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London, England, 1868-06-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1868.
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his mind that it would be better to iu-
crease the staff of the inspectors instead
of appointing sub-inspectors. Mr. NEATE, the
chairman of the committee, while he deplored the
postponement of the legislation on this question,
desired that the inspectors should be increased in
number, and that the managers of mines should be
examined. At any rate, something has been gained

by all this discussion on the subject, and we may
confidently expect that when the subject is actually
before the house some important changes may be
made, and the safety of the workers in mines more
duly provided for. Every now and then we are
startled from our propriety by the intelligence of
some terrific accident having taken Owe in our
mines, but after a time all thought of such a thing
is put aside by the constant presntre of our day's
news, and the result is that each year leaves us as
it finds us to all intents and purposes as regards
the mining districts. The only remedy will be
found in exacting the same w atchfulness on ordinary
occasions that is employed when the danger has
come, and thus we may hope to ward off the liabi-
lity to them which unhappily exists at present.

Some remarks were made on the subject of the
Inland Revenue, and the manner in which it ad-
ministers the law regulating the registration of
newspapers. The Attorney-General defended the
conduct of the Board, and said that while
the law remained as it was :it would
be necessary to enforce it. Mr. GIBSON made
some sensible remarks on the question, and said
that if such a law were desirable it ought not to be
administered by a department that only existed for
the collection of taxes. It would be a goo.' thing
if some change was made in these laws next year,
for at present they seem very imperfectly understood,
and while they press hardly ou some no notice is
taken of the infringement of the rules prescribed
by others. Mr. GLADSTONE'S Suspensory Bill oc-
casioned a dispute in the order of precedence. The
Secretary of the Treasury said that they had put it
first out of courtesy to Mr. GLADSTONE, and also in
conformity with the convenience of the House.
Some mistake appeared to have been made in the
matter, and Mr. DISRAELI, with his usual
tact, frankly acknowledged it, instead of
seeking, as some would have done, to
persist in explaining it away. Mr. GLADSTONE
very readily acknowledged the kindness of the Go-
vernment in so frequently giving precedence to his
bill. For this the Ministry has shown great dis-
cretion, and it would have been an act beneath their
dignity to have taken advantage of their power
over the business of the House to interfere with the
progress of the bill of the Opposition leader. To
go against it in the letter instead of the spirit would
have been quite idle, and though their attempt
to facilitate its progress was the cause of some
awkwardness yesterday, we feel sure that the
House and the country will fully appreciate the
motives that animated them. The third reading of
this bill was fixed for Tuesday next, and but little
discussion took place on the matter, with the ex-
ception of Mr. V.INcE moving that the part of
the new clause respecting the Regium Donum be
struck out. He met with scanty support, and a divi-
sion was taken. Mr GLADSTONE, in a brief reply, put
the case amusingly before the house by comment-
ing on the descriptions given by Mr. VANCE him-
seff. The hon. member said that the first part of
the clause as related to Maynooth was unjust, and
the second part, which related to the Regium
Donum was absurd ; but he " appeared to be more
scandalised by the absurdity than by the injustice,
for he proposed to omit the absurd part of the clause,
and to retain the unjust part of it." SOM3
discussion took place on Mr. MoNK's llisabilities
of Revenue Offie a Bill. The hon. me•nber wished
to proceed with it, but the Government objected to
proceeding with it in consequence of the lateness of
the hour. Oa that resistance was made to the pro-
posal of adjournment, however, and not until these
attempts were made to continue did the House con-
:-ent to wait till a more favourable opportunity
occurred. It must be admitted that the hon. mem-
ber for Gloucester was more zealous than wise in his
efforts to go on with his bill. As at present settled
it will be brought on again for discussion on Mon-
day, which was the best way of disposing of the
complicated system. It may be observed in pass-
ing that it is not often that, in the course of one
evening's debates in the House of Commons, there
arises ten knotty points to be settled, such as occur-
red yesterday, with respect to the right of the Go-
vernment to put the Suspensory Bill forward, andthe
privilege of private members to force on their
measures irrespective of the lea lers on both sides
having come to an understanding that the question
would not come on that night. Iu both in-
stances the most desirable conclusion was come to,
and although it is to be regretted that any alterca-
tions of this kind should take place, it is impossible
at all times to prevent some misunderstandings
when there is so much to be done in a short time.

The Senate of the United States appears to share
the anxiety suddenly manifested by the House of
Representatives for the admission of members from
the long-excluded Southern States. On Thursday
the Senate passed Mr. STEVENS' Bill, providing for
the representation of both the Carolinas, Georgia,
Louisiana, and Alabama to representation in Con-
gress, on condition that the Constitutions of those
States shall never be so amended as to deprive of
the suffrage those now entitlel to vote—a tho-
roughly characteristic STEVENS' qualification. For
a country which boasts of continual progress such
legislation for the future is somewhat inconsistent,
and as it will need no more than a fresh act of Con-
gress to admit the States in question to representa-
tion on other terms there is no /protection for the
Radicals in it. A generation which has witneased
the sweeping away of all the old conditions of the
domestic institution can hardly foretel what its
successor may choose to do in the way of change
and innovation. Another movement of the Senate
in respect to the Southern constituencies itacates
the eagerness of the Radicals to retain their politi-
cal majority. On the 31 of June a resolution was
introduced, excluding the Southern States from
participation in the Presidential election, unless
such States had been admitted to the Union. under
the Reconstruction Act before the Presidential
electors were chosen. This anxiety about the
coming contest is natural enough, seeing that the
Radicals are daily losing ground throughout
the country, but it is amusing to see the
petty spite which the potent, grave, and reverend
seigniors of the Senate:Court do not scruple to show
respecting the result of the Impeachment trial.
The Senate have passed a vote of th inks to Mr.
STANTON fur his public services by 37 to 11,
and by 30 to 11 have• refased to vote the

thanks of the House to Chief Justice
CHASE fc,r his conduct during the trial.
Further, the Senate have rejected Mr. S rAN-
BERRY'S nomination as Attorney-General. It will
be remembered that Mr. STANBERIZY resigned his
office on purpose to conduct Mr..JOHNSON'S case,
though his . illness unfortunately interfered.
Mr. JOHNSON has now nominated him
anew for the office, but the Senators,
smarting under their failure, refuse to sanc-
tion the appointment. General SCHOFIELD,
' however, has overcome all obstacles, sal is fairly

installed in the War-office, which has been the
occasion of as many attacks, repulses, manceuvres,
and stratagems as any besieged city.

LATEST INTELL MENGE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
AMERICA.
WASHINGTON, June 12.

The President has nominated the Hon. Reverdy
Johnson as Minister to Great Britain, and '.he
Senate has unanimously confirmed the azpoint-
men t.

QUEENFTOWN, Juno 13.

The National Steamship Company's steamer
Pennsylvania, from New York, arrived here at 6
a.m. to-day. She landed passengers and proceeded
for Liverpool. All well.

'CORRESPONDENCE nom PARIS..

KVROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, FRIDAY, Jurie 12.

TherOs scarcely any news to-day. The Emperor is
still a' Fontainebleau, and M. Rouher holds Cabinet
Conn'cils twice a week in his Majesty's absence. It is un-
derstood that the Emperor of Austria has finally aban-
doneki. his visit to Paris. Prince Napoleon's visit to
Vie-nna is still the chief theme of gossip. He was
t`..4 have met two of the chief Austrian generals, but
DI they were away, and their sudden return might li
have aroused suspicion, it is understood that he will have
an interview with them at Pesth. He goes to Prague
to-morrow, and will return to,Vienna before'going to Pesth.
He has had several interviews with Baron von Beust and
Count Andrassy, and also with Count Potocki, who repre-
sents the Polish portion of the empire ; and this last fact
has caused considerable excitement among the Poles resi-
dent in Vienna, who firmly believe the report that the
Prince is endeavouring to get up a Franco-Prusso-Austrian
alliance in order to keep back Russian barbarism.
--
I recently expressed strong doubt as to the statement
respecting the improved relations between France and
Italy. It seems that I was justified in doing so. It is
stated today in one of the papers that these relations are
more " strained " than ever, and that General Menabrea,
the Italian Premier, is constantly urging our Government
to withdraw Baror Malaret, and send some representative
who would be more welcome at Florence.
The Government proposes to call out for 1869, 100,000
men of the class of 1868 for the recruiting of the army and
the navy. The intention, however, will be strenuously
opposed, and already an amendment has been presented
signed by Picard, Gamier Pages, Simon, Viscomte
Lanjuinais, and others.
M. Pouyer-Qtiertier means to make another Protec-
tionist demonstration when the contract for the Trans-
atlantic mails comes on for discussion.
An Italian, Della Noce by name, is said to have
invented a new rifle, more deadly than any yet discovered.
He has entered into arrangements to supply the Spanish
Government with it. The Municipal Guard of Paris is
being armed with a new rifle, not the Chasseptit, but I do
not know whose invention it is.

A new vacancy has arisen in the Corps Ugislatif by the

resignation of M. Edouard Fould through ill-health, so
Ministers will have another opportunity of testing tho
feelings of the electors. At the last election their candi-
date had a large majority.

M. Berryer had a bad fall a day or two ago in the BoiS
de Boulogne. I believe he was not seriously hurt, though

when one comes to his 79th year such contretemps are
apt to be awkward. All France would lament if any.
thing serious were to happen to her distinguished advo-
cate.

I am glad to be able to give you a better account than I
gave the other day of M. Forcade. The brother of the
well-known litterateur writes on the 10th to the Temps
that since he has been placed under the care of special
attendants his health has greatly improved. He has
become more calm, has more rational ideas about his
future, is able to gossip and play billiards, no longer
offering to stake a million, remarking that that would
be a " foolish " thing, and that he would play for oulv
a franc.

M. Paulin-Limayrac, the late editor of the Conseitu-
tionnel , recently appointed Prefect of the Department of
the. Lot, has just been received at Cahors with a triumphal
Procession. The new prefect was very modest under the
panegyrics and congratulations which were poured down
upon him. He declared that he was afraid he should find
his new sphere too vast for his capacities !
The Prince of Monaco has arrived in Paris " with a
numerous suite," the papers tell us. " Numerous " is, I
suppose, a comparative term, or I should infer that the
Prince had brought nearly the whole of his late subjects
with him.

The new weekly paper Tribunc is to appear to-night or
co-morrow morning. It is anticipated with much interest,
for its editors are two of the most distinguished members
of the Opposition, M. Pelletan and M. Glais-Bizoin.

The Times does not know what to make of the Servian
tragedy, and has a long article, the gist of which is that
unless something happens something else will. Our con-
temporary believes that there is no chance of any con-

federation between Servia and Roumania, and that unless the
Triumvirs charged with the temporary administration of
public affairs prove equal to the task of keeping order
in the interval, it will be difficult to say on which
of Servia's powerful neighbours and patrons the care of
"saving society" may devolve. Prince 'Michael was

undoubtedly an able man, for not only did he manage to

obtain virtual independence from the Sultan, but con-
trived to keep clear of the Czar. Some persons

suppose that the Prince owed his death to Russian
agency in consequence of Russian influence having
sustained a check in the National Assembly on

the evening before. On the other hand, the Radano-
witch family are said to have committed the deed,
in order to avenge the dishonour of their sister, between
whom and the Prince some love passages had passed, with-
out, as it was hoped, leading to marriage. One of the
Prince's cousins, probably the one that was murdered by
his side, had taken the place of the Radanowitch sister.
The Prince had been married, but had set aside
his wife for the same reason that the First Napoleon

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set aside Josephine, and the divorced lady was living in a
convent at Paris when her husband was murdered. He
was the son of a simple shepherd, Miksch, who had raised
himself to the foremost place in the country. Prince
Michael's legal heir is a nephew, but, as he is only
nine years old, there is small chance of his succeeding to
the throne.
It is said that King William is going to Hanover, the
unfriendly feeling against the Prussians having sufficiently
subsided to render it safe for him to make the journey.
The Siecle remarks, sarcastically, that the officials have
received sufficient notice of the King's visit in order to
make things pleasant for him. Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid
sent his Vizier to travel incognito, and the Siecle suggests
that Bismarck, instead of going to Pomerania, may really
be going to Hanover secretly, in order to ascertain the real
sentiments of the population.
Letters from Berlin give details of Bismarck's illness.
He was at work all the morning of May 29, when at 2.30
p.m. he was attacked with severe pericarditis, and for
some time was in great pain. Ile is now better. The
King visited him at his house. A letter from Cannes
says that orders have been received to hire a house there
for the Count, who will pass next winter in that agreeable
watering-place, according to the advice of his physicians.
This sounds rather apocryphal. The winter is six months
off, and there is no knowing what will happen before then.
The Cretan deputies have insisted upon being admitted
into the Greek Parliament, and the Greek Premier has
bad to give them a peremptory refusal, on the ground
that admission would compromise the relations between
Greece and Turkey. It is clear that the remonstrances of
the Great Powers have at last frightened even Greek
- -

The Spanish Government has just given another proof
of its bad faith, which certainly was not needed. A few
weeks ago Messrs. Bischoffsheim and Goldschmidt under-
took to bring out in this country a Spanish Colonial Loan,
which was to bear the guarantee of the Spanish Home
Government. As usual, the contractors made a deposit,
which in this instance amounted £lOO,OOO. It soon appeared
that the Government had no power to give such guarantee,
and the contractors thereupon announced that they would
return the subscribers their money, with interest at the
bank rate. Of course the contractors expected to receive
back their deposit, the failure of the loan having arisen
through no fault of theirs. It is, however, stated that the
£lOO,OOO will be forfeited. We presume that there can
now be no doubt as to both the fairness and the wisdom of
the decision by which the Spanish Government is ex-
cluded from competing for capital on equal terms with
other nations.

The Imperial _Review mentions one or two items of poli-
tical interest. In the first place it states that the Comp-
trollership of the Household, vacated by the resignation of
Lord Royston, will be offered, in the first i astance,toViscount
Holm esdale, M.P. for West Kent. In the event, however, of
his lordship declining the office, we believe that it will be
conferred either upon Lord Mahon or the lion. T. De Grey.
A. strong disposition is said to exist among the independent
Liberals in the House of Commons to get rid of the bill
now introduced by the Government, with a view to' facili-
tate a general election in the autumn. If the rapid pro-
gress which has been made with public business during
the last fortnight continues, the session may be
brought to a close a week or ten days earlier than has
recently been the case. The last week in July is now
considered the most likely time for the prorogation, and,
unlesl anything unforeseen occurs, it is improbable that
Parliament will have any to occupy it after the Ist
of August. In connection with the second of these
announcements, it is questionable whether any "strong
disposition" really exists among independent Liberals to
embarrass the Government. Mr. Gladstone, on behalf of
the whole Liberal party, has sanctioned the bill brought
in by Ministers, and as yet no sign has been made to
oppose the second reading on Monday night.
The Law Times takes the Post to task for its attack on
Mr. Justice Blackburn in connection with the fracas in
the Court Queen's Bench. It says that a great judge
has been shamefully libelled, but happily the character
and attainments of Mr, Justice Blackburn are beyond the
reach of, such attacks. Our legal contemporary shrinks
from sacrificing any of that judicial calmness with which
it endeavours to clothe opinions expressed in its columns
but confesses that it never was more str9ney tem rtist
Aolo than upon 12e Konts6sigOok,