The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-13 00:00:00

aufs brought with them. Unfortunately one of I occupied the latter part of last month by the Webb
them—the Marquis de C., a celebrated sporting ' Sisters, supported by an array of talent from the
millionaire—who had brought with him an egg of Pacific metropolis.
no great size, was conducted by the abigail into a We see by a letter from Rome, dated Feb. 29,
small anteroom, whereat he was so disgusted that which has returned from America, that Mr. Peabody, with
he started off post haste and laid his egg at the the Hon. R. 0. Winthrop, was presented to the Pope by
feet of a rival Semiramis. It contained, though Mr. Hooker, the well-known American banker. The
small, a riviere, or suite of diamonds worth 300,000 sPoonpeoe, raenquesutnendsutahle
dpatrt. ytito be
andonseahted ine
rotheisLpartien-
francs. Whilst on this subject I may allude to quotations from Holy Writ,' showing the blessed
the immense quantity of red eggs sold in Paris, quality of charity, which he presented as souvenirs.
and which are simply eggs boiled hard in water Mr. Peabody, on his return to his hotel, forwarded a cheque
coloured with cochineal. Let us pass on to the Foire for a thousand francs to Cardinal Antonelli, to whom he
au pain d'Epice (Gingerbread Fair), and Foire aux was
.introduced
had byMr. hooker, for the hospital of San
Jambons (Ham Fair), which are amongst the oldesta sPP teabod'y which
left Rome shortly formed
afterwardsehjeet for Naples.
of
nvreatie
mr
of old customs in France. The Foire d'Epice, a A contest is impending between the Mormon and
introduced originally from Asia, an
spiced bread known to the Greeks and Romans, was Gentile delegates to Congress from Utah. The Gentile,
Anil is entirely de- MiGroty, contests the return of the Mormon Hooper on
void of any gross element. It was sold in the mid- the ground that, being a Mormon, he has taken an oath of
die ages to devotees at their entrance and exit from hostility to the United States.
places of worship. It is even now a favourite ali-
The President bas promoted Commodore Joseph
Lanman to be Rear-Admiral, in place of Admiral Palmer,
ment amongst the faithful, pending the duration of
the Careme, or Lent. The Foire aux Jambons is deceased'
equally celebrated, and the long ranges of wooden The Democratic Congressmen have organized a
new Executive Committee:de deposing Tom Florence and huts, or baraques, contain contributions from all the
Cornelius Wendell, and substitutingpi Senator Doolittle as
departments most celebrated not only for hams, but for President, and Representative Randall as Treasurer.
every species of viand into which the ~ abomination" The Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, jun., has published
of the Israelites of old finds its way. Hams from a letter to Bishop Potter, complaining of his refusal to re-
Bayonne, from Ardennes, Mayence, sausages from ceive the protest of his venerable and revoren3 counsel and
Arles, Lyons, Strasbourg Ems, and Bologna, con- father, which we published last week. He also complains
mantyedthdinisgsradaptedd,hif not intendehd,. to. aggravate
' tribute to the Foire aux Jawbone. It is said that
publishs
atonftetahtelonp,raos
the amount which reaches every year the Ham Fair ofth thett
soon as Lent is over, to nlannouncesl review
amounts to no less than 600,000 lbs. weight. With ceedings.
regard to the political situation of Europe, I ob- The New Lebanon Shakers propose to erect, the
serve that the Czar has passed an ukase which will coming season, a barn, 150 feet by 50, with 32 feet posts,
have the effect of obliterating the nationality of to cost about $lO,OOO.
Poland, for the future to be known by the simple The unhappy dwellers on Long Island and the
name of the Valley of the Vistula. It is whispered Isle of Haut have been cut off from the main land by ice
mysteriously that the mission of Prince Napoleon for two months, and reduced to mu sles and other shell
fish gathered from the shores for subsistence.
has had something to do with this ; that is to
Though itis not known that a single Jew lives
say, that the interest well known to be felt by
France in the well-being of that unhappy country in Newport, Rhode Island, yet this city has one of the
best iireserved synagogues in the land. The rich Jew,
(Poland) has induced Bismarck, an implacable Mr. Touro, left a sum to keep the synagogue in perfect
enemy of Poland, to advertize the Czar that the repair, the income of which is now about $lO,OOO annually.
moment of action had arrived. I merely speak of To spend this the common council, by a pleasant fiction,
these matters as loose rumours, and avoid the ex- opened a boulevadrdin callediltof
tihteTToounror-ostadt, made it a tip-
pression of a direct opinion upon the ukase spoken topAr-ohaadnda d
handsome souvenir of the excursion to Pompeii
of, as it is difficult to endorse all that is said with.
respect to Poland and the Poles. At the same time has been presented to Admiral and Mrs. Farragut in the
shape of two volumes of a valuable 'folio work containing
I cannot help saying that a long series of years a number of chromo-lithographic plates, representing all
must have so intermingled Poland with its Russian the principal monuments and works of art in Pompeii.
neighbours that perhaps the merging of that un- This book, published bySigrlorFau Niccolini,Museum,
ouseumsenclosed
the in-
happy country for ever into one common national- sub-directortellig:dntolio rtfobearing the colours of the United
of the
an
National
- f
ity may be the most efficient remedy for its
inNavy,
alloy, and m °on the cover is an inscription, following
long series of calamities. It does not appear States
possible for it to exist as a small iudepen-
which are the names of the gentlemen who offered this
testimonial of their regard to the high qualities of the Ad-
dent sovereignty in the very heart of Russia, miral. They are—Mr. W. H. Aspinwall, Mr. James Law-
as it is evident that the time for the in- rence, Mr. Robert Rogers, Mr. W. H. Frear, and Mr. Tur-
tervention of the Great Powers of Europe ner Sargent.
has long since gone by. The differences between Colonel Begot, , accompanied by Lord Downe
Denmark and Prussia as to the retrocession of the (lordso seemwotinod
toaevde a come down to "accompanying" com-
tiger,
who seized the colonel by the
leg
provinces of Schleswig-Holstein form at present one
movers),
the lord and a shikarree over, and was then
of the gravest points of European interest, not for
shot dead by a sepoy. The colonel's leg was damaged and
the intrinsic value of the territory disputed, but for Lord Downe's clothes torn, and he was bruised by the
the complications that may possibly ensue there- charge as well as injured bylthe claws.men inColel Bagot is
t
from, as it is said that Denmark looks for sup- a great shikarree, as the.ythcalslndia, and w
marvellouspor tales.
port to France and Austria, a rumour which the known in connectionh w
has assumed the command of
visit of the Danish Minister of War to France General Buchanan has
and has ordered members of Con-
would tend to confirm. At the same time it is certain militarytghreesssthand
State officers for Louisiana to be voted for
that negotiations have been broken off for the pre- simultaneously with the vote upon the ratification of the
sent between her and Prussia. In Germany the new constitution.
Southern States appear to be distrustful in regard to The Rev. Dr. Beckwith, of Louisiana, who has
being drawn into a union and consolidated with the just been elected Bishop of the Protestantl EpfiscofialdC.hurch
North, with Prussia at the head of affairs. Whilst Pre- in Georgia, has departed from New O
n
sident Bismarck, after publishing a manifesto to the The House of Representatives has directed the
effect tha.tNorthera G ermany will not compel the South Secretaryen the of State
t o toG procureeorge
Wright, master of the British
goldht, chronometer, and pre-
to an alliance, takes care to inform them that when- seat
vessel J. and G. Wright, "as a recognition of his humane
ever they spontaneously desire such an union they
and successful efforts in rescuing three seamen from an
will be fraternally received, and that no Foreign American vessel, the Lizzie F. Chate."
Power shall be allowed to interfere with such an Professor Gamgee, of the London Veterinary
arrangement. In Roumania, the Legislature has College, has given evidence before the House Committee
recently passed an edict enforcing more sternly than on Agriculture upon the cattle disease.; He was employed
before e
h
before the pains, penalties, and disabilities of the un-
break by the f
fhb British
ttGok,vernidnent with
attemptgreisa tosebeeeemee on
ade to secure
happy Israelites. According ta the despatches pub- b
lisped recently in the Siecle, the English and Italian the Professor's services for the United States.
Ambassadors at Paris have taken the initiative in
Mr. Dickens has accepted a complimentary dinner
f in
ro the press of the country, :just previous to his de-
protesting against this act of barbarity. In Italy parture for England, and it will take place at New York,
the Chamber of Deputies passed by a majority of 35 April 18. The affair was arranged and will be mostly at-
a tax upon the grinding of cereals per quintal, tonodteiebeyda
s h
the
tNewe most fitting person to preside. The
York editors, and Horace Greeley is
which is in every case to be paid to the miller be-
on
fore removal. It is believed that this tax will bring price of tickets is only $l5 each.
into the Government Treasury 90 millions of francs;
it remains to be seen how it will be taken up by the
Italians, who have never appreciated au impost of
this sort from the days of Itteuzi to the present
time, especially as it will tell equally upon the
tradesman and the agriculturist. In France the
law proposed by the Government upon the right
of reunions has been passed by an overwhelming
majority, the few enteutes which have taken place at
Toulouse and other places—from a misuuderetaud-
ing of the bearing of the recent law ou military
organization, especially with ' reference ti that of
the Garde Mobile —have been promptly ap-
peased, and his Excellency M. Pittard,
Mi-
nister of the Interior, has written a letter
to the Baron Duliinbert, Prefect for the Haut
Garonne, who had been accused by the press of in-
efficiency on the occasion of the little brouillerie at
Jouloun, explaining that the Government was
perfectly satisfied with his conduct ; but that
whilst engaged in carrying out a course of liberal
measures for the benefit of the nation, they should
be prepared to act with the greatest firmness in
putting down those incendiaries who should attempt
to deceive or mislead the people. In contradistinc-
tion to the retrogression as regards Liberal princi-
ples evinced by Russia and Roumania, Austria has
embroiled herself somewhat with the Pope on ac-
count of the passing of the Law of Marriage Bill,
whilst in the British Parliament Mr. Glad-
stone brings forward the sweeping doctrine of
getting rid of the Established Church in Ireland.
I should like to express an opinion on this subject,
as having had some slight experience of Ireland.
However, as 3 our French correspondent, that duty
does not devolve upon me. The vast scope given
to the programme of the coming International
Exhibition at Havre initiated upon by the success
of the recent Universal 'Exhibition at Paris causes
great excitement amongst seafaring men of all
ranks; there have been already maritime exposi-
tions, but none with the scope of the present,
the first having been inaugurated seven years
ago by Holland, to whom the empire of the
sea once belonged, and who, it is said, once swept
the sea with a broom at the masthead. Norway
followed- the example, which was also subse-
quently imitated by one or two French ports.
The exhibitions were, however, meagre, and
having reference to fishing only. The races at
Vincennes came off on Monday last with great éclat.
Prix des Hares, 3,000 f., Glycine beating Luue de
Miel, Rarely, Isoline, and Ben ; it is singular to
remark that of five horses entered all ran and
came in in the order of the entry. Prix de la Marne,
1,500 f., won by Royal Junior, beating Sbakspeare
and Aurore, Prix de Daumesnil, Champ d'Oiseau,
followed by his confrere of the Ecurier Floreal; both
these horses belong to the Baron Finot, and are
thoroughly good. The Duke of Hamilton picked
up the last handicap with Royal Tartan, Rogue
number two in the race. The regattas of the Paris
Rowing Club commenced on Sunday last, but the
performances were comparatively uninteresting,
being confined chiefly to sculling matches. Some im-
portant races come off next week.

RAILWAYS IN 7HE UNITED STATES.

(Continued from. a Late Naniber.)

Those who traced the outline of the great fight
between Vanderbilt and Drew for the control of the
Erie Rai!way, given last Saturday in these columns,
may have marvelled at the gigantic nature of the
operations, at the huge forces brought on each side
to bear against the adversary, and at the apparently
reckless conduct of the war. Why should people
already rich and powerful throw themselves into a
struggle which must end, if carried to extremity, in
the ruin of one:side, and of serious injury to all?
The truth is, that there looms in the background a
magnificent prize, visible to the keen eye of a Van-
derbilt, who believes, on good grounds, that if he
succeeds in ceutreing in his hands the great trunk
lines from New York leading West, in a few years
hence he will wield a power second only to that of
such potentates as a Czar or a Napoleon. Com-
modore Vanderbilt is not merely fighting for
money ; he is contending for a position which,
commercially, will be the greatest in the world.
It must be borne in mind that New York is a ter-
minus of the Union Pacific Railway ; that that
railway will be open in 1870, and that New York
will then quickly become the great centre of com-
merce and travel. The lines now controlled by
Vanderbilt are of immense importance. The New
York Central in 1866 had 555 miles of road open,
at a cost of $32,740,000. Supposing that he
succeeded in adding the Erie to his consolida-
tion—he would control the lines connecting the
Western system with New York—that is, be
would hold in his hand the terminus of the
highway between West and East, between
the Atlantic and Pacific, between Europe and
China. Preparations are now being made on
the Hudson River to accommodate the anticipated
trade. Already the tide of emigration is strongly
setting to the West. Vast though the traffic has been
centreing in New York, yet all the 'Western lines
have but ended in a waste. Tracing these high-
ways from their outlets, you but come to the foun-
tains whence flowed the stream which grew into a
river on its way to the sea. 'What the stream of
traffic will be may be conjectured when the river
is turned into a broad canal between two oceans
having au equal outlet on each. The increase in
the earnings of some of the Western railroads may
be gathered from the following figures. In 1863
the Chicago and North Western earned $2,811,544,
in 1867 $11,532,348; the Chicago, Rock Island,
and Pacific earned in 1863 $1,959,267, in 1867
$4,153,281 ; the Michigan Southern earned in 1863
$3,302,543, in 1867 $4,613,754; the Toledo, Wa-
bash, and 'Western earned in 1863 $1,439,798, and
in 1867 $3,784,816. This, remembering the de-
pressing influence of the great war, represents fairly
the steady growth of the West—a growth that even
in itself must make the lines connecting the city of
New York with these States eventually the most
important of all railway communications. Con-
gress has been applied to by a combination of rail-
way companies created by Missouri, Arkansas, and
Texas for aid to form a line from a point opposite
Cairo on the Mississippi River to a point on the Rio
Grande, in the direction of San Bias, on the Pacific
coast. It is proposed to carry this road through the
south-eastern portion of Missouri, the centre of
Arkansas, and Texas, and eventually to connect
with a road to be built within the Republic of
Mexico, extending either to the capital or to San
Blas. Supposing such a line to be formed, the en
tire distance from Cairo to the Pacific Ocean at the
harbour of San Blas would not exceed 1,600 miles,
which, with 900 from Cairo to New York, would give
the through route from New York to San Blas 2,500.
The proposal has Then made to the Mexican Go-
vernment to construct these lines through the Re-
public, and it appears to be her only hope, as it
seems impossible for any government to eradicate
the national vice of thieving which induces the
Mexicans to take to the road as almost the only
profession open alike to all grades of society. Such
a road would make the ports of the United States
the chief outlets for Mexican produce, and save
travellers from the depreciations of brigands, a
system of lawlessuest3 which must eventually pro-

Madame Miramon has arrived at Brussels ac-
companied by her children.

Wilkes' Spirit, March 28, has some extremely
amusing notes on what it calls the " Secret History
of the Stage." We extract the following from
its pages :—Blind Thomas is new in Washing-
ton. The bear which escaped from the ruins of
Barnum's is now billed as the " Fire Imp." The
underwriters have refused to allow Tweddie Hall,
in Albany, to be let for theatrical purposes oftener
than twice a month, three nights each engagement.
Frank Mayo gives imitations of Charles Backus,
the minstrel, and recites Poe's " Ravers." George
Ross, gymnast and equestrian, well known in Cali-
fornia, was lately married in New Zealand to adaugh-
ter of Major-Gen. Kirby, of Nottingham, England.
At least so says the San Francisco Dramatic Chro.
nide. Mrs. Bowers opens at the San Francisco Metro-
politan Theatre in Marie Antoinette. Mrs. Gen.
Lander succeeds Mrs. Bowers in San Francisco at
the Metropolitan.—The Martinetti Troupe lost
about $15,000 in Australia, and are anxious to get
away,—The Grams Valley (California) Theatre was