The Sun. — 1868-06-02 (London, England)

III.? And what a happy reign it was. I can find no traces of any wars or foreign expeditions costing milliards, nor enor•  mons taxation, nor heavy loans. Napoleon 11. is my man. This joke will last, you may be sure, and it is one that the Government cannot resent, but must not the less  wince under.  Another journal is to be started here, of which great ;hinga are said. It is to be called the Universel, and  ;ill- be Liberal without being invariably Oppositionist. M. Jauret, who was for six years on  the Presse, will connect himself with it. There is also to be a new weekly paper, the Revue Politique, which will  ;tike the place of, and I hope be more successful than the  defunct Benue Nationale. Its first number is to appear on Saturday, and its literary staff comprises a large number  of well-known men. A curious trial comes off to-morrow before the Imperial Court, at Metz. Some time ago a chateau in the Ardennes was purchased for the Prince of Orange, son of the King of Holland. He now refuses to pay for it, and the vendor has brought an action to recover the amount. The Prince has retained M. Jules Favre. There has just been another great picture sale, at which some high prices were given. The works were chiefly of the Flemish and Dutch schools. The highest sum was £1,G40 for a Van der lleyden ; a Gabriel l\letsu fetched  000. A Parisian, M. Adrien Scholl by name, has just been fortunate enough to become the possessor of the person (and purse) of Miss Irene Perkins, daughter of the great brewer. The Paris papers, in announcing this fact, mention an incident for which they must be responsible. They iay that in the year 182.2 there was a certain huge vat n Mr. Perkins's brewery, the beer of which had such a delicious bouquet that everybody was asking for it, and the vat which should have lasted a month became emptied in a fortnight. When empty, the secret of this fine flavour was discovered. At the bottom of the vat was a dead negro, who had committed suicide in a fit of disappointed love. " There are still," says the Petite Presse, " thirsty souls in the Strand who speak of the negro beer' with an air of sadness. Bordelais (the people of Bordeaux) gossiping about the ' comet ' wine could not assume a more melancholy air." I suppose that nowa-days there is more spirit than body in English beer.  The Pays asserts that three men have been arrested at Rouen on a charge of conspiring against the Emperor Napoleon's life. The Pays is not a trustworthy authority on most matters, but being devotedly Imperialist, and calling itself par excellence "Journal de I'Empire," it is scarcely likely to have spread a report of this kind without some foundation. The Constitutionnel, however, denies the statement.  The Liberte says that on the arrival of the Cretan deputies at Athens, the French and English consuls with one consent addressed energetic representations to the Government of King George, advising it to refuse entry into his Parliament to deputies come from a country under the rule of the Sultan of Turkey. Taking this advice into consideration, the Greek Government had the prudence to elude the demands of the Cretan deputies, lii-Tsequently have not entered the Greek Parlia•  1; Although the morning. papers still continue to receive fetters from their special correspondents in Abyssinia, the interest in the campaign is gradually dying away. When the stock subject of the weather is considered to be of such importance as to have more than a column devoted to it, it may be taken for granted that no stirring incidents are occurring on "the march" to deserve attention. All the communications bear evidence of being " padded," and the sage remark of the representative of the Herald—that he is sure the British public must be getting heartily sick of Abyssinia —will be agreed to without a murmur. When "specials" have nothing to chronicle but the price of a bottle of brandyand a box of matches,it is evident that the " sound of strife" has disappeared.  Burying alive in India does not appear to be altogether an extinct crime. Lepers weary of life now resort to this means of getting out of the world. The Friend of India, in mentioning the matter, calls attention to the difficulty of preventing the practice. Vain are the threats of death or imprisonment to those assisting at the ceremony, for, seeing that the offenders are lepers, death would in many cases be welcome, and they know that no prince would introduce them into his prisons. Therefore, the practice is unfortunately increasing, though happily but slowly. The list for six years contains less than twelve cases. Our informant suggests that lczArettos should be erected, in which the afflicted crea'Airee world get sorn!? god of §)*toT and coon:v(4lv° comfort,