The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-20 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, July 18'
The Moniteur of this morning reprints the f°l-
lowing communique, published in the Temps Yes-
- :
" The Journal le Temps, in its impression of tbef
12th July, reproduced a notice of the Ministry* °I,.
the Interior, inserted in the 3loniteur of the
11t
instant, announcing that MM. the Baron Ecal
von Erlanger and Julius Reuter, in consequence°
a notification of tender, had been declared coneer
sioLaires of a submarine telegraphic line for the par•
pose of connecting France with the United States
of America."
The Temps appends to this note a stetement Pab;
fished by the London Daily News, in which it id
asserted that a prior concession has been graote
on the 17th ult., by the Mnistry of the Interior, t
M. Eugene Delessert and Mr. William Blacko3°l.ci
The Temps added that an explanation apPeare
to be necessary.
The explanation is very easy. MM. Delesse°
and Blackinore have obtained no concession fr°ni
the Minister of the Interior. They had ill tileo
hands, on the 17th June, a simple draft of colVierja
tion, which was neither signed nor approved, an
which consequently could not confer upon theme

right.
per'
MM. Delessert and Blackmore themselves r
c,
fectly understood the state of the case. Two slit
o
cessive aljudicAtions, at which they were inviteutbe
be present, were held on the 29th June and
their
6th July without any protest whatever on
part having been made in the interval.
Pen,
It is therefore incomprehensible that these PA,
tlemen can now raise claims which are unauthori6v"
and to maintain which they can adduce no title'vt
BOURSE, July 18.—Three o'clock.—The ular
closed as follows : „
41 per Cont.
End of month - Ital'aa Loan ...... --- ~
3 per Gent
End of month 7O 25 Mexican Loan .. IQ" -'
Credit Mobilier
End of month 276 25 Spanish Three .... ''
Credit Foncier 1468 Home Debt......
End of month — Deferred ....... .. --.'
RAILWAYS. Cash'
Orleans , BBl
....
Northern 1153
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 568
Western
Eastern .• 556

Sardinian
Austrian 562
Lom bard 4Ol
North of Spain 6l
Saragossa
Roman

OP'
MR. SIMS REEVES AND ENCORES.--gr' 0 0
Reeves, who steadily opposes the custom, is freciti:fiii°
made aware of the views of his audience uP°;01)1t
point. Last autumn he underwent cosusi'°-
insult in Manchester because he declined 1,..°
peat a ballad. Ho had yielded to the nriS'beito
he civilly repudiated the second, being tired, au sel/'
further alive to the peril of exerting a throat 0° eV
bitive as his own. The Mancumans persisted in tirtio°.
core ; Mr. Sims Reeves held out with equal ree°llt
He at first declined the compliment ; he now stood "-
the justice of the case, and refused the demand 11311
Mancumans broke out into an uproar ; they 111.55:,fec1ie,,
yelled, they drove from the platform the -OW,
singer - lady—until she retired in tears ; theYultpoA"
broke up the concert. Why ? Simply because I,Lilsts;
Reeves objected to give them double what he had lEm•ra, tif"
by contract to perform. He had bargained toell37fliei,
songs ; his audience asked four at the same pric°;anio eaf
had the right to ask it, but they had not the 0"--a 0 7,.;
right to enforce the claim, or oven to feel aggric.r,ev
srti
Reeves declined. You may offer half price for
of commerce if you please, but you are not Prisr-e
Sr
insult the vendor if he bows you out of the °nit
may make the excellence of your baker's last bat bat,ti
text for asking two loaves at the price of ono;
baker is fairly empowered to dissent from that view bil;11,1
to require two penny buns for a penny because .iplo
are good is not more unreasoual)le than the Pria''
volved in an encore.—The Broadway. tat'
volved
SIR It. MAYNE'S UNMUZZLED DOGS.*-- th foliocr
day an extraordinary sale of dogs c tptured b 5 1 arto,
took place at Uremorno. Sixty-eight lots wer° Pols°
sale, and although some of the dogs were very •
r
only £2O was realised. ds Ok pelt
PILCHARDS.—Upwards of 300 hogslle,A, the Pll
chards were caught on the Cornish coast dur'eP sAls°ip
week, which was the first week of the SOSO' 5 thAll
is. 6d. to 2s. per six score. Larger comnaissi°%ol3. p
any previous year have been received from I.4°23sispell';;,
CRYSTAL PALACE.—SeVen Shilling andot, tiel‘e
c
Day, Saturday, July 18.—Admissions by sea- q 4.
4,546; ditto on payment, 1,011; total vi-•itorf., old