The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-28 00:00:00

particular in his dress, was one of the last men who
would designedly attempt to appear at court except
in the usual court dress. He said the Doctor had
ordered a court dress, which he was to wear on a
certain evening when he was to be presented to the
King. It had been arranged that the Minister was
to call for the Doctor at a certain hour, and take
him to the court ; that he called punctually at, or
a little before, the time, and found Dr. Franklin in
great anxiety, as his court dress had not been sent
to him. The Doctor had sent for it, and only got
a promise that it should be sent in a few minutes.
But minute after minute passed, and each seemed
an hour ; still no dress came, till the Minister
finally said he could wait no longer ; but kindly
suggest& that Dr. Franklin should go in his citizen's
dress. The Doctor inquired if he thought he would
be received in such a dress? His reply, character-
istic of French politeness, was, Dr. Franklin will
be received at court in any dress.' After some hesi-
tation, the Minister agreeing to take the responsi-
bility and explain the case to the King, 1)r. Franklin
consented to go. He was received by the King as
Dr. Franklin should be received in any garb, and
by the ladies of the court especially, with whom he
was always a great favourite, with eclat; attracting
more attention probably than any other individual
present. Had Dr. Franklin designed to set at naught
the etiquette of the court, and be presented in
citizen's dress, it is more than doubtful whether the
Minister would have presented him in such a dress,
or the King would have received him. His court
dress not being finished in time was an accident
which French politeness excused, and even turned
to a pleasant incident."

AIISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

(From the Anylo-American Times)

The President has had another interview with the
correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial. If the
correspondent reports correctly, the President must
think old "ad interim," as General Thomas is now
almost universally called, a great goose, and the
appointment, in the face of this opinion, does not
raise the reputation of Andrew Johnson. The Pre-
sident said—" Thomas seems to be a queer old gen-
tleman. lie has acted very strangely in parts of
this matter. But the fact is, he got a little refreshed
over his appointment at first. You know how it is
with these military men—how much style they like
to put on, and how much fuss they like to make,
and how they like to show their authority. Well,
Thomas felt very big when he got to be a Secret zry
of War. Stanton had treated him pretty sharply on
some occasions, and here he thought was a good chance
for him to show himself a bigger man than Stanton."
Ile goes on to say that Thomas had come back
from his interview with Stanton much rejoiced.
Perhaps this was after the coaxing described at the
Impeachment trial, when Stanton pattei his head
and gave him a glass of whisky. The correspon-
dent makes the President speak in a very undig-
nified manner, and the friends of Andrew Johnson
(if he has any) would be wise in not publishing to
the world his little speeches. Such words as these
ill become the head of a great nation :—" It is
very strange that some men will be abused like the
devil for drinking a glass of whisky and water,
while others in equally important stations may
almost roll in the gutters, and not a word is said
about it."

The great " llistoricus" has again come before the
public, this time to signify his appreciation of the
wise discretion of the Irish Government in releasing
Colonel Nagle on his promise of leaving the country.
" Historicus" considers that the Irish Executive
were wise in abandoning a prosecution of ambi-
guous legality, and unquestionable impolicy. Im-
mediately John T. Scallan writes to the Times,
showing that the Government, instead of abandon-
ing the prosecution, has intimated its determination,
after his rigorous confinement, to put Colonel Nagle
on his trial for the third time. This the Pall Mall
takes up in " Occasional Notes," delighted at the op-
portunity of giving " Historicus" a back-hander. But
" Historieus," then in his clement, as he demolishes
the American Secretary of State, so he demolishes
the Pall llall. "On Friday last I read in the
Pall Mall"—these are his words—" the following
authoritative and circumstantial statement :

" Colonel J. W. Nagle, who has been confined in Mount-
toy Prison since last M•ty, and whose trial for particiption
in the Jacknell expedition at Sligo, hail been postpoaed for
want of foreigners to serve on the jury, has born released
from custody on condition of leaving the country imme-
diately."

" Upon this information I wrote, as the statement
was given in an independent paragraph, invested
with all the authority of the journal in,. which it.
appeared.' .cor.feas it did not occur to me .at the
time that it could be ' without a particle of foun-
dation.' I shall be more cautious and less credu-
lous for the future." Next day the Pall Mall replied
thatit was the Telegraph, the news being given under
the head of the Morning Summary. It is a pity

that " llistoricus," who is so fond of discovering
contradictions in others, does not take the trouble
of explaining away the contradictions expos3cl in
himself.

Not long since a claim was made to the City of
Leeds by the ingrahams, an American family, who
valued the property at' twenty millions sterling.
The Panama Star and Herald of the 23d March
makes the following statement, which, if true, will
make two citizens of San Francisco heirs to a very
pretty fortune :—" SJMC time ago one 'William
Budd died in England, leaving an estate which, by
judicious management, has increased until it is now
valued at the enormous sum of £16,0:.)0,000. The
estate was left to the heirs of William Budd, of
Burlington county, New Jersey. The first de-
scendant of William Budd was Levy Budd, the next
George R. Budd, who is now living in St. Louis,
and has two sons residing in San Francisco—viz.,
C. P. Budd and W. C. Budd." Mrs. Gaines, by a
decision of the United States Supreme Court'
on the 6th instant, after 36 years' litigation,
becomes the richest woman in America. She is the
daughter of Daniel Clark, formerly of Sligo, Ire-
land, by a secret marriage, and as she was unaware
of her real position until
,after her father's death,
her claim was contested by the City of New
Orleans. The property is principally in real estate
in Louisiana, and failing heirs it was so willed as
to revert to the city. The decision of theAJnart iu
faVour of Mrs. Gaines is considered final, and ends
all legal proceedings ; she inherits property worth
many millions of dollars.
The total amount of the United States National
Debt, without deducting the amount in the Treasury, IVDB
at the annexed dates as follows :