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

THE BISHOPRIC OF NATAL.

The following despatches relating to the proposal
to consecrate a new Bishop of Natal have been
published :

" Downing-street, Jan. 30, 18G8.
" Sir,—You will probably have read in some of
the English papers a report that it is in contem-
plation by some Colonial Bishops to consecrate
a Bishop to take charge of the diocese of
Natal , on the assumption that Dr. Coleus°
has been deposed. You will not be surprised to beer
that her Majesty's Government look upon this in'
tention with great apprehension and regret. And,
in case you should learn that the consecration le
intended t 3 take place within your Government'
I should wish you to use all the influence
which legitimately belongs to you to prevent
it. And I think it proper to add that if, of ter
being warned of the views of her Majesty's
Government, any ecclesiastical officer, holding
salaried office during the pleasure of her Majestit
were to be a party to any such transaction, her Ma-
jesty's Government would consider it their duty to
advise the Quen to cancel his appointment.---1
have, &c.,
(Signed) BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS.
" Lieut.-Governor Keate, &c., &c."

" Colonial-office, Natal, March 31, 1868.
"My Lord,—l am directed by his Excellency the
Administrator of the Government to forward for
your information a copy of a despatch received Ong
day from her Majesty's Government, the subject of
which has no doubt already engaged your attention.
I am to request your lordship to make known to
the clergy and ecclesiastical officers within yob
diocese the • views entertained by her Mil-
jesty's Government, and to acquaint his
cellency at your earliest convenience with ail
information you may at any time receive, leading
you to suppose that proceedings of the nature re-
ferred to in the despatch, of which a copy is ea'
closed, are contemplated.—l have the honour to
be, &c., D. ERSKINE, Colonial Secretary._

' The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Natal."

MARRIAGE OF THE EMPEROR OF CIIINA.--•-"
Oriental spectacle—reminding one of some of 0°
scenes described in sacred history and the marriage
of Ahasuerus—was witnessed at Pekin on the 27'13
of March. The young Emperor of China having
reached the age of fourteen, the time had COe3°
when a wife had to be chosen for him. One hae-
dred and twenty young girls, ranging from eleven
to nineteen years old, were admitted to the palace
on the previous evening as candidates. Seven were
chosen from this number, who had to submit to 011
examination before the Empress-Mother, wloge
business it is to make the choice. Letters fro°.
Pekin of the 2d of April inform us that the young
lady upon whom the choice of the Prince and ble
mother fell was born at Monkden, in the provincie
of Ching-king, that she was extremely beautiful:
She belongs to a family that for fifteen years ell
joyed the high favour of the late Emperor Ts°l
Kouang. It is stated that the majority of the Ems
peror Tchoung-Tche will shortly be declared, and
that he will then take the direction of affairs.-'

Courrier I?usse.
The papers announce that M. Lambert, sub-libro'
rian at Toulouse, has just discovered at Lalonde,:
Gallo-Roman cemetery. It is situated on '
right bank of the Garonne, about 150 yards frc/ilit
the river, and the ground is cultivated as a mar all
garden. Twenty tombs have been found, 34
formed with bricks bearing a monograph. In nlietrici
one was a body, which fell to dust on exposure
the air. There are others in the neighbourlio°l
which will be carefully examined when the crop b'

been reaped.
The Berlin Correspondance says :—" The fay
has now happily completely ceased in Easter,
Prussia. Amongst the benefactors of this Pro
be
vince, not long since so severely tried, must ,0
reckoned his Majesty Abdul-Aziz, in whose na
the Ottoman Minister at the Court of Berlin, 14).1..-;
tarchy Bey, remitted, last winter, considerable 0°
ad
to the Ladies' Benevolent Society, which
adopted the mission of aiding the unfortunate_ .sAtiegl
ferers from the scarcity. The Queen, who pre"to
touched by the generosity of the Sultan, wr°te 0,0
thank him. His Majesty has just replied juto
autograph letter, which has been deposited 13
royal archives as the first communication of

kind ever addressed to a Queen of Prussia,.
The Berlin journals give the following anend't°
as a testimony of the affability and love of diseg;
line which characterise the King of PrUS3ia
Majesty, walking in the garden of 13abelsberg:
spoke to a young gardener, and asked for infortill3ci
Lion as to some new walks. The latter pronee.vaiee
to show them to his Majesty, but after scn°
became uneasy, and, looking frequently at his Vq3' he
at length asked his Majesty to excuse
1190ttr•
ought to be on guard at Potsdam at such an —OOO
['he King finding that to go there on foot WO 0,
possible in the time, ordered a carriage, and accfs°,er
panied the young man, recommending the °hoe
on duty to be indulgent should a few iniliute3
been lost."