The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-08

through their newly appointed Prefects, sub
Prefects. and Mayors assisted, OF course. by the
gendarmes and the priests. and a hard job they
have. Had the Government not made the mis-
take OF postponing the elections till Septom-
Der. they might possibly have had some
chance to secure a majority. short. alarm
list proclamation thrown upon tho country.
with orders to proceed at once with now cleo
tions might have frightened the peasant into
voting for the Government candidates.
II is n peculiarly of the French peasantry that
their conservatism increases in the spring and
summer. and sackens In the autumn and win
ter. They don't know yet what the harvest and
the vintage will be like. and they will listen 10
nobody except the gcndarme. the Mayor and
tha priest. all Of whom they tacity assume to
have some mysterious influence on the success
OF tho crops. But whom the harvest and vim
tage are over. they have time TO call at the cdbd-
ret to read the papers and to listen TO the argu-
ments OF any person willing TO talk against the
existing state OF affairs. II the crops are bad.
they can DO easily persuaded that the fault is
with the Government. n the crops are good
but the prices naturally lower. 1t becomes still
more evident that the Almighty has done every
thing. but the Government has paralyzed His
blessings. The Republicans are quite jubilant
over the postponement OF the elections. The
sake Of having three months time to work the
country. But they give us just rs much time to
do our work. and September is far more favor
able for us than June or July.
Outside Of political life everything IL dormant
Social and artistic life Ia dead. and will remain
30 till tho beginning Of autumn. Before leaving
the city for the summer. the representatives OF
French intellect paid their tribute TO the memory
OF George Sand by inaugurating her monument
in the foyer OF the Coincide FRANCHISE. II is n
full-sized figure by Clesinger. George Sand is
sitting like Houdons Voltaire. wrapped in an
antique peplum. and with pen in her hand.
Mczzaras fine bust Of Alfred de Musset is close
by. and seems to be contemplating the features
once 50 familiar to him.
The Senate has lost one OF its most respected
radical members in the person OF Edmond
Adam. He was only sixty-one years old. He
began his career as journalist in the National
In 1548 Armand Marrast appointed him as Cen
era Secretary OF the Prefecture OF the Seine.
The Constituantc made OF him Councillor of
State. With the coup d'ctat Of Napoleon he re-
tired from politics. and became one Of the di
rectors Of the Compton d'Escompte. In which
position he made n large fortune. He has spent
u great deal Of 1t in the service OF the radical
cause. and has supplied the funds for the escape
OF many transported radical celebrities. incud-
ing Rochefort.
London is quito revived. During May and
the first half Of June the weather was horrible.
but for the last fortnight bright sunshine. in
terrupted by short summer showers. has made
everything look radiant and blooming. The
collection of lions lie unusually large this year.
Grant. the Emperor and Empress OF Brazil.
Mdhat Pasha the Extraordinary Ambassadors
OF China Japan. and kashgar. in their odd.
gorgeous costumes. seem to have all given
themselves rendezvous this year In London
for the purpose OF max ing the cockney feel him
self important and happy. They were all
Toasted. though Grant remained the great lion
up to the day OF his departure for Brussels.
Dom Pedro seems to have willingly given him
precedence. prefcrring. as he has always done.
70 enjoy his travels in an unostentatious man.
ner. The amount OF activity he displays is per-
fectly surprising. Here is record Of his do
ings in ono day:
The Emperor, attended by vlscoun, Buon Retro len
Crrircs Hotel earl, Yesterday morning and drove 10
Battersca Park and walked in the suhtropcal garden
and ' s an "d.n H" as s Fan NAH rs"s IN,
Emperor went 10 Buckingham Palace. and remained iii
aie one o'clock when hc returned 70 In hot TO lunch.
ne Emperor AMI Empress attended :, Ac t"mtc.so de
s"cct Garen. At South ken,nst"n and "n latins
neie he Tpp,ror ,i.iteG the exhibition Of thc Stcles
o. water Color Artists rigrmns 10 tlaudso's At IN
Sar se. and inscribed III, maine in inelr Nasslys VS.
cnncss de- Rsrr. dnrt " Mi,b ,e rpss @ ~ III.
Of wales at Marlborough House. Their Majestic. and
ormahccs AT Her Majesty Theatre in is evening
great stir has been created by two books re-
Gently published. The one is Mr. Bradlaugh
and Mrs. Besants Fruits Of Philosophy
which advocates in substance Malthusianism
and the other is n ritualistic manual bearing
the title OF " The Priest in Absoution." The
jury, though condcmnng Mr. Bradlaugh and
Mrs Bcsant. eNonerated them from any cor
rupt motive in publishing the book. The re-
suit OF the trial was however as the Daily Noes
remarks. that instead Of few copies Of the
book being sold in several years. Il hundred
thousand copies have been sold in few weeks
Apart from that. the reports Of the trial. with
all the explanatory speeches. have been daily
laid on the break fast table Of every household
So that the young generation have had ample
means OF becoming acquainted with the con-
tents Of the book.
The proceedings concerning THE Priest In
Ahsolution are II possible. stlll more absurd
The book is intended 10 bee II mammal for ritual
istic priests Of the English Church. II has not
been published for general circulation, and
cannot be purchased except 10y priests well
known to the Society of the Holy Cross under
whose auspices it has been published. Tho oh
noxious parts Of the book consist in questions
Nii'i ni' iiHAoNrh ul'h IL u'''SSsilb 10 lif put
in confession. The Roman Catholic priests
have manuals OF the same kind. and are said 10
put certain questions in the same broad aud OBJ
JertiOnablc way. Had the book not been taken
notice OF, not ono lay person out Of n thousand
would have known Of i,s existence. But tho
Earl OF Kcdcsdalc thought il proper TO bring the
matter before the House Of Lords. The Earl OF
narrowly, the Archbishop Of Canterbury and
several other persons Of equal standing, ,lwclt
upon the necessity Of condcmning the work
The matter thus mt once became the subject u
public comment, the papers were compelled 10
speak of It. some gave extracts Of obnoxious
passages from the book. the Society for the
Suppression Of Vice set to work. and all for no
better purpose than that Of the Attorney Cen
cral declaring that the book could not he prose-
cuted, rs II has not been publicly sold. adding
that. in his opinion. II was not the duty Of Her
MaJestys Government 10 become q censor and
TO prosecute every work they might deem OBJ
Icctionahle.
Tha town Of Delft. near Hague. was recently
the scene Of a sad but imposing solemnity
Over 100000 people, from all parts Of Holland,
scnhed 10 witness the funeral of their Queen
who died at the chateau of Ten-Bosch. Sh"
was Wnrtembcrg Princess by birth. but had