The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-11 00:00:00

INDIA.

BOMBAY, May 2.

7lbs. skirtings, sr. 14a. ; 8-1 do., 6r. 14a. ; 40's
mule twist, 121. ; market steady. Cotton quiet.
Dhollerab, 255 r. Shipments of the week, 41,000
bales. Exchange on London, 2.0-1. Freights to
Liverpool, 50z.

CALCUTTA, May 1.

71bs. shirtings, sr. 11a. ; Bklbs. ditto, 7r. 14a. ;
31bs. madapullams, 2r. Ba. ; 40's mule twist, 61 ;
market quiet. Cotton, 194 ; linseed, 4r. ; rapeseed
3r. 4a. Exchange on London, 1 11 13-16 ; 4 per
Cent. Government Securities, 931 ; 5 per Cent. Go-
vernment Securities, 1081 ; 51 do., 113 k. Freights
to England, 775. 6d.
The Bank of Bengal has raised its rate of dis-
count per cent.

BOMBAY (HEAVY) MAIL.
GIBRALTAR, May 10.

The Ripon left at one p.m. to-day for Southamp-
ton, where she may be looked for about the 15th

instant.

OUTWARD MAIL OF APRIL 25—MAY 1.
SuEz, May 9.
Tho Sumatra sailed at midnight for Bombay.
Clears off all cargo.

ST. NAZAIRE, May 11.

The Transatlantic Company's steamer Panama
has arrived here from Vera Cruz on the 15th ult.
She brings 361 passengers, and 11,300,000 f. in
specie. The health of all on board is excellent.

Cr.TSTAL PALACE. —Mdlle. Titiens and other
artistes of Her Majesty's Opera appeared at the first grand
opera concert on Saturday last, which was attended by
8,609 persons. The afternoon being fine, and the number
of visitors thus large, the promenade after the concert was
particularly gay. On Saturday next Mdlle. Lucca, Signor
Mario, and other artistes of the Royal Italian Opera,
Covent-garden, will take part in the concert.
It appears that at Cheltenham there is one of
those abominations a proprietary chapel, called Christ
Church ; and of this concern the Dean of Exeter is a
shareholder. It is stated that in consequence of the edi-
fice having fallen into a disgraceful state of dirt and
squalor, the churchwardens resolved to deduct 12s 6d.
per share from the dividend of the current and of next
year for the purpose of cleaning and repairs. To this
proposal three of the shareholders demurred, the Dean of
Exeter who is the absolute proprietor of two shares, but
who holds eighteen as trustee ; Miss Sykes the owner of
twelve ; and Colonel Hume the owner of one. On behalf
of this little party—who certainly do not seem disposed
" to suffer and be still"—the Dean lifts up his voice, com-
plaining that they had been promised a dividend of from
64 to 6-} per cent.—there is no little oddity about these
fractions—and that while that promise was unfulfilled,
the churchwardens had no right to deduct a penny for
any purpose from the profits. Nor was this the whole of
the very rev. gentleman's grievance. In the spirit of the
famous Scotch philanthropist who told his servants that
if any victuals were left that were absolutely uneatable
they might give them to the poor, the churchwardens had
allotted to the Sunday school children certain seats where
nobody could see or hear anything ; and this is how the
very rev. Dean treats that transaction :—Every sitting
made over to the Sunday school children is the property
of some proprietor, intended to convey some income. It
is a part of the productive value of the church ! I Always
providing, we suppose, that it can be let.] I cannot con-
ceive by what law of equity any church officer (one of
whom is the proprietor's churchwarden) compromised the
interests of the persons he is elected to represent ! !
It has been said that our Lord never showed anger but
on two occasions in His earthly life ; the one being when
the disciples would have kept the little children from
Him ; the other when He drove out the money-changers
from the Temple. In both respects Low Church takes
the opposite line. It has no love for children at all. It
hinders them from being brought to the Lord—first, by
depraving the doctrine of Baptism so as to make it seem
absurd to bestow the sacrament of regeneration oa un-
conscious infants ; and, secondly, by imposing an utterly
unlawful and wicked tax upon its administration. Dean
Boyd in barring the doors of Christ Church—Christ
Churckl—to the Sunday seholars is only carrying out
the principle to its legitimate extent. We may well think
that the disciples in forbidding children to approach their
Master were actuated by a real though mistaken piety.
They prob tbly thought that useless trouble was being
given to their Lord. But not even to Judas Iscariot did
the brilliant idea occur—as it has since occurred to so
many " Evangelical " clergymen—of charging so much a
head for the privilege Of receiving the Divine touch !
. Church Times.

COARESPONDENCE FROM PARIS,

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS. Su DATA May 10.

The announcement that the Emperor would not make
the pacific speech at Orleans which was expected of him
has led the Opposition journals to infer that there was
nothing peaceful to say. Meanwhile, the Coratitutionnel
attempts to reconcile us to the present state of things
by a most elaborate article on the war budget. M.
Fonville says that the increase in the military ex-
penditure has been caused by the increased cost of
armaments and weapons. But, he argues, the increase
in the war budget is not so great in proportion as the in-
crease in the total budget. The war expenses under Louis
Philippe were 26 per cent, of the ordinary receipts,
while under the Emperor they are only 24
per cent. In other words, M. Fonville would
make the public believe that the 373 million francs
spent on the army in 1847 are less than the 445 millions
spent in 1856. I fear that he will hardly get many per-
sons to assent to his paradox ; nor will it be much satis-
faction to them to know that they have to pay a larger
amount for the administration of every other portion of
the Government as well as for that of the army.
There is rather serious news from Vienna. In the first
place, the Avenir 11'ational declares under reserve that
Baron von Bcust is suffering from an attempt which has
been made to poison him. Next we are told that the
Austrian Cabinet has determined to interpose in Eastern
Europe, ostensibly with a liew to prevent further persecu-
tions of the Jews. There is much excitement in the Danu-
bian provinces, and things seem approaching a crisis in
that country of chronic excitement.

In connection with this matter I may mention that
Prince Napoleon is going to Vienna. Having failed in his
visit to the Prussian capital, he is now going to see what
he can do in the Austrian. Still more important, it is said
that he is going to visit Gallicia. If this be true it is very
significant. The Prince has long been an ardent partisan
of Poland, would have gone to war with Russia in
1863, and if he now visits Austrian Poland it
will confirm the deep impression made here by
Prince Czartoryski's speech in London, in which
he declared that the Poles must henceforth look to
Austria as their leader. Is it possible that an alliance
between France and Austria is now on foot, with a com-
mon foe in Russia, and a common purpose in the settle.
ment of the Eastern and Polish questions? It would
seem as if something of the sort were believed at St.
Petersburg, for to-day's papers announce that the Russian
fleet at Cronstadt has received orders to cruise in the
Mediterranean, and that this order has caused no little ex-
citement at Paris and London.

Ihentioned in my last letter that M. de Saint Paul was
about to leave the Ministry of the Interior, and that this
was a blow for M. Rouher. The clever Minister has suc-
ceeded in warding it off. He represented to the Emperor
that- it was absolutely necessary for him (M.
Rouher) to have some one on whom he could
rely to control the elections, and so the Emperor
gave way. It was said at first that in consequence
of this defeat M. Pinard, the Minister of the Interior,
would resign, and there was even some talk of Persigny
coming back to office. But to-day it is aserted that the
quarrel has been arranged, and that the not very happy
family, the Imperial Cabinet, will go on as before.
The much-talked-of pamphlet, " La Paix par la Guerre,"
which was to have been published by Dentu at the close
of last week, has been postponed, if not suppressed. The
reason is said to be that the defeat of the unification
address in the German Customs Parliament has altered the
position.
The Government has sustained another and very severe
defeat in one of the elections for the Councils General.
The Government is likely to be defeated also in the elec-
tion of a deputy at Tarn for the Corps TZgislatif.
You will remember that a contest took place
a few days ago, and that the Government candidate was at
the head of the poll, but did not get the necessary
majority, so that there must be another contest. The
second Opposition candidate has now withdrawn, and
asks those who voted for him to transfer their support to
his late competitor. Should they do so, the Government
nominee will be beaten by a large majority.

The forthcoming debate on free trade, which begins to-
morrow, is expected with much interest. M. niers has
been preparing a great speech in favour of Protection.
He reckons upon getting eighty votes. Of course there is
no chance that the commercial treaty with England will
be repealed ; but the debate will be lively enough. M.
Henri Martin has a capital article in the semi-official
Constitutiannel to-day, pointing out that protection is for
the benefit of the few at the expense of the many.

The Luxemburgers are resolute in having nothing to do
with Frbnc2. A fortnight ago there was a great outcry
at the proposed establishment of a French journal in their
city. They have now positively refused to allow the
Great Luxemburg Railway to be sold to the French
Eastern Railway Company, on the ground that it would
an anti•national policy to do so.

The ..ircnir National says that, "according to a widely-
sprta.l rumour at Vienna, the illness from which Baron
von Deust has been suffering is due to an attempt to poison
him. It is a subject of general discussion in Austria, and
a judicial inquiry is to be made into the matter."

IlTe have now details of the quarrel which has arisen
between the French and Tunisian Governments. Some
time ago the English and Italian consuls, in order to pro-
tect the interests of their fellow countrymen who have
lent money to Tunis, proposed that the Bey should mort-
gage a portion of the Customs to pay the interest due to
his creditors. At the same time they proposed to the
French consul to join the arrangement, but he declined to
do so. Subsequently to that the Bey contracted a loan in
France. Latterly the payment of interest has been sus-
pended, and the French consul thereupon pressed for
arrears. It was then suggested— whether by Tunis
or France is not certain— that a, French finan-
cial commission should be organised. To this
the English and Italian consuls objected, on the
ground that the interests of their fellow-countrymen
would be injuriously affected thereby. For this reason the
Bey declined to sign the deeree. The French consul,
knowing that the commissioners were on their way from
France, said that if the Bey did not sign the French flag
should be hauled down. This was actually done ; and
diplomatic relations having been thus broken off, the
despatch of two French frigates to Tunis was ordered. In
consequence of these proceedings, the English and Italian
Ambassadors at Paris have made very strong representa-
tions to the French Government, and it is believed that
the question at issue will now be settled by a joint com-
mission, in which all three of the European Powers will be
represented, although the Etendard declares that it will
be left to France and Tunis alone.

The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post has reason
to believe that when Napoleon's advisers last met, his
Excellency M. gonher spoke out bravely about the neces-
sity of making economy in the military and naval budgets,
and expressed himself fres fermes about the wisdom of
applying the army reforms with as little severity as
possible ; in fact, pointing out how the policy advocated
by Marshal Niel might be considerably modified by a
political as well as financial revision of what has taken
place during the last few months, always respecting in
principle the provisions made by the Reorganisation Bill.
But, we are always told, the Emperor still ccnsiders that
peace is to be secured by war armaments.
The Pope has recently reviewed the Papal soldiers
wounded at Mentana. They were accompanied by some
Sisters of Charity, who have displayed much zeal in col-
lecting contributions for the alleviation of the sufferers in
the different hospitals. The Pope, addressing the soldiers,
said : "My dear children, the Pope thanks you! You
have fought like brave men, and have given him great
marks of your devotion. In fact, what greater mark of
devotion can a friend give than to give his life for his
friend ? You have valiantly defended the cause of right,
justice, and truth. When you return to your families
take them the blessing of the Vicar of Jesus Christ, who
gives it to you with all the tenderness of his heart."

Mr. Disraeli has got over his episcopal difficulty, and
very satisfactorily. He has selected for the see of Here-
ford the Rev. Canon Atlay, vicar of Leeds—a clergyman
known more for his parochial energy than for his identifi-
cation with either of the great Church parties. Dr.
Atlay was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, and
graduated in 1840 (the year that the Dean of Ely, Dr.
Harvey Goodwin, was second wrangler), and took a some-
what low place among the senior optimes in the mathe-
matical tripos, but was a first-class (oth) in the classical
tripos. Ho was also Bell's university scholar.
He became Fellow and tutor of his college. From 1847 to
18f•2 he was vicar of Mailingley, and when the late vicar of
Leeds, Dr. Hook, was appointed by the then Derby-
Disraeli Administration to the deanery of Chichester,
which post he now holds, Mr. Atlay was selected for the
important incumbency of Leeds. He was in 1861 made a
canon of Ripon, and subsequently graduated D.D. As
Dr. Atlay was a Cambridge man, it can hardly be said
that political considerations have had much to do with
his appointment. The vicarage of Leeds is in the
presentation of twenty-five trustees, but in consequence
of the preferment of the present vicar by the Govern.
ment, we presume that the next presentation will be made
by the Crown. For the same reason the canonry of
Ripon will be also at Mr. Disraeli's disposal, who will
thus, through the death of Bishop Hampdei, obtain three
lieces of patronage. It is singular that two successive
vicars of Leeds should have obtained ecclesiastical prefer-
runt at the hanes of two Conservative Administrations,