IN most disad- those years what marvellous changes have been
vantageous ones. wrought changes due in a great mea-
nis mast unfortunate that the plan of the Eli- sure to the more enlightened and liberal
PEROR should have failed, and in a great measure policy since followed. Well may Sir STAFFORD
the responsibility of the loss and suffering that may NORTIICOTE say that when he looks back to the
ensue durmg therernainder of thewar willrestwith the statistics of that period he is astounded. "When
Italians, who, by their contumacious conduct, have I was first at the Board of Trade the
been such dire obstacles in the way of settlement. amount of tonnage actually engaged in our com-
If we are put implicit faith in the assertions of the merce was 9,000,000, it is now 29,000,000.
3[oniteur, the most perfect understanding subsists Railway communication in this country then
between the Emperor of the FRENCH and the extended over eighteen hundred miles ; now it
King of PRUSSIA, and that the delays in extends over 12,800 miles. If you take these in
the negotiations are in consequence of the combination with other statistics you will be con-
length of time which is required for the convey- vinced that the industry of the country is grow-
ance of proposals. This may answer the purpose of ing with the strength of a giant, and to talk of
the moment, but it must be evident to all who study restriction would be childish." It is the office
the state of affairs, that nothing can be judged de- of his department to develope rather than
cisively until we see the result of the contest about to restrict this ever-expanding industry, and Sir
to be renewed. If the Austrians gain ever so trifling STAFFORD NORTIICOTE appears to be fully sensible
or temporary a gain, they may be able to make of the extent and importance of his duties. The
terms not wholly disadvantageous to themselves; but development of our railway system, the promotion
if, as appears only too probable, the contrary should of mercantile enterprise, the amalgamation of the
take place, then we should see the Emperor NAPO- law regulating the commercial laws of different
LEON compelled to come to a decision. He will nations, the extension of our commerce itself in new
either be forced to resort to " armed mediation," directions, the enlargement of our mercantile
or he must rest satisfied with a state of things marine and the maintenance of the supply of sea-
most adverse to his interests and most inimical to men, are all matters belonging to the consideration
the cause of that policy which he has hitherto of the Board of Trade. To these Sir S. NORTHCOTE
carried on so successfully for 14 years. adds three very important tasks, which are as yet
We do not believe that the EMPEROR will allow in their infancy. We have, he says, to consider the
Prussia to assume the position which some are so importance of rendering our rivers more navigable,
hastily assigning to her, and if the game be played our fisheries more productive, and our agricultural
out by the Germans, so that the King of PRUSSIA is statistics more complete. Much will be learned
to be at head of an immense empire, we shall see when this latter undertaking is fully carried
that France has a word to say as to her share of the out, and no body is more interested in the
bargain. The balance of Power in Europe compilation of such statistics than the agri-
will be so materially affected by this culturists themselves. Fortunately, as the new
arrangement of Prussia that it is not President remarked on Saturday, these tasks,
surprising that Russia should be disturbed however arduous, are beyond the influence of party
in its equanimity. feeling, and belong to those questions upon which
The Moscow Gazette affirms that Russia does not men of all opinions can honestly agree and work
desire any change in the present state of things in together.
Europe. This is tantamount to a declaration against The Belfast election, which took place on Friday,
the course of policy now being pusued in Prussia, gave the constituency an opportunity of hearing an
because that certainly will, if carried out greatly address from their eloquent and able representative,
alter the " state of things." It is also most signi- Sir HUGH CAIRNS. The right hon. gentleman paid
ficantly added that the " supremacy of Prussia in a high compliment to the good citizens of Belfast,
Northern Germany menaces Russia in the Baltic." and felicitated them upon the growing wealth and
Even if he should march into Vienna at the head of importance of their city. Looking at their crowded
a victorious army, the King of PRUSSIA harbour and their thriving manufactories, he more
may find out to his cost that a triumph especially congratulated them on our pacific foreign
may be bought too dearly and that it is relations. In reference to domestic troubles, he
not all gold that glitters. If Russia and rejoiced at the entire collapse of Fenianism on both
France remonstrate against the inordinate demands sides of the Atlantic, and expressed his conviction,
he is making, and declare that his encroachments in which all impartial observers must coincide, that
upon Austrian territory, and his swamping of the the future prosperity of Ireland must not be based
minor States, make him of too much power and on any a%tempt to create disorder and commotion,
consequence, what answer will he make ? He can but on the cultivation of harmony and goodwill be-
hardly afford to treat them with contempt, either tween all parties and by a faithful observance of the
real or apparent ; neither will he be willing to set laws. There is much to be done, no doubt, for the
them at open defiance. He may take a middle relief and improvement of the sister country, and
course, and yield up a portion of his ill-gotten gains, the present Administration will not, we hope, neglect
and we trust that he will do so, for a general war their opportunity. The admission of the Secretary
is a deplorable calamity, and its evils cannot for Ireland (Lord NsAs) into the Cabinet gives
possibly be overrated. There arc, however, occa- reason to believe that they are not inclined to under-
sions in the history of nations when it cannot be rate its importance. Sir HUGH CAIRNS, in speak-
prevented;and unless by skilful management France ing of the storms which have shaken the financial
and Russia continue to lessen the pretensions of Prus- world, expressed his gratification at the manner in
sia, we do not see how the calamity can be avoided, which Belfast had stood out the tempest, and gave
and if this generation do not see it the next will utterance to the hope that before many years had
with tenfold violence and increased horrors. It is elapsed the same industry and energy which have
against reason to suppose that such a state of things enriched that neighbourhood may extend to other
as Prussia would bring about can possibly go on and less fortunate parts of the country.
without occasioning serious evils, and the strife
and misunderstandings that will inevitably arise
will bear bitter fruits to all concerned. The
present aspect of affairs is indeed disas-
trous, and so far from the lapse of time bring-
ing about a change for the better each day seems to
add to the complication of things and to increase
doubts and perplexities. Who can be said to
be altogether exempt from the direful in-
fluences of this sanguinary and most un-
necessary war. .Its consequences are speading,
and, like the whirlpool, drawing all far and near
into its fatal gulf. It is indeed a lamentable sight
for the nineteenth century to witness, and one that
may well moderate the boasts of the
disciples o
progress.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. C. Fechter
WEDNESDAY, July 1R (for the Benefit ot Mr. H. Barnett).
At Seven, DOCTOR DAVEY. Garrick, the Actor, Mr. 11.
Vezin. At Halt-past S. Butwer Lytton's Pay of MONEY.
MesArs. Jordan, Widdicombe. Addison, W. 11. Stephens, 1- .
J. Moutv,ue, Fitzpatrick Evans, and Don;
Mesdames Ilenrade, E. We ,bsterJ, Els( worthy.
Paces and boxes to be had at the Box Office. Open daily
from Twelve till Four.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and :Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
SUYEMEIf. SFASON.—DeTrs open at Half-past Seven,
performances commence at Eight o clo3k precisely.
THIS EVENING, a New and Original Drams, in Three
Acts, by Watts Phillips, Esq., entitled THE HUGUENOT
CAPTAIN. Principal characters by Mrs. Stining, Miss
Neilson, Miss A ugusta Thomson ; Mr. Geor.,e Honey and Mr.
Vining. Grand Ballet of Bohemians. in which MM Flageo-
let, Clodoche, Comete, and Normande, will appear. New
scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds.

EW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
411
THIS EVENING. at 7 precisely, THE FAST FAMILY.
Messrs. Rillington, J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, it. Phillips,
Ashley, Eburne; Mrs. A. Mellon (Miss Woolgar), Miss H.
Simms, Miss Furtado, kiss Smith, Miss Seaman, Miss God-
son, and Sirs. H. Lewis.

After which a Burlesque Opera, called HELENE ; or,
Taken from the Greek. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford,
B. Phillips, Ashley, Eburne ; Mrs A, Mellon, Miss Furtado,
bliss Seaman, Miss Godsall,&c.

ROYAL STRAND TIIEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, THE WEATHERCOCK.
After which, will be produced the grand Easter Burlesque,
PARIS; Vive Lempiere ; Mes-rs. Stoyle, horne,Jarnes,
Fenton : Mesdames A. Swanboroug,b, Raynharn, Simpson.
Johnstone, Ranoc, and twit
To conclude with MR. AND MRS. WHITE.

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.-
Under the Management of Mr. W. If. C. Nation.
Positively the last six nights of the season.
THIS VENING, the new adaptation of Chas. Dickens'
latest work "Our Mutual Friend," entitled TIIE GOLDEN
DUSTMAN. Messrs. S winbourne, Barrett, Belrnore, Barsby,
C. Warner, M'lntyre, Courtley, Holland ; Misses A. Dyas,
F. Gwynne. Ad Harland ; Mrs. Poynter and Mrs. Bishop.
To conclude with (38th Night) of W. lirough's brilliant
Burlesque of PATILLONErTA. Misses L. Willmore, Ada
Harland, F. Gwynne, flutspeth ; Mr. Belmore.
Commence at Seven.
Acting Manager, Mr. NYE MART.

WE ST ON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL,
HOLBORN.

Open at Half-past Seven, under New Management.
Proprietors—Messrs. Sweasey and Holland.

' Locke's music to 111ACBETII is a triumph more than a
mere success— Fifty voza:ists, assisted ty a band of thirty
performers—Brilliant success of GEORGE HODSON (Ire-
land's G ein)— The Great Comic AR"IHDP LLOY D
HARRY MACA rnY, the Arg ansas Comedian— NIORA-
TOMO and LE BRONG, the Eclipse of all Acrobats—LE
PETIT TAGLIONI, only 28 inches high. the Smallest Dancer
in the WorId—RIKIERY, the Wonder, In his Pedestal Feats
and Fiery Seances—M. PIE ROT, the LEG-itimate LEG -acy
his first appearance at this Hall), the Wonder of Tenders—
with a host ofother first-class talented artistes too numerous
to mention.
Prices as usuaL Box-office open from 11 to 4.
P. CORRI, Musical Director.

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BENSON'S WATCHES. Prize Medal, 1865

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FRO3I OUR OWN C ORRESPONDEN T. )
PARIS, Sunday Evening.
There being no real news about the armistice,
e Paris papers each day resort to the most con-
tradictory fabrications upon the subject. The
Moniteur has directed its attention to the matter,
and remarks upon the absurdity of pretending to
give accounts of what has taken place with the Em-
peror and in the cabinet of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs. It also hints to certain journals that they
are liable to be punished for these inventions, which
have a very injurious effect. Here is the actual po-
sition, according to the Moniteur of last evening :
" We should remark that it is only nine days
since the mediation was proposed, that the discus-
sions which it necessitates cannot be entirely com-
municated by telegraph, and that it requires three
days and three nights for a courier from Paris to
reach the head-quarters of the King of Prussia. All
that we can say is, that the negotiations proceed,
and that the best relations have not ceased to exist
between the Emperor Napoleon and the King of
Prussia."
A Cabinet Council was held early yesterday
morning at the Tuileries, at which the Emperor pre-
sided. In the course of the morning the Empress
and the Imperial Prince left Paris.
The Moniteur contradicts the report, freely cir-
culated in Paris, that the cholera had broken out at
Lille. The sanitary state of that town is very satis-
factory. That paper also confirms, almost in my
words, the devices resorted to in order to supply
the rage for news. It says—" Public opinion, im-
patient to know the progress of the negotiations on
the subject of the mediation between thebelligerents,
seeks for news everywhere, and thus compels, as it
were, the journalist to fabricate it at their taste to
satisfy the general curiosity." In short, little if
any reliance is to be placed upon the news
of the evening papers. Before the time for
their publication crowds collect around the
stations where they are sold. People will
have them for fighting, love or money. They read
their startling and mendacious reports with greed
and avidity on one day, and devour the contradic-
tion next day with equal pleasure and satisfaction.
I have closely watched the evening papers for the
last three weeks or so, and though I cannot say
they have been " all barren," I can assure you that
their attractive metal of the Monday proves to be
dross on the Tuesday. Marshal Benedek was a
great card last week. All Paris has been in tears
because they were informed that the Marshal's de-
feat induced him to blow out his brains, and I be-
lieve they are now almost as sorry at learning that
his brains are intact.

BENSON'S WATCHES, sent safe by post.

BENSON'S CLOCKS, manufactured by Steam
Power.

The interval of Parliamentary inaction produced
by the absence of the new Ministers from their
places in the Commons has been enlivened by
plenty of political addresses. During the whole
of last week the elections were going on, so that
one or other of the candidates was continually
holding forth on the various topics of the war,
Parliamentary Reform, and domestic legislation,
which are just now engrossing the attention of
the political world. The last day of the week
was very fully occupied, Sir S. NORTHCOTE, Lord
BURLEIGH,
,Lord J. MANNERS, and Mr. CAVE all
regaining their seats without difficulty, and in most
cases without any opposition whatever. The new First
Commissioner of Woods and Forests has unfortu-
nately been attacked by serious illness, and was,
therefore, unable to address his Leicestershire con-
stituents. No doubt if he had been present he would
have pledged himself to do all in the power of his
office to preserve the public parks for the enjoy-
ment and recreation of the people in the east as well
as in the west of the metropolis, and we hope he
will turn his attention without loss of time to the
really pressing question of the preservation
of our heaths and commons from the en-
croachments of the builder, the railway con-
tractor, and other dangerous innovators. By so
doing he will be conferring a great boon upon
the working classes of tho community, whose inte-
rests in all matters of health and recreation he has
always shown himself anxious to defend.
The speech of the day was decidedly that of the
new President of the Board of Trade, whose liberal
and enlightened views on our commercial policy
qualify him admirably for his post. After going
over the old ground of the Reform Bill, and de-
claring himself to be favourable to the admission of
a great portio
n of the working classes to the
franchise, Sir STAFFORD NORT.H COTE came to
the consideration of our foreignthe former
andfi finan-
cial policy. Speaking of
supported the views of his leaders, anddeee-
clared himself favourable to a policy of pea
and non-intervention with regard to continental
questions. "We must remember," he said, " that
we are not infallible, and that we are not the tutors
and lecturers of other nations. We know what
suits ourselves, but we are not necessarily the best
judges of what may suit other nations." On this
head there was not much new to be said, and Sir
STAFFORD NORTHCOTE soon passed on to topics
more immediately concerning his own department.
His language on this subject will be gratifying and
ireassuringo
nt
go
etsht et
ecromms
nitheractiaal cihnatne interests.
ot sf G
olvl
eern deniedn Government
nt
gave any indication of a retrogressive or restrictive
policy. If that could be supposed to be the inten-
tion of the Cabinet, he would not himself have

The greatest secrecy is observed regarding the
manufacture of weapons of war. None but work-
men are allowed to enter the manufactories ; and if
secrecy be not enjoined as to the operations, it is
kept. In addition to the new description of guns
spoken of a la six coups are in course of construc-
tion. Six discharges are made at the same instant
of formidable projectiles. I have not seen the
cannon, but I heard the firing.
The operations now in progress on the part of the
Prussians have for chief object the passage of the
valley of the Danube, in which Vienna is situated.
Their determination to make their attack with
energy is confirmed by the fact that the 10th cops
d'armee, which had held Saxony, has received orders
to join the mass of troops on march in Moravia.
The new contingents are forming round Dresden to
replace those who leave. The combats in Bavaria,
sustained on both sides with great vigour, and pro-
longed for several successive days, have resulted in

the fact that the Bavarians have retired to Schwein-
furth, on the valley of the Maine. This movement
in rear renders free the approaches of Frankfort by
definitively separating the army of Prince Charles
of Bavaria from that of Prince Alexader of Hesse.
The Bavarian army is commanded by Prince Charles
Theodore, now in his 71st year, and has been Inspec- j

tor of Infantry for 35 years. The corps placed
under his orders are estimated at sixty
thousand men, and this number may be
increased by 22,000 men by calling into activity the
first reserves of the Landwehr. The Prussians ad-
vance in three corps by the railway which leads to
Vienna across Moravia. This movement proceeds
slowly, and hitherto without resistance. The second
corps has reached Znaim. The third corps has taken
possession of the railway of Bcenisch Trubau, to-
wards Olmutz, driving before it the Austrian troops
who had formed at Landleva. The occupation of
the,Jine of Olmutz covers the flank of the principal
army on the march, and protects it from any offen-
sive demonstrations which the Austrians might make
towards the north-east of Moravia. The Prussians
restrict their operations near Frankfort-on-the-
Maine. The Prussians seem to desire to occupy
the passages of the Maine and the railway which
leads to Frankfort. They occupy offensive positions
towards the mouths of the river in the Rhine.
The business at the Bourse yesterday was limited,
and the tendency rather to advance. The Rentes
closed at 68f. 60c., the Italian at 59f. 90c. The
Credit Foncier rose 10f. Other Securities main-
tained their value.
In the report read to the Senate by the Pre-
sident, M. Troplong, in support of the Senatus-
Consulte, he made some remarks worth notice
respecting the English Constitution. " They talk
a great deal about England," he said. " Let us
imitate her in her respect for fundamental laws.
After more than 30 years of status quo, she now
hesitates to agree to an electoral reform, tending to
give rights to a few thousand citizens. And shall
we be persuaded to change, after 15 years, our
Constitution of 1852, that compound of grandeur,
glory, and progress, for other constitutions, buried
under ruins, which have disappointed the ex-
pectations of the country." M. Troplong, after
further defending the proposal, concluded by saying
that what the Government now asked was an act
useful in some of its parts, necessary in others, and
demanded, above all, by the public interest as re-
garded the Constitution. It was not an edifice upon
sand which the Emperor had raised ; and when his
son came to rule over that nation, proud of the acts
of a powerful reign, he could recollect with confi-
dence the article of the Constitution, which says,
" The Emperor can always make an appeal to the
French people." (Prolonged applause.)
The most splendid fête ever organised in France
will be that about to take place in Lorraine, in com-
memoration of the union of that province with
France. The Emperor, Empress, and the young
Prince Imperial will be present. A French historian
says that there is nothing so dramatic in history
as the incidents connected with the career of
Charles the Fourth and the course of the dis-
appointed love of Charles the Fifth and Eleo-
nora, sister of the Emperor Leopold, the course
of true love which, we are told, " never does run
smoothly," ran, in the case of Eleonore, most tor-
tuously and slowly. In the first instance a Pole,
Michael Koributh, carried away both the lover's
crown and his lady. Koributh soon died, and
again did a sole, the illustrious Jean Sobieski,
wed the Queen Eleonore, much against her
wish, but influence, which she could not con

tradict, compelled her again to disappoint the
Duke de Lorraine. lie returned to the war, but
soon true love had its reward. The second hus-

band died, and after his campaign on the Rhine,
the Emperor authorised the lover's marriage with
Eleonore. The happiness of the union, however,
was soon interrupted. Eleonore's husband died, and
Louis IV. said he had lost the greatest, wisest,
and most generous of his enemies. It was this
feeling which induced him to restore Lorraine
to the son, which was the fruit of Charles's mar-
riage with Eleonore. This resolution was confirmed
by the treaty of Ryswick, which restored his estates
to the young Duke Leopold, and gave him for his

wife, Elizabeth Charlotte of Orleans, niece of the
Kin°. Leopold's son. Francis succeeded him, but
_ _

after his marriage with Marie Therese of Austria,
a marriage which called him to the throne, he

ceded Lorraine to France. The King Louis
XV. then gave a life-interest in the Sovereignty

to his father-in-law, Stanislas Leczinski, whom
Charles XII. had formerly made King of
Poland. A melancholy end was that of Stanislas.

He became blind and impotent;

and was

accidentally burnt to death. His clothes caught
fire, and an old woman who tried to save him also

perished from the flames.

" Who would have

. -
thought," said the old King as he expired, " that at
our age we should both be burned by the same fire? "
The last King of Lorraine was 88. He died on the
23d of February, 1766. The next day M. de la
Galaiziere, Intendant of Lorraine and Chancellor,
took possession of the Duchy of Lorraine, now for
a century united to France. The province has given
birth to many illustrious men, warriors and artists,
honoured by the mother country. There is yet
another pathetic record regarding Eleonore. She
was the daughter of Duke Francais de Lorraine,
afterwards Emperor of Austria, and of Marie
r
Thereze, the unfortunate Queen who perished on
the scaffold during the revolution of 1793. The
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