The Sun. — 1870-03-15 (London, England)

XVI. in the Encyclical of June, 1835, as they had been three years before. Lacor daire and Montalembert submitted to the judgment of th Pope ; but Lameuais revolted, and from that day all intercourse ceased between him and his two friends. Monts lembert—the first of his race, as he more than once said, whose weapon was the pen—betook himself, with characteristic ardour and perseverance, to study the ideas and manners of the middle ages, which always had a great charm for him. He delivered some celebrated speeches in the Chamber of Peers on the liberty of the Church, the liberty of instruction, and the liberty of the monastic orders, during the course of which he declared that the sons of the Crusaders should never give way before the sons of Voltaire. He predicted the fall of the Orleans monarchy, and said that the triumph of Radicalism was inevitable, and the consequence would be the loss of French liberty. In 1851 Montalembert frequently voted against his own party in defence of the President, because he thought the latter was unfairly attacked. In 1852 he was elected to the French Academy in place of M. Droz.. His address, which was replied to by M. Guizot, was an eloquent eulogy• on his predecessor and as eloquent as invective against the revolution. I'n 1854 a confidential letter which he wrote to M. Dupin, commenting severely on the subserviency of the Chamber, was, by some strange indiscretion, published in the Belgian papers. It gave great offence to the Chamber ; authority to prosecute him was demanded and granted, but it came to nothing. In the general elections of 1857 Montalcmbert, who was now looked upon as the declared adversary of the Empire, was defeated in his own department. This defeat closed his parliamentary career. He published an article in praise of English institutions, which was in reality a satire on those of France, and for this he was prosecuted on the usual ground of having used language tending to excite hatred against the Imperial institutions, bringing the laws into contempt, and attacking the rights which the Constitution had conferred upon the Sovereign. He was convicted, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 3,000 f. An appeal was lodged in the superior court, but the judgment was confirmed. as regarded the first two counts, the fine was maintained, and the term of imprisonment was reduced to three months. No one believed that either for six or for three months the Emperor would allow such a man to be sent to prison for such an offence. Immediately after the first court pro-' nounced judgment, a few lines in the Ilfoniteur announced that his Majesty had remitted all the penalties. He had been a great sufferer for five years, and had given up all hopes of a permanent cure, but he bore his long illness with great fortitude. The Countess of Montalembert survives her husband, who leaves no son. tLhirofeugh of Saintoiht Montalembert's first work "The Elizabeth, of Hungary,'; went eThe nt Or ten editions, and has been illustrated several times. One of his most famous works was "The Monks of the West." During his last days, he wrote a protest against the proposition of the dogma of Infallibility, which will now possess a peculiar interest as the latest effort of his genius and public spirit.  The Western Mail reports an accident, illustrative of the recklessness of colliers' which has occurred at Merthyr. A collier, who has been in the habit of Moping a cask of gunpowder under his bed, was removing some of the explosive material when a spark ignited it. The roof of the house was blown off, and the man most seriously injured.  - At the Buckinghamshire Assizes, on Saturday, William Mobbs, farm labourer, aged 20, was found guilty of murdering a boy named Newbury, by cutting }hip's throat, at Haversham, near Wolverton. Sentence of death was passed upon him, but the jury had coupled with their verdict a recommendation to mercy, which the judge promised to forward to the proper _quarter _  THE THEATRES, &c.