The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-15 00:00:00

REMARKS.

The changes in the barometrical pressure since Saturday hare not
been great : since last evening on our east coast readings are nearly
one-tenth of an inch lower, but in other districts the pressure has been
almost eteady. The difference between readings in the north of Scot-
land and on the west coast of France is four-tenths. Temperature
was high yesterday : this morning it is a little lower. Yesterday
morning westerly winds were prevalent : during the day they
freshened from the W. on our north-western coasts, and reached the
force of Bat Nairn. Moderate winds from N.W. to S.W. are reported
this morning. A little rain fell yesterday on our western coasts,
where fog is reported. The waather is generally cloudy in these
islands, hitt on the Continent it is fine.

It turns out that the recent gallop of the French general
at Strasburg across the bridge of boats into Baden was a
very harmless ride after all. For many years past the
French and Baden Governments have paid much attention
to remilating the course of the Rhine. The erosions of
the river have extended very far, and done considerable
damage. The Baden Government lost no time in attending
to the right bank. On the French side there was less done.
A sum of 18,000,000 f. was, by Imperial decree of the 25th
of January, 1867, allotted for the completion of the works
on the French side of the stream ; but that sum was to
be spread over eighteen years. It was considered necessary
from the urgency of the case to augment the annual
amount for a shorter period ; and this required a personal
inspection on the part of the general of division, the
Prefect of Strasburg, a certain number of engineers, and
mayors of the communes that are principally interested in
its The Conatitutionnel says :—" It was simply this pacific
reconnaissance which is decribed as a sort of invasion of
the German territory; Ifaguenan taken for Huningen ;
dams for fortifications ; rcientific surveys for strategic
inspections ; and a simple promenade for a charge of
cavalry."

The caulidature c f Mr. Heygate, th-; defeated of
Leicester, for the pocLet borough of Stamford is taken
advantage of by the Daily News to point out how rapidly
that borough is becoming a political nursery for Conser-
vatives who have been unsuccessful in other constituencies.
At the general election of 1865 it returned Lord Oran-
borne and Sir Stafford NOrthcote as its members. Within
ten months the present Secretary for India migrated to
North Devon, and his successor in the representation was
Sir John Hay, is ho had fought losing battles in Wakefield
and Tiverton. When Lord Cranborne was called to the
Upper House, Viscount Ingestre, who had been beaten in
North Staffordshire, found a snug seat in this close Lin-
colnshire borough. Now that Lord Ingestre has also
joined the select company of peers, an opportunity is given
to Mr. Heygate, the rejected of Leicester. Of course
Mr. Heygate will not be opposed, but he will have to
leave the borough at the end of the present session,
Stamford being one of the boroughs doomed to lose one
member. Our contemporary says that aspirants to parlia-
mentary honours must in future depend more upon their
merits for entering the House of Commons, and rely less
upon the chances of being returned for pocket boroughs.

It was not to be expected that Mr. Rearden would sub-
mit in silence to Mr. Gladstone's assertion that the hon. mem-
ber for Athlone was not a supporter of the Liberal party.
Mr. Rearden has written to the right hon. gentleman to
explain the meaning of his letter, and tells the leader of
the Opposition that on several occasions, when he was
deserted by many of his supporters, he "acted in perfect
independency, and gave all the aid he could." In reply,
Mr. Gladstone informs Mr. Rearden that he voted against
the Liberal party upon the only vital question raised in
1867, that in MG ho voted with the Liberals in only one of the
six or seven great divisions with which the Government Re-
form Bill was assailed, and that on the vital struggle on Lord.
Dunkellin's amendment he was absent. Mr. Rearden again
tries to prove that he is a member of the Liberal party by
stating that Mr. Glyn has repeatedly requested him to be
in his place to vote on the. Irish Church question. This,
however, Mr. Gladstone admitted in the letter which he
wrote to an elector of West Worcestershire. Mr.
Rearden has not improved his position kir this correspon•
deuce. ,

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE RATING

QUALIFICA77ON.

On the consideration of the Boundary is
amended, Mr. Disraeli intends to move the following clause :
—" (First registration of occupiers in boroughs within ex-
tended boundaries.) Where by reason of an alteration of
the boundary of any borough by this act the occupier of
a dwelling house or other tenement (for which the owner
at the time of the passing of this act is liable to be rated
instead of the occupier) would be entitled to be registered
as an occupier at the next registration of Parliamentary
voters if he had been rated to the poor rate for the whole
of the required period ; such occupier shall, notwithstand-
ing he has not been so rated, be entitled to be registered,
subject to the following, conditions :-1. —l. That he has been
duly rated as an ordinary occupier to all poor rates in re-
spect of the promises mach) after the passing of this Act. 2.
That all poor rates which have become payable after the 81st
day of July, 1867, and before the 6th day of January, 1868,
in respect of the premises, have been duly paid on or before
the 20th day of July, 1868."

A *DUBLIN SCANDAL.

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A " strange occurrence," of which there are several versions
current in Dublin, has been under the investigation of the
commissioners of police there. It is a charge brought
against the llon. Colonel Stanley and the lion. Lieu-
tenant Villiers, of the Grenadier Guards, now stationed
at Beggar's Bush barracks, by two city police-con-
stables, Tierney and Ituddock, who state that whilst
separating two dogs from fighting, one of the dogs being
the property of Lieutenant Villiers, both officers came up
(the affair took place at between two and three in the morn-
ing), and accused the constables of having caused the fight.
On nearing the barrack gate, one of the officers called out
the guard, and the two constables were, they say, by direc-
tion of the officers, arrested and conveyed into the guard-
room, and a message sent to the police-station for a
party to remove them. The constables further allege that
they were assaulted by the guard ; ono of them had his
watch broken, and another received a slight wound in
the knee. They insist that they were perfectly sober.
Colonel Lake, the head of the police, has been at Beggar's
Bush barracks on the matter, and the allegations of the police
aro being strictly inquired into.

711 E FENIAN DESIGNS AGAINST CANADA

The American newspapers once more publish sensational
despatches concerning the intentions of tho Fenians. The
preparations in the Canadas for meeting them are, however,
complete, as will be seen from the following telegram : —Field
brigades have been formed in the several districts composed
of regulars and volunteers, having attached to each a battery
of artillery and a troop of cavalry, under the command of
officers chosen from the line. Each brigade can act inda
pendently, or they may be Iroaght together as circumstances
shall require. Tents and field stores of all kinds are ready
for use, and the troops could, take the field at a moment's
notice fully equipped for service. The dutiesof the Quarter-
master-General and commissariat departments will be per-
formed by Imperial officers. There will be a considerable
reserve of regularsand volunteers should the brigades already
formed not be sufficient to meet the emergency. The regulars
and volunteers are now armed with Snider and Enfield
breech-loaders, and there is an abundant supply of ammu-
nition on hand at all the necessary points. Tho volunteers
aro to receive 50 cents per day, in addition to free rations,
wlttn in active service. In addition to the preparations for
the service on land gunboats are now stationed at Prescott,
Kingston, Toronto, Fort Erie, and St. Clair, manned by
sailors of the Royal Navy and supplied with Armstrong
guns."

THE NEW AMERICAN MINISTER IN

LONDON.

h Mr. Rev, rdy Johnson has been appointed Minister of
the United States to the British Court, and the nomi-
nation has been unanimously approved by the Senate. The
new ambassador is better known as an eminent lawyer
than as a statesman. Ho was born in Annapolis,
Maryland, May 21, 1796. He was educated at St.
John's College in that city, and at the ago of seventeen
began to study law in Prince George's county, in the
office of his father, who was a chief justice of the judicial
district of which that county was a part. In 1815 he was
admitted to the bar. He has devoted much of his time
to the arguing of cases before the United States Supreme
Court. In conjunction with Mr. Thomas Harris, he
reported seven volumes of the decisions of the Mary-
land Court of Appeals known as " Harris's and Johnson's
Reports," the first volume of which appeared in 1820, and
the seventh in 1827. In 1821 ho was elected a State Senator,
and at the i xpiration of his term iu 1825 he was re-elected
for a second term. In 1815 he was chosen Seta'or, which
office he resigned in 1849, on Wing appointed by President
Taylor Attorney-Ganeral of the United States. On the
succession of Mr. Muter() after the death of President
Taylor Mr. Johnson resigned that office, and renewed the
practice of the law. He is a Democrat, and was, we believe,
one of the Senators who voted acainst the impeachment of
the President. His age, 72, exceeds that of most ambassa
dors, although in Ameriel years appear ono of the qualifica-
tions for difficult diplomacy. Mr. Dallas was upwards of 70
beta.° he left the Court of St. James's.

The Marquis of Westminster has given £l,OOO
towards the building of the now wing of St. George's Hos-
pital.

In coneequeEce of the continued illness of Mr.
Justice Mellor, his lordship will not bo able to go to the
Western Circuit.

On Saturday the remains of Mr. Drapper, land-
lord of the True to the Core public-house, who was fatally
injured by lightning whilst going to ^Epsom races on the
Oaks day, were conveyed to their last resting place in
Nunhead Cemetery. Many persons, by whom the de-
ceased was greatly respected, attended the funeral.
The authorities of the British Museum have made
an important purchase in Paris. It consists of the musical
autograph. collection formed by M. Theodore Cothan, con-
taiLing the original score of Donizetti's " do Lammer-
moor," Paisiello's cantata sung at Naples on the entry of
Joseph Bonaparte, and Rossini's cantata sung at the samo
place when tho Bourbons were restored in 1815.

Prince Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt, son-in-law of
Queen Victoria, and commander of the Hessian troops,
is on leave for some time, to reside in England.
Duting his absence the command of the troops will be
given to a Prussian general. The Prince and Princess of
Hesse wil spend some days with her Majesty at Windsor
Castle.

The summonses taken out against five respect-
able tradesmen at Liverpool, well known as of Orange
proclivities, for being concerned in the issue of the forged
tickets for the meeting addressed by Mr. Bright, came on
for hearing on Saturday, the defendants being charged
with 'conspiring to create a breach of the peace. On his
worship intimating that if the interests of the town were
consulted the matter would not be carried further, the
prosecution was withdrawn.

The Revolution, the American organ of Woman's
Rights, notes the fact that the Congregational Church of
Harlem, Rev. S. Bourne, pastor, on the report of the com-
mittee appointed a year ago, have recently so amended
the standing rule of that church that women are now
eligible as officers. The vote was unexpectedly large. It
required a two thirds vote, but it was four to one. The
women of that congregation may now be pastor, deacons,
and trustees, as well as devoted members.

At the Sheffield Police-court, two saw-grinders
named Greene, members of the Trades'-union, have been
bound over to keep the peace towards three other men be-
longing to the same trade, who are not connected with the
society. The complainants bad gone to /Etna 'Works in
search of employment, understanding that there was some
question of a reduction in wages pending there, when they
were assaulted in an adjoining public-houso by the defend-
ante, wbo used very vio:ent and threatening language. One
of the complainants was "Putty " Shaw, of Trades' Outrage
Commission notoriety.

SAD ACCTDENT.—A few evenings ago a youth,
named Mirfin, was killed at the Stepney Junction Station.
He was standing on the platform when a train was coming
in, and being apparently seized with a fit, he fell on to the
line, and the train passing over him, injured his limbs
terribly. Being subsequently removed into the station,
he mentioned that he was subject to fits, and said that he
supposed that he was. suffering from an attack of the sort
when he fell upon the line. The unfortunate young man
was removed to the London Hospital, and died soon after
his arrival.

THE BRISTOL ELECTION PETITION.—TIie Speak( r's
warrants for witnesses to give evidence upon the petition
against the return of Mr. John William Miles (in the
room of Sir Morton Peto) at the late election, were in
course of service on Friday and Saturday, the witnesses
being required to be in attendance at the House of Com-
mons on Thursday next, the 18th. It is stated by the
Liberals that several of the gentlemen whose presence is
likely to be required have gon'i on continental tours. The
counsel for the petitioners will be Mr. Strjeant Ballan-
tine, Mr. H. James, and Mr. J. F. Norris. It is stated
that Mr, Prideaux Q.C., will lead pitting meR
bent

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL CASTLE, June 13.
The Queen drove out in the morning, accom-
panied by Princess Louise ; and in the afternoon
her Majesty again drove out, accompanied by
Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and Prince
Leopold.

THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.

PLYMOUTH, June 13,
The Royal Mail steamer La Plata, with the above
mails, anchored in Plymouth Sound at 11 a.m. to-
day. She brings 149 passengers, specie valued at
$377,625, and 33 sacks of mails. Twenty passen-
gers and the mails were landed at this port, after
which the La Plata proceeded for Southampton.
The mails, having been sorted on the passage, will
be forwarded by the 12.15 and 1.30 p.m. trains.
Among the passengers is Governor Walker, from
Barbadoes.

The crops were looking well in the West Indian
Islands, but business was backward.

The La I'lata's news dates from Valparaiso,
May 3 ; Grey Town, 16 ; Jamaica, 24 ; and St.
Thomas, 14.

The most stirring topics in Chili were the arrange-
ment for the Spanish and Chilien men-of-war being
allowed to leave London, and the refusal of Chili
to renew the commercial treaty with the Argentine
Republic. The Peruvians were complaining that
they were shamefully deceived, having no notice of
the agreement for sailing the vessels.
Yellow fever was making rapid strides in Lima,
150 to 200 deaths occurring daily. There Were up-
wards of 2,500 cases in hospital. Commerce was
completely paralysed. The merchants were about
holding a meeting to consider the necessity of en-
tirely closing their establishments for the present.
The public and private schools and theatres are
already closed by order of the Government, in order
to prevent contagion. Captain Blakely, inventor
of .the Blakely guns, and his wife, are among the
victims of the disease. In Callao the fever was
not so violent. Colonel Balta has been elected
president. The whole south of Hayti had de-
clared for Nissage, and were marching for Port-au-
Prince.

The Tirailleurs, a body of Government picked
troops, had joined the insurgents. Faubert and
Normil were awaiting the arrival of Nissage for a
combined attack on Port-au-Prince. It was feared
that great loss of life and property would result
from Salnave's resisting.

The third volume of the Meditations sur la Reli-
gion Chretienne by M. Guizot, whose intellectual
vigour and industry seem rather to strengthen
than diminish, has this day appeared. It was
looked for with much interest. The present volume
contains a preface of some length, which is, itself,
a chef d'ceuvre, and was probably suggested by the
recent discussions in the Senate and in the press
on the growth of materialism among professional
men. After premising that he is not " one of those
who believe that Catholics are necessarily hostile
to political liberty, and that freedom of inquiry
inevitablypushes Protestants to anarchy," he notices
two publications by two persons. with Whom, he
says, he has no personal acquaintance, differing
from each other in situation as in ideas ; the one a
Catholic, the other a Protestant; the one a great
prelate in his Church, the other a Protestant
pastor ; " both of them sincere Christians, and full
of sympathy with the instincts, aspirations, moral
and intellectual of our society ; both resolute and
skilful in presenting Christianity under the form
and in the language most adapted to mike it pene-
trate into the soul." One is the Archbishop of
Paris, M. Darboy, the other is M. Decoppel, Pro-
testant 1 astor at Alais. The production of the
former ii a " Pastoral Letter on the Truth of the
Christian Religion" on the occasion of Lent; tha t
of the other is a " Report on the Actual Require-
ments of Preaching in the Protestant Churches,"
recently published by the Religious Book Society
at Toulouse. After describing the characteristic
features of these productions, M. Guizot says :
" I do not examine, I do not discuss, any of the
particular ideas, any of the phrases, any of the
words which are found in the report of M. Decop-
pel ; I only desire to point out the great and com-
mon character of the writers. They are both of
them Christians, sincere Christians, and they have
at the same time for their object to bring
Christianity and modern society to understand
each other, to accept each other, and exercise
reciprocally a salutary action. They are not
merely writers, orators, amateurs in religion or
in philosophy, but ecclesiastics by profession,
belonging to different Churches, who enter into
this path, regard it as legitimate as it is
necessary, labour to draw into it the population
naturally placedaunder:their influence, and, doubt-
less, hope for the practical success of their efforts.

I believe they are right in hoping, as well as in
attempting the task, and that out of the groups
engaged in opinion and in struggles, religious or
political, this vast population, uncertain, floating,
at one time indifferent, at another disquieted on the
religious questions, and on the relations of the
Christian religion with modern society;—that this
population, I repeat, which is France itself, may be
religiously moved, persuaded, enlightened, and
brought to the great Christian faith, concurrently
with the sentiment of the natural and necessary
accord between Christian faith and public liberty
_.7

It is the ;profound desire I feel and the hope I
cherish in this great result which lead me to pro-
long these meditations, and to let them take their
chance in the dense and dark melee of events,
questions, passions, and interests which are so
foreign to such subjects. The more I examine the
more I am convinced that France is more occupied
with religious questions than she appears to be,
and that in the midst of her troubles, her lassi-
tude, and her fluctuations she cherishes the secret
sentiment of the imperishable grandeur and prac-
tical importance of those questions. If, as I think,
such is the public tendency, I believe I have a
claim to be heard with some confidence. I have

lived much, and I have not been i•lle during my
long life. I have taken part in the affairs of the
world. I have quitted it ; and lam now only a
spectator. For the last twenty years I have been
trying my tomb. I have entered it living ; and I
have not made an effort to leave it. I have expe-
rience of the world ; and I have the advantage of
being detached from it. If it were given to me to
be still of some service to the two great causes
which in my eyes form but one—the cause of
Christian faith in souls, and that of political
liberty in my country, I should await with grati-
tude and in the stillness of my repose the dawn of
the eternal day which fools call death."
THE WRECK OF THE GARDONNE.—The inquiry
into the wreck of this vessel was continued at Penzance
on Friday. Wilson, the second officer, deposed that after
the ship had struck all was panic, chaos, and dismay
He did all that was possible to save the passengers, but
the sea was so high that scarcely anything could be done.
Nine hours and a half after they left Ushant, although the
distance to the Longships was only ninety-five miles!
the engines were kept at full speed. He kept a good
look-out, because he thought they were nearing the Long-
ships, but the vessel struck before they were cognisant of
being so near the land. Neither the captain, the first
mate, nor himself could swim. He (witness) could hair°
got into a boat, but thought it his duty to remain on
board until the boats were sent off. He remained on the
poop, and saw many passengers sucked in by the see'
After witnessing this distressing spectacle for some tiu►o
he jumped overboard, and was picked up by one of the
boats;

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Despatches were received on Saturday at the
Colonial-office from the Governors of Gibraltar, Malts,
and from the Governor-General of Canada. Despatches
were sent to the Governor-General of Canada, and to 00
Governor of British Columbia.

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