The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-11 00:00:00

THE ANGLO-AUSTRIAN TREATY.

A despatch has been pul lish3d from Mr. Mallett regard-
ing the negotiations for a Supplementary Commercial Con-
vention between the United Kingdom and Austria. In ad-
dition to the reduction already made in the tariff of
charges, the treaty between the Zollverein and Aus-
tria, which came into operation on the Ist instant,
rendered still more favourable the commercial relations be-
tween this country and Austria. Mr. Mallett gives-1, A
comparative table, showing in three columns the import duties
is Austria on tho principal articles of British export in 1865,
1867, and 1868, from and after the Ist June; and 2,
A table showing the further reductions made on the occa-
sion of the Austro-Zollverein Treaty, beyond those already
secured prospectively by England last September, and also
applicable to British trade on the Ist June, under the most
favoured-nation article of the treaty of 1865.

THE BISHOP OF WORCESTER ON THE
_ESTABLISHED CHURCH.

The Bishop of Worcester has begun his visita-
tion. His charge was moderate in tone, and did not go very
deeply into the more exciting questions of ecclesiastical poli-
tics. In view of the possible separation of Church and State
in England, the Bishop does not feel much concern about
the temporalities of the Church, but he is anxious
about the position of tho clergy. The Minister of the
Church in every parish, he observed—if, indeed, a
minister was to
,continue to officiate in every parish
—would no longer have "a right of road to every
house." HO could no longer speak with the authority
now given to him as the minister of all the people ; he could
only offer his ministrations to those who chose to recognise
his office. The clergy, moreover, could no longer appeal to the
laws of the land for support in their ministrations and for the
protection of their just rights. They would have to submit
themselves to other tribunals than the Queen's courts ; they
must be judged by other laws than such as had been made
after free discussion by men of many minds in the great
council of the nation.

THE EXTRAORDINARY IRISH WILL CASE.

The case of Browne and others v. Esmonde occupied
the Probate Court at Dublin the whole of Tuesday and
Wednesday. On the first-named day, after hearing the
summing up for the defendants, Mr. Dowse, Q.C., replied
on behalf of the plaintiffs. The learned counsel com-
menced with an avowal that it was not his wish to intro-
duce any sectarianism into the matter, but asked the jury
to consider the matter in a fair and reasonable light, with-
out feeling or sympathy. Money in this case was
not the question. Character and reputation were the
question. They were asked to send forth ladies and
gentlemen of unblemished character, stamped with the
mark of Cain upon their brow, as foul conspirators who
had concocted a will and wrung the signature to it from an
unwilling and paralysed testatrix. They were asked to
brand as a conspirator the Rev. Dr. Hughes, who had
always borne the highest character. They were asked to
enable a childless old man to reap that which he had never
sown from a testatrix who had never intended
him as the object of her bounty. The question '
was, whether this will had been obtained from
the testatrix by the fraud of her own blood relations.
The learned counsel then proceeded to point out that
Mrs. Deane Morgan, the Rev. Dr. Hughes, and Mr.
Meredith would gain but very little by the trial, and he
said that there could not be a, doubt but that the will,
with all its shortcomings, carried out the intentions of the
testator much more than would have been the case by
giving everything she possessed to Sir Thomas Esmonde.
On the re-assembling of the court on Wednesday Mr.
Dowse resumed his address, and, amongst other things,
said it was charged against Mr. Meredith that he bundled
up the will, put it into his pocket, took it away, and that
it was never seen again until produced in court. That
was not the fact. Mr. Meredith attended the funeral
he read the will for all of them ; he gave them a copy;
and so little did he think it would be disputed that he
actually prepared the ordinary affidavit for proving the
will in common form. After the learned counsel had con.
eluded, the court again adjourned.

Another fire has broken out at the bobbin works
belonging to Messrs. Wilson and Newman, Barnsley. The
engines were powerless to stay the flames, and the damage
done was considerable.

Part of the Sheaf Works, Sheffield, the property of
Messrs. Mappin and Co., has fallen with a tremendous
crash, shaking the entire neighbourhood, and causing much
alma. Fortunately no one was hurt, the men having left
off an hour or two previously.
A poor fellow has been killed at Eyam, near Shef-
field, by an explosion of gunpowder. He had put a charge
of powder into a drill hole, and lighted the fuse, but was too
late to make his escape. He died within a minute of being
taken to the infirmary.

A young man named Cox, who was stabbed in
Hurst-street, Birmingham, on Sunday evening, died on the
following evening from the effects of the wounds he had re-
ceived. The police are using every effort to get on the track
of the perpetrator of this brutal and murderous outrage, but
hitherto their efforts have not met with success.

The Bishop of Winchester has expressed a desire,
;hrough his archbishops, that those clergy of his diocese
who have offered up prayers during his illness will on
Sunday next return thanks for "mercies vouchsafed to
him. His lordship is gradually recovering his health and
strength and the use of his speech, and has now, by the
advice of Dr. Gull, been removed to Eastbourne.

MOCKING Bißf§.—There are two specimens of
this remarkable bird now in England. They are to be
seen in the aviary at the Crystal Palace, near the Crystal
Fountain. They are in full song, and warble the notes of
the thrush, blackbird, nightingale, &c., mock the railway
whistle, the sawing of wood, &c., and whistle some
English songs.
HARVEST PROSPECTS IN ITALY.—The Corriere
Mercantile of Genoa says :—" The prospects of the bar-
vest in Italy are excellent ; both the wheat and maize
crops are in fine condition. The vines are flourishing, and
the application of sulphur against the oidium, undisturbed
by rains, has produced good results. The chestnut crop
upon the mountains promises well. The olives alone in
certain localities threaten failure in consequence of the
continued drought. In general an abundant harvest is
anticipated."
PASSENGER TRAFFIC BETWEEN ENGLAND AND
FRANCE.—From a Parliamentary return we gather that the
passenger traffic between this country and France, during
last year, showed a groat increase on the preceding twelve
months. The following is the number of passengers
who passed through the principal ports :—Calais,
1866, 125,532 ; 1867, 199,837. Boulogne, 1866, 113,948;
1867, 152,931. Dieppe, 1866, 38,707 ; 1867, 88,291. Havre,
1866, 16,523 ; 1867, 16,177. Dunkerque, 1866, 2,158; 1867,
no return. Ostond, 1866, 15,897 ; 1867, 19,707. Total, 1866,
312,765 ; 1867, 476,946; increase, 164,181.
The church of Notre Dame du France has been
opened with a very solemn ceremony. The church
is situate at the northeast corner of Leicester-
square, the building having been for a long series
of years that in which Burford's celebrated pano-
ramas were exhibited. A splendid altar has been raised, and
the other ecclesiastical arrangements have been carefully
attended to by the Marist Fathers, to whom the mission
has been entrusted. On Wednesday there was a large
gathering. High Mass was sung by the Right Rev. Dr.
Grant, Bishop of Southwark, after which a sermon was
preached by Archbishop Manning.
SUICIDE IN A SIIOP.—The story of a very ex.
traordinary case of suicide was related at an inquest held
at St. Bartholomew's Hospital on Monday. The deceased
was a man named James Lawrence, and he was 40 years
old. He was a painter, and had lod-gings in a house in
Old-street. Latterly he had taken to drinking, and acted
in such a way at times as to lead his friends to fear that
his brain was affected. He believed that the Fenians
regarded him with especial feelings of animosity,
and used to tell his friends quite gravely, when he met
them in the streets, that the Fenians were after him. On
the 21st ult. he ran into a cook-shop in Old-street, and,
seizing a knife, cut his throat. Blood rushed in a great
stream from the wound, and made him faint so rapidly
that he would have fallen to the floor if the keeper of the
shop had not caught hold of him. A doctor was sea for,
and after the wound was dressed he was carried to the
hospital, where he died on Monday last. A verdict was
returned to the effect that he committed suicide whilst he
was temvorariLv insane. •

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, June 8.
The. Queen went out in the morning, accom-
panied by Princess Beatrice; and in the afternoon
her Majesty drove out, accompanied by Princess
Louise, and the Duchess of Athole in attendance.