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The Political Condition and
the Play of Partiss.
GERMANY'S WAR MENACES.
How the Marshalate Re
strains the Extremists.
.AFTER THE SEPTENNATE WHAT?
The Orleanist Princes Leading
Parisian Society.
COMTE DE REMUSAT'S DEATH.
PARI8, May 81, 18T5.
For a wonder Franco is not at ttis present mo
meat passing through a Ministerial crisis; yet the
government has already suffered one deleac In
the Assembly and the aspect of affairs is such as
to cause much anxiety to the frlouds 01 the Re
public. The liberals appear to be masters of the
aituation, but as u matter of fact they leel uneasy
at the result of their late victories, which may, in
deed, tend to strengthen and consolidate their
majority In tne Chamber, but can have Utile effect
In conciliating MacMahon and so winning the
army to the side of the dominant party iu tne
Chamber. Indeed, the resolute coldness with
which the Marshal President repels all advances
from the Celt baa ended In making men loar that
he will never consent to carry out the provisions
of a genuinely republican constitution, and that
sooner than do so ho may prefer to destroy the
Republic altogether by a coup a'?:tut. Precedent!
are not wanting In French history lor this sum
mary method of action, and if they were, strong
in, n, aecor lug to the saying of a famous states
man, can make precedents for ihemsclve*. Ihe
republicans, then, are
KRIGFTKNKD AT THEIR OWN SUCCESS;
nnd a very brief exaiuinatl u of the motives which
are likely to guide the action or the principal
statesmen of the day will show that they have too
much reason for their alarm, lu the Parliamentary
contest they are carrying all before thcrn. m the
new Committee of Thirty, charged to rc-Dort on
Ine Constitutional laws, they have placed twenty,
six members of tnclr own party, and It Is solely to
the moderation of M. Gambetta that the ro.alists
owe the four seats which they have secured.
Again, It is evident that the Cabinet is about to
yield to the Left on the great question of the elec
tion o! members of tie Assembly by department*
or by districts. II. Buffet and his colleagues are
ir. favor of election by districts. The Left insist !
on election by departments, and Ministers are
certain to be beaieh if they divide the House on
tins point. The difference between the two metii- !
ods of election, it may he observed, is briefly
thi.if a department is represented, say by six
iiietnbeis in the Assembly and these are elected I
by the
SORUTIN PR I.IgTB,
encn elector in the department is enlltled to vote
lor six members. If, on the other luud, the elec
tion takes place by the
SCRUTIN D'ARROXDIS8KM B.N'T
the department Is divided into six districts, each
?1 which r turns one member, evory citizen hav
ing thus but one vol-. lne objection of republi
cans. or rather of liberals generally, to the scrut/n
a arrondUarment is that in election by districts
local influences are too powerful and Imperial In
frests are proportions'elr neglected. Again, the
1 xccuiive in Frauce has always reserved to rsclf
the right of rca ranging doctoral boundaries.
1 hus it could . ea rahze the liberal element in
large towns like Hons or Marseilles by including
In the constituency a large rural population, and
?. similar manipulation of the constituencie s was
common under the Kmpire.
W HAT AUTElt VICTORY ?
But graoted tout the republicans are victorious
on the question of the elections; granted also that
they force the Miulniry to Adopt a liberal policy ;
l.ow is Mac Malum likely to view the prospect opeu
to hunt tie will reflect tw.it, with a liberal ma
jority In the Chamber, tt wUi soon be ira
tossible to cany on iho government except
by means of s liberal Ministry, wnleft
might allow him to remain hoooraiy Presi
dent of the Kepuollc, but would certainly deprive
bim ol all real power. A dissolution w. qui only
strengthen the han Is of a lio. ral Ministry, ior
taere can be no douot that the republicans wut
command a decisive majority in ilie next Assem
bly. Coder sues circumstances tne poettion of a
conservative President would be intolerable, and
Ins office won d scarcely be wr. ha week's pur
chase. if, however, he could make up nis mind 10
iiroclaim the youug Napoleon?tbo chances of
Henry V. are gone?he would insure himself an
honorable tutme for his old age. For the part of
? Washington Macuahon na* no taste; ior iba> oi
w Cromwell be lacks the talent and tue opuortu
b.iy; but
TUB WORk OP A MONK
can be done by any soldier at tec head of a large
a my. The Kuipcror who should be inueot-d far
his crown to the declaration oi MacManon in his
favor would bestow on bun every noaor be comd
deMie. The dignity of Marshal General of France,
once conierrco ou Souit, would probably bo
revived In favor oi the Duke ol Magenta;
id sboit he would hoid the enviable
position of the first subject in the Kmpire, in
aiead ol that of homtoal cmcf in a P.cpuoilc he de
tests. The restored dynasty, too, would be tol
erably sure to occupy ihe throne for fliteen or
twenty years to come, that is during (he rest of
MacMahou's natural Uieniue, so that ne need fear
no counter revolution. Tie ucsire for honor and
ior repose must therefore equally move tue Mar
feual to desire
A MONARCHICAL RBSTORATIOM
which shall ha\c been edecieu uuder his own
auspices. M. G.imbitva is fully aware of th?
danger his party would incur Uy presdng their
enccessps too cioseiy, and iher.bv. perhaps
driving the royalists todesperaiu measures. More
over, be is youug m i cau afluM to wait, hence he
is most anxious to impress upon ms lonowcr* the
neccs-iiy oi moderation, snouid the Hepuunc
last tui
THB CLOhB or TF5B 8KPTINNATB,
end MacMahon be quietly succeeded by soother
i resident, tne hopes or royalists and Imperialists
will be virtually destroyed uud the democracy
firmly establish, d in Fiance. Five yea*? of pa- j
tieuco and M. Gambetta may be the Minuter, per
napa the Chief Magistrate, or a Republic cordialiv
acknowledged by every party in tue mate and
re'vcied by all the monarchirti governments of
I.wrope. But it is needless to remark that the
leeling of the elderly republicans is widely differ
ent. lo many of them, especially to the men of
1848, five, years may represent what remains to ;
tnem oi active life, and tney are eager to enjoy
the power and patronage which they lancy is
wuhin their grasp. They have won the battle,
nne now, they ask, are they lo be told by M. Gam
betta not to divide tne spoil r It must be con
fessed that the republicans would be more than
haman if they accepted tue counsel ol moderation
given them ny the young lawver salesman, and
It Is to he learea that on the morrow oi the day
they come Into power the conservative reaction
tn France will begin.
THR LATB WAR CLOtt).
According to the latest news ti.e check which
was supposed to have been leccntly given to tne
aggressive policy et Germany by ihe action of
Russia or f.ngiaud was oniy apparent. The states
men ol Berlin will doi. Indeed, so far orave public
opinion as to make immediate and unprovoked
war upon France. Tney will simpiv pursue what
Is perhaps a surer metnod oi a tainiug their ob- '
jeot. They win endeavor to perm .nent'y cripple '
the eld euemy ot German unity uy rendering a
Strong French government impossible. They aee
tnat confidence is beginning to levtve in tnis
couutry under the political settlement of tae 2Mb
en February; that MacMahon is r-.-pretcu by all
parties and la anffi lentiv popular wltn the was*
oi his conn try me u for tnem tone willing to in
c ?st tne subtler-President with ample powers. '
irauei* flourishing, France growing richer and I
Lie reorganization of the army is a nve. v pushed
forward, a few more jiear* of peace abroad and
order at home and the vananisbud of Bedau may
hold their heads as high as ever.
such a proapect Is not at all to the taste of the
r.ru,if iD ,uu,,mry farty, who nave now the ear of
ine Raiser. Accordingly, tueG rinan Ambassador ,
I'i.V1'1*' '>nn<'e Il'iheuiohe?so runs ihe slory? i
bis been m.-uructed to present such an ultimatum
from Germany ty tne French government?proha- i
drive"1 "Ut,jeu of me military laws?us mil
. MACM S MOM TO RfStflM.
HI' H?u;d thtrj, no uonbt, offer the
, .'5 Jr S3LE I niers, wso, tiur.ug his lormer teu
t^. ... L iV if. fiainiitincd the most ineudly rela
Si? h Z J' B',?urok' ?v?n earned the doubt
ful honor of being frequently eu.ogiRed by lue
imperial Chancellor in me lattcr'a ds*i itches to
Count Arii.tu. 'filers, m f?vS a.
O'flly avowrj, represents the Republic. and tho
Kwpublir weakens Prance most from an interna
tional point MM view, an cutting her off from tbu
sympathy antallUnuc 01 courts. Moreover, tne
RETURN or Til IKIIS TO POWER
would Instantly Vcv.ve uil l?o-e burning questions
which by tbf consent 01 parties nave been laid
aside for the aoiiou uf tne bepteuuaie. Thiers in
suspected an? (nsllked oy the couseivattveN, who
aie si 111 powerful in I'run re, nor la he in inucli favor
wltn ttie autMced section oj tho repun leans.
.Vac Ma lion's rule, on tne other hand, is frankly
accented by a& parlies, including (be loliowers 01
M. Uauoetia, who, knowing tual his own l ine Is
not yet come, para osamaou* court to tne iiuiiiurjr
finer, with who in ue may one uay be In cione re
lations.
it la believechby well Informed persona that
HOMilA AND GERMANY,
so far from bcipg divided, are actually co-operat
ing in ibis matter, ana it is asserted tnat Thiers
lu already In communication with tne Court oi bU
Petersburg.
it may well be asked whether, In snch a crisis,
the Bonupartist* will nut Had tusir >.p, ort unity.
Could they sUuw that i'russiau intrigue na i fright
ened one President into audicattou and liad even
designated his successor, they wouid greatly dis
credit tne Hepuulic, under tvnicn alone a loreign
government could play such a part lu tne uouius
tic affairs el France, end it la generally fell tuat,
failing tne Kepabnc, tne Empire becomes a po.
itical necessity. It scema, nowtver, mat Bona
partiam Is laboring for ttie present under a serious
difficulty?viz., want of fumia. Five years will soon
nave elapsed since tUe fail of the Imperial ay nasty,
and Hie years of txpeusive agitaiiuus, not toaay
conspiracies, nave told upon the purses of its ad
herents. Many o tbem, too, are said to nave in
vested largely and to have lo-t proportionately la
TI1E FUUJi'PART Sl'EC'Ucations,
by which tney may nave nopsd to gam ainch local
railway patronage ana consequent intlueuco for
tnetr party. M. Ahbatucci, tue most devoted aud
trusted friend of tno lmpeilal famil., is reported
to oe iu pecunury d,stress, while a brothei of
UCineut Duve.uois, Minister of Commerce nuder
Napo.oon 111., is reduced to oaru his living uy
pluyiag the ccrnet-h-pistoa in the baud of a public
garden. As for inc ex -Miui-ter himself, Ameri
cans may remember tha he was seuienceu a le *
months since to two years' imprlsonuisui In con
nection with some dubious banking transactions.
'i'bu cause of the young Ocuvius of France does
not, therefore, look very promising lor ibe mo
ment; yet ins father * lorinues o.ten appeared
more desperate before the d ys of bis greaimms.
iu the very vear tuat ne assumed the purpie Cxsar
was pressed fur a lew pieces of gold.
THE SOCIAL RULERS OF FRANCE AT THE PRES
ENT TIME?A" WINDFALL FOB TUE DUO DE
Ur.OGI.IE?PROBABLE COMPOSITION OP THE
NLXT CHAM3ER.
Pa ris, June 3, 1875,
One of the most noticeable features in the po
litical situation of France at tne present moment
Is tho social preponderance of Orleanlsm. The
Assembly may be republican, the country may be
Uonapartist at heart, but society In Paris-tnat
is, the rank, the wealth and the intelligence of
the capital?Inollaes to tne cause of the Princes
ol Orleans. ir Marshal MacUahon is the political
ruler of France, tho Count, or, rather,
TUB OOCNT8S3 OP PARIS
is lis social ruler. Testerday the contract of mar
rlngc between Prince Aus?J?e de Broglle, son of
the ex-Minister and Mile. Constant bay, was
signed at ttie residence of tho Vicomtesse do
Trehern, sister of the bride-elect, la the Place
YendOiue. The rooms were thronged with acade
micians, bankers, princes of the old blood royal
and nobles of interminable peJigrees. Among
the latter was the l)uc d'L'zCs, tne bearer of a
title which, as far back as the seventeenth cen
tury, gave its possessor precedence over tne
whole aristocracy of France.
From the language ol republican and Imperial
ist journals, It might be interred that the Due de
Brogue was universally hated and shuune I for
the part he has taken in political lntr.gues,
whereas, la truth, tne opinions tie prolesses, sad
his zeal to carry tucra into practice, cau on y com
mend him to the large circle ol acquaintances
who think as he does. Prince Amodle's bride,
it may be added, brtugs him
A POWER OF FOUR MILt.ION DOLLARS,
which will certainly not have tne effect of weak
ening the political influence of the House of Brog
ue. un the 1st inst. the Duke d'Audiflret-Pasqaicr
was re-elected President of the
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
In returning thanks for the honor conferred npon
him, the Duke said he lelt sure that Deputies would
not separate until tney bad definitely settled the
terms ol tne constitution. The work, indeed, pro
ceeds apace, and tue Committee et Tnirty will soon
be able to make thu- report to tue House.
Yesterday they decided that war should not be de
clared without the consent of the Ctumbeis, a
provision which mast remain a dc.id letter while
the President of tue Republic has power to order
the mobilization ol tbe army; for such su oruer
womd unquestiobaoly be regarded by Uerunuy as
equivalent to
A COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES,
an1 tue Cuauiburs womd thus be compelled to ac
cept war as au accomplished faci. J he committee
lurtber resolved taut an extraordinary convoca
tion of tbe Chambers might be demanded by one
tnird of the members oi each House during tbe
prorogation, Government wul mure, as au
eiueuument when the report It brought up, to
substitute the words "oue-baii " for "ou?-tbird
as they cous.der that the convocation of Lite
Assembly on the requisition of less than one-half
ot the members wouid be >00 great a concession
to tne rights of minorities. One would
have thought that tue rigats ot minorities
had a special claim on the patronage
of the present Ministry, for there can
be little doubt that the timid and hesitating re
puMicuni.-in "i M- Bullet and bis colleagues will
not find much favor with the constituencies at tbe
appruacning election. According to the caicu.s
iioqa 01 wed informed persons there will bo about
2J0 deemed republicans in
THE NEXT CHAMBER.
The Bonapartists will probably number 180 and
the monarchists ol all shales snout Ik 1. The
Chamber will consist 01 500 members.
The republicans will thus be the largest party in
ibe House without being abte to command an ab
solute majority, wmle a coalition of imperialists
and royalist* could overthrow the republic. It Is
iu view ol such a possibility that M. DuguO de
la Faucoanerle, a sub-preiect under Napoleon ill.,
has just i-sucu a pampnlat whlcn has mado a good
deal oi noise and 1a entitled
"M L'EMPIRB RHVENVtT."
Tu this publication M. de la Fauconnerte virtu
ad) bids for tne Orleautst vore by promt*.ng a 1
siiate of administration plunder ro orieamst mem
bers. But or.cantsts are neriectly aware, w ttiout
being told, tnat the l.mpiro would be only too
glad to sccuie their allegiance at tne price of
office, w hen the late Kmperor inaugurated con
stitutional government at the close of hui relgn,
he courted the alliance of more than one Mln s<er
01 the Monarchy of July. His advances, however,
acre scarce.) met lu a friendly spirit. And now
that tbe adherents of the Comte de Paris are in
power and nave not yet lost all hope of restoring
the youuger dynasty, it is not likely that they will
be much uiaposed toward an accommodation with
tue partisans ol i'rince coins Napoleon. As for
tne Couue de Paris and his kinsmen, it Is welt
known that tufty. one and an, ureter tho Republic
nnoer winch they enjoy all of royalty but the
n?uic.
TBI LATE COMTE DE RF.MUSAT, POET, STATES
MAN, JURIST, SINGES-M. THIERS' OLDEST
FRIEND?THE GRAND FRIZ DE FARM ?CAB
MEN AND PICZPOCXBTS.
Paris, June 7, 187ft.
Yesterday morning, at tea minutes to seveo,
died Charles Francois M.irie, Comte de Klmusat,
in the seventy-ntnta year of bta age. The cause
of his death was a chill caught at the theatre a
few days ago, and which apeedlly brought on in
flainmatlon of the lungs. It is said that when M*
Thiers, his o'.d friend and colleague, called at to.
de Rdnasat'* house, in tbe Avenue Gabriel, aud
learned the reason of bis indisposition he broke
out into violent phrases on the folly of going to
tne theatre after a certain age.
"1 NEVER 00 TO THE THEATRE,"
he said.'-It is the high road to the college of
Physician"." Th? ex-President Is deeply affected
at ihp death ol the man with whom be lived on
u rm* of th3 do est Intimacy lor forty years. At
an early period of their acquaintance be declared
to M. de Uftuiunat that "beuceiorih he would do
nothing witooiit him," a premise as difficult of
lultl meut In politics as it appears to have been
faitbiully kept. Daring the short time that M.
1 biers was Prime Minister In 1840 M. de KCtnusat
WaS
MINISTER OF TUB INTBftlC*.
When M. Thiers was in opposition M. de
Itcmiiaat was his ablist lieutenant, an I in Feb
ruary, 184*, he was offered his old pltce, wnen his
ch ef vainly endeavored to form a cabinet which
should supiort the tottering throne of Lous
Philippe.
When again, after tne 4th of September, 1870, M.
Ihiets undertook the famous voluntary embassy
on behalf of France to ad the courts of
Europe, It whs M. de R<5mnsat.'s son who accom
panied the venerable statesman on nis tour; and
almost the first act of tbe latter, on becoming
Chief of the Executive Power, lu the following
year, was to name M. de Rcmnsat Ambassador at
\ lenoa. This post M. de Rtfmusit declined, but a
lew mouths later, on the resignation of Ju es
I-iv e, tie was prevailed upon to accept the port
folio of
Ml MISTER FOR FOREIGN APFAIR8,
in which capacity nu courtesy and tact in dealing
with the Prussians was of inestimable service to
bis country, lie was indeed a drawing room states
man in the best sense of the word; witty, pol
ished, urbane, possessing, and. what Is of more
value, knowing how to nse t > the best euda, a vast
social influence, it is worty of note that on me
eve of lits deatn
TUB VISITORS' BOOK
Kept daring his Uiness had reacnod its 103d page.
The great mistake of his lite is universally
acknowledged to have been the method in which
he coodncred his candidature lor the National
Assemoly agalust M. Harodet. In order to secure
the suffrages of the lowest class of Parisian elec
tois be condescended to sign his name at first
w it out the title oi "Com e," and at length wltn
out even the prefix of "be," to which he was en
titled. ft may be observed tbat French noble
men, unlike their Englisu peers, almost invariably
sign their names with the addition oi their tities;
the 1're-ideal of the Republic, lor luatuiice, sign
ing as " ar.-uai de Mucuanon. Duke of l|ageata."
id. de ROuiusm's complaisance was entirely lust
upou RoiicviUe ami Moutmarte, and
IltS Oi FEAT
so alarmed the conservative party as to lead to
the vote oi ine 34 h of May, 1S73. which drove M.
Thiers it om power. A insnd very it uly said that
In diminishing his Hi lea Count Rcnnisat wusdiunn
l.shtiig luuiseii luiheejeaol the populace, which
in Kurouo, at least, hus a profounu respect fur
real bum us fur real strength.
it is not, how ever, as a statesman that M. de
Rgmusat wilt best be rente inn-red. indeed, his
accomplishments were so numerous tuat part oi
Drydeu's description of buckiuguaui tuignt tairiy
be applied to him:?
A in.tn so various thai he seemed to be
Not one, but all mankind's eg.untie.
Zimrt,
? in the rnnr*e of one revolving noon
Was statesman, poet, tiddler ami bultoou.
M. de R6musat was no buffoon, bur. no was a
musician who in his youth composed and sung
the most exquisite songs. He hrst attracted the
tiot.ee of the world by a volume of poems pub
lished belore be Had completed nis twenty-first
year. At tweuty-three he wrote a weighty essay
oa "trial ny Jury in criminal cases," winch was
translated into Npanisli. Next ho produced a
orama in prose, wtucn was pruned oy competent
critics mike lor its huiuor und patuos. la mo
prime of manhood ho entered eugorly 111,0 the
study of history, philosopuy, tocology and cngiish
literature, ifis study on
CllANNlNG
shows a fine apprccianou of tue work of America's
greatest divine.
remaps M. de Rdmusat's lame may nest be
summed up in tne language of oue who knew htm
well. "L'e is," said Ko. er-Col ard, "Hie first oi
amateurs in everything." It may be added taut
a good specimen 01 Ins wit is the epigrammatic
seuteuce tu which no recently condemned tne liu
puieut Ministry of Ueneral de C'issey. "It had
louud," ne remarked,
"A NEW WAY OCT OP A FALSE POSITION,
viz:?to reut.ilu in it"?a.iodiug, of course, ro it
retention of office in spite 01 repeated deioats in
the Assembly.
It is to be leared, however, that French society
was more occupied yesteroay with the Loag
champs races ana the Ui and hiix de Fans than
with tne ueuih oi me great academician mid
statesman. Curiously enoiign, oue of the princi
pal losers by the victory oi nalvator is reported to
ns a M. rialvator Waldens, wno is fiuo.ouo pooler
by the event. For picsp, ckets ?ou cabmen tnere
was a golden tiai vcsi. Thirty-five of toe mruier
were arrested, one 01 them, late a member of the
Commune, iu the act of stealing
HIS EOBTY-IHIKD IM'RSE.
The other forty-two were louna oa his person.
Toe pickpockets must have envied the cabmen,
who were licensed 10 p.under, oue of ttietn being
permitted to cuarge a tare or $70, which he duly
received.
FATHER TOM BURKE.
THE HEALTH OF THE CHEAT DOMINICAN PKEAUH
S71 FAILi NO BAl'IDLX?HIS CONSTITUTION
BROKEN DOWN IN CONSEQUENCE OF UNRE
MITTING LABOR -THE DISEASE THOUGHT TO
BE CANCER OF THE STOMACH.
Dublin, June 10. 1S7&.
The readers of the Herald, whatever their pol
itics or creed, will be sorry to hear that Father
Tom Burke, the great Irish Dominican preacher,
is In poor nealtb, und that bis state is such tnat
grave apprehensions are entertained as to the
result.
THB EXCITING CAUSE OF HIS ILLNESS.
Father Tom has never been quite well since bis
return irom America. Stalwart and robust as bo
may seem to be, be is not of a strong constitu
tion, and his tour through the United States told
on him. The unceasing labor, the latlgae that
could know do intermlsstou or repose, the grave
anxiety and the responsibility which continuously
rested on him stealthily, but snrely, wrought tneir
eff cts. if he could have been sent away to some
quiet, remote place, far (Tom the busy haunts of
Ms nsuai avocations, all might have been well.
But he conld not be spared .or even a short, neces
sary neliaay ot idleness. An Irish Dominican friar
does not belong to the category of "the lazy
monks of old." Uls life is oue of constant activity.
And so when Fatber Burce returned bum?, prac
tically worn out alter the toils or bia American
roiseion four It was not to res;, but to resume
tee routine ot his 11-uui uuil's.
I IRST HttlN'S I'F FA1L1N0 HEALTH.
It became Known. However. Before very long
that he was nut ante to do all tbat the public
wiieed 10 ::ave at his nand^ For. r.ign as ids re
potation stood beb ro ne crossed mo Atlantic, tne
r ception accorded to blm by the peop 0
of the OH ted Mates had increased ins
inne. Everywhere no* people wished to sec
him ana to hear him. No church or cuapst
could be opened. u > loundatlon stone of convent
or hospital lam; in laci, no reiigi >u* fnncion
could be popularly cei"i,ra ed but Father foni
was expected to preach, intuitions to lecture
also poured in upon nim? 1 novcltv in hte Irish
occupations; lur, previous to hi* vi; it to Auiciica,
he used not to lecture, it was not possible fur
any ordinary constitution 10 he.d out under tnese
Incessant ?"tnands.
l*ut trie urst public Indication of failing strength
was given about (our weeks ag. un suuday, May
is, tne new organ was 01 enee 111 Armagh
1 atbedral. Either Burke bad been asked
by tne Primate to p each en the oc
casion. It w.ts an instance of the variety
ami inultlpiicitv 01 the demanas upon nun. Up to
the last moment he struggled 'o in.id uls engage
ment and gratify tue wisnes of the Ulster < atholtca.
hut lie bri \e dottn, and ins place had to bv. taken
b> anoiher.
He was to save preached at Tuam la-t Tuesday,
to celebrate the jubl.ee o Arclioirhop .11 tcliaie.
Put he loand tie was nnanlc?too late, nowever,
to allow 01 nts place being supplied. Aud now.it
is rumored, that ne will not oe ab e to pie icn the
st'rnion at tne grand religious ceremonial which
i is 10 be a patt oi the O'Cunneu Uentenarr.
SAID TO BE > A l l K Of THE STOMACH,
v. hat is the nature ot his illness f it is sta'ed
to be some obveure affection of the stomach,
which has not yet develop ed sutncleutly to admit
o acciii ate diagnosis, but those wao have go d
I op: ortnulties 01 knowing speak vet y ominously,
; and ulnt that all the symptoma point to < ancer of
the stomach, if this dc so. we niu-t not only '<c
prepared lor ine worst, but even hope that the
j a uim sntlcriags attendant on thi- disease may
be abridged lor mni.
In any eaae, 11 is most probable that o'ir American
irieuds have lor tne last time he ml the eloquent
voice and gazed on tne expresaivc face ot Father
Turn Burke.
AN AMERICAN MOTHER WANTED.
?W HOSE SON WAS ARTHUR, WHO JUS JUST EEF.V
DROWNED IN ENGLAND ?
[From the Sheffield (F.ntr'and) Telegraph, June 10.]
Tue Coroner (Mr. I). Wlghtmaui held an Inquest
011 Tuesday evening, at the Wnaracinre amis, near
Bradfleld, on the body of a lad, five years of ag?,
whose Christi m name was Artunr, om whose anr
nhtne is noknown.
Sarah crook es, widow of Henlamin Crook?.s, of
\\ harnclillc side, said that she was not the mo her
, or deceased, who had reside! wan tmr five years
| last Augu-t. lie was the son of an American lady,
who cimt to England to be confine 1 and then
went hack agatn. Arthur was the only mmi by
wnichtbe knew him, bu'she expected lie bal
bee . baptized belore she gut mm.
Mr. William Guest, button munnfac'nrcr, had
paid ner six shillings per week tor tn.nit's main
tenance. At five o'clock on the ai'erimon ot the
,6th lust, the Utile fellow went out topiAt, an i
was stuirtiy aiterwari urou jht home dead, tie
timing been drowned.
William Guest, button minn'tr'arcr, said that
about six years ago Ills brother and nis woe came
11 out America, whore they had been itviuv lor op
; wards 01 twenty years. Accompanying them was
1 a young woman who was pregnant, whose oaiy
1 name as known by witness was Rioma. hbe ? is
confined, alter wotcu tney all turen returned to
America, alter having been la England not qtam
three months. He w as 01 ?pinion that tue bir'h
ot the cntid dad never been registered, and mat
tne s >le object of the vlstt to KngUnd or his rets
tives ana the young woman was to conceal tne
disgrace of the latter. Witness had paid Mr*.
Crookes Oe, per week for the maintenance of the
deceased, with wnose treatment he was thor
oughly satisfied. He had never ? ?on the dec'M. c 1
previously to bis brother and sial,cr-iri-iaw and tue
young woma 1 h aving England.
other ev.dence 01 the manner In which de eased
ten into th< wa.er having been given, a veinuci el
"AtcidemnRv drowned" was reiafncd.
THE DRAMA IN EUROPE.
FHENra ri.AYWBIGJITB AND ANOLO-BAXON Pt'U
1HM?A CENTENNIAL DIIAMA ?NII-SKON AND
PA Til A NOVEL THEATSICAL EEC LAM E.
Parih, June 7, 1875. .
I found In the Figaro lately the condt
! tlons ol the prizes offered by M. Tneoiore
Mtcbaeiis, the theatrical agent lor the tnree beet
dramas by French authors, inspired by the ap
proactuug centennial celenratiou ol American in
dependence. The motives of the donor, as set
lorth in this programme, are, "to afford France
another opportunity of testifying its sentiments
of eaieem and respect for America; to strengthen
the prestige of French dramatic art abro.id, and
to lay the solid foundations of an international
league fur the i rotecuou of theatrical, musical |
and literary works."
HULKS OF COURT.
Two Jnries are to be charged with the tusk of <
examining the pieces sent in for competition. |
The first, composed of leading French, English and i
American critics, whose names will be published '
as Hoor. re the juries are formed, are to make j
choice ? the five best works. The second, wnich
is to constat of MM. Victor Hugo, Honorary Prem ,
dent; Emtio Angler, Octave Feuiliet, Ernest
LegouvO, members of tne French Academy, aud
Euille Perrin, Administrator General ot the
Thdatre Frum.'als, w.ll select irotn the ave dramas .
thus chosen the three which are to be played.
A CENTENNIAL DKAHA.
The conditions laid down for the guidance of
authors arc as follows:?The piece which by its
subject and plot must be connected with an e l
aode of the struggle for American Independence
Is to be in fonr or live acts, written in the lorm of
a domestic drama and In proae. U must be
essentially moral, exhibiting only the piny of
noble passions and giving prominence lu an
important ietnale rCle to the grandeur of the sen
timents of a young and a> Dip uhetlc heroine (tic).
The leading male part must be conceived In the
same spirit. A comic character will, of course,
be indispensable, by way of contrast. As lo the
figures ol Washington and La ajette they must,
though affording opportunities for outbursts of
putnoilc enthusiasm, Appear only Incidentally
upon the stage, aud for this reason:?It being in
tended that the piece shall be played In all the
dramatic theatres of the world It wonid be diffi
cult, If uot to say tmpo-stole, to find In every
country actors capable of representing in a befit
ting rn.ini.er, artistically or intellectually speak
ing. historical personages so well known and of
such value. A material Impossibility must not,
therefore, be allowed to interiere with the popu
larization and universal (access of tne piece.
Another important point to be ? bservsd Is this.
,'1'be close aud friendly relations which at present
exist between Great Britain and the United States
are known to all the world. The two nations es
teem and understand each other, and too much
care cannot be observed in the treatment of
a subject which forcedly recalls the past, so as to
avoid wounding susceptibilities that ahonld be
re pected. The manuscripts must, according to
the usual custom, be sealed and bear on the en
velope a device which should be leproonced In a
letter containing the name and address of the
author or authors. The prizes are to be swarded
by the committee st a public meeting, and the 30tn
of September next haa been fixed upon as the ex
treme limit at wnlch manuscr.pts can be received.
TUB l'HIZLS.
The following Is a specification or the prizes and
rewards which are to fall to the lot of the sueccss
lul competitors. Manuscript No. 1 will receive:?
First, a sum of 5,000 irancs cash, deposited in the
hands of AIM. Kohn, Relnach Jr Co., bankers, Mo.
4 Kuj de la Bourse; second, an art bronze to bo
mrnished by a leading bouse in that line, repre
senting one of the principal scenes of the
diama, of the valne of about 4,000 francs,
aud which It is hoped wilt obtain adrnis
? on to a place of houor In the French sec
tion of the Philadelphia Exhibition; tLlrd, a gold
medal ol the vaTue of l.ooo irunca; fourth, a
third ot the profits resulting from the perform
ance or tne work, waicti Is to remain the property
of M. Micaueiis, and of which an edition ae luxe
is t> t<v prepared by M. A. L metre, the pub
lisher. Manuscript No. 1 is to bo entitled to?
Fmt, a silver medal; second, a third of the profits
arising from the performance of the work. Manu
script No. 8l? to receive?F.rst, a bronze medal;
hrcond, a third of the profits ot representation.
Ko.?. ? and 5 are to receive an honorable mention.
M. Idchaelis engages to have played at as manv
tueatres as possible the three prize dramas, and to
re.-crve a third ol tne profits for the foundation of
a league for the proieciioa ol the tights of French
authors abroad.
THE nr.FICTS OF THE FLAN.
There Is one feature In thia scheme, apart from
I s obvious unprofessional objects (with which I
have no concern), widen strikes me not only a*
o jectionabie but impracttcab.e. There is no
reason wuy the competition should be con
fined to writers of one nationality. It la
quite true that the < raraatists of other
c intr.es steal largely frutn the French, but
uniortunst. iy tne major portion of what Is
plagiarized irons thorn 1-. but little calculated to
ueviatc the public taste or impiove the morality
ot the world generally. The very ro-tri ions ami
<>t> igauons Imposed or the , rogramme to which I
have drawn attention attest lu lueiu^civcs tne ap
prehensions entertained of the subject not be.ng
treated iu a serious and becoming ma u>w. it,
tnere ore, pi-cutilary rewards aie iikeiv to stimu
Isie luvcniivcbusa. divested of grns?ne*s aud
licentiousness, w hy should not dramatists of or ft r
nationalities, and who are esteemed lor their
a oidance of all such cices-en, be admitted to
compete. Tne limits prescribed are oi th ir ta-te
and competence, while to French writer* they w.ll
appear simp.r lmr>ra?i|,-ab e. Even such a ski -
mi and experienced playwrignt as M. ttanlou
could uot render an American s ibjcct iu?rru"tite
or smu-ltig without caricaturing or denatur.il
ixing it. His impress on* oi a me. u an so
ciety are. 1 aiu afraid, those ui trust
of nis l.terary tonfr<re*; tint, h wever, tins
may be, it l* certain that a French dramatist can
make nut little out of ti;? iu,. c i.iia 10 which ne is
resir.c ed by M. Michaeil-. His views ot hie arm
social conduct nave been acquired in a society
much more iix tban ours, smi as he oell*vea it to
be pencc'.lon, o , at all events, a model iHP an
oiner*. he would find it difficnit,u not impossi
ble, to frame a story dives ed of tne elements with
' which ue it familiar and whicn constitute toe main
1 a.ores of aitrartioa id the subjects whicn be is
lu ine habit of handling. 1 cannot help, mert.ore,
r xpressiug my conviction toat theObject pro, o?e I
to himself by U. Michae is will nor b - reached; not '
brcausc there will oe any c?mtlict oi opinioi b :? !
twe n the English and French juries, but because
tne chances arc that both will find the pieces c?n- .
sirncted on mis plan *? inartisilc and ami mat
they will be un.itde to make any selection iroin tue
number presented o tneoi.
Tl.RPlV MAS*.
Tlie firs* pnblic performance this sei?on of
Verdi'* mas* took plat e at the OpCra combine,
t jo composer himself eonduc tug. Mine.
Ntolx and Ml:e. Waioinson sang ihc ?>pran<? end
contralto p.irts, as on tie oc asion of Us first pro
duction in Parle. IbesQ moies. as jour readei*
! sre no doubt aware, were oi igiualij selected bv
Verdi as the best interpreter* th t could be lountl
of the music of this work and it b.is utver b cn per
oruied in Europe wilbotr. tar r co . peratioa. I
iiv4 scarcity add that ihe original success of the
work was in no small degree du ? to the effort- of
th >?e splendid arti-ts. two n w male soiol-t*
male tneir tppenriies in tee mas*?>ign?ir
taatinl and Manor Medini. The foimer is
oue of the best lyric tenors of tn? day an l did fu.l
ju-tlce to the acorn, wuii -g-ior Mrdiitt the
: leaoere of the Mvmai.p ire alrei.tiy acquainted as
he has ?ung in New Vork. Ho has c< mposjd
consuierab y since I Inst hoard him and
j made a very favorable impression imice I. The
iiou-e w as crowded to Its utm #s' cap <c,ity of ac
couitnoda ion. and the euta rt.tlizd w ,s itttie
short of 20.000 uanci Among in audience I ob
seived Mme. MacManoa, the Ijtieen oi Bps In, the
foitite de Pan*, the Du.: d'Acuia'.r, Prince <?r > ff,
the chevalier Nigra and M. V*auuu, the Minister
of Public luitructlon.
nilswii and ram.
Vine. Xilssoi has arriv. a in Purl* trorn Bras
sils, wneie she bus had qui'e an ovati n. N tor,
in tne memory of tb* oldest hatfrtw ol toe Ts.At.e
de la Monnai", has tnere ben mtur-sed such en
titusiasm as she excited in the "Huguenots." Alter
the lourtu act "be was re ailed several times, and
the stage was literally t overt,4 with flowers. The
firarth set oi "nainloi,'' whicn closed the even
Ing's performance, is well as tno representation*
oi i e fair arils:, ?Ai followed b> a lrestt ava
Innche of bouquet* ani cuihuaiastic rounds of ap
piautts.
Mihe. Adelina Patt's p rforniaaces at Vienna
are also a sn.'Oessioh of triumphs, i apoul is sing
lug with her. aud cornea in for h.s share of the
I K'Bcrai favor. All the stats in the house arc se
cured Several nights in advance.
A NOV BL KkC! *MF.
The director of tun Tndfitre Bcaumirchals wrt'cs
i to M. Uearges Duval the critic of the AT ntnfrru,
Dial hi avails hiuisetf with e? erne.-* of an Idea
suggested oy tlic latter in om o hiBcrlttclams, and
that, he will offer lo e.icn lady going o see "L'Am
! Onion Fata.e," ihe piece playing at his theatre, a
pocket nandkercmer. wh,cii. he says, the affecting
cna acter oi the lwi laria <dcc will render luu
pensable. If this does not draw a bona*. I Know
not wuui will.
TilK I.ATE CAKOI INK Dl-PKKZ.
The cable will havo announced to you the death
oi Mrne. VanUenneuvel (t'arouae Duptez). The
melancholy event took place at I'au, wucre the
deceased artiste bail lieeu residing duriug the
luht four years in the hope of cuiinir an tftOUM
ol the lungs, winch, novrever, ultimately proved
latai to ber. She was born in K,orenec In 1??J,
and was consequently In the forty-third year of
her aire, liter a promisin.' lyrical career she re
tired from the Mage iu !??'<?, when she married
Mr. Vanueoheuvel, a well known musician, sue
waa a worn in of most amiable qualities, and was
greatly J Moved in the profession, as well aa by
her lamiiy and friends, bbe was the daughter of
t e popular French tenor, wno is greatly uaucteU
by ber death.
LONDON GOSSIP.
THJC FASHION ABLE SEASON AT ITS HF.JGH I
WTFIOOIHO, POLO, AND ROYALTY AT HtJUL
1NOHAM?THE FOCB-IN-HAND CLCB IN COUN
CIL -AN AMEBIC AN ARTIST'S FANCY BALL.
London, June 5, 187.1.
Tne London season Is now at Ita beisrht; each
week sees a State ball, State concert or royal din
ner party; all the owners of London houses are
"in town," and the hotels and lodgings are cram
med to repletion. We are now in the week be
tween the Derby and Ascot races, emphatically,
t<> l. i on, "the" week or tne wnole year, and we
may ue metaphorically said to be "goingit."
I'OI-O BY THK PRINCE OF W4I.KS.
The Prince of Wales, nts relatives ami jrueAts
are working hard at amusament. After amend
ing the Oaks, for which they had a pleasant day,
Might showers laying the dust and making the
country look lovely with its spring verdure, the
royal party the next day attended the beautiful
river side gardens at Hurliugham to witness a
match at polo, between the military and some
civil.an*, aud tne Inauguration of the Indian game
of
TRNT-Fiomra.
This tent-pegging Is a novel diversion which, as
a manly exercise, will soon oe acclimatized, and
promises to take lis place in the foremost rank of
our fashionable amusements. It is practised In
the nortnwest provinces of India by the armies of
Alt sore aud Scinde, by the Mahrattas. Sikhs and
Afghans, the latter being by lar the most accom
plished, and it Is called by them n?zfe-baz?. Its
Kngllsh name expresses its nature; a wooden
tent-peg, similar to those ordinarily used in
Indian camps, is driven Into the ground, and the
object of the horseman is to draw this with the
point of nis lance as he rides at full speed. This
feat Is not so easy to do as to describe,
a good seat and a quick eye for
distance, a light baud, a o oso grip and
an unerring aun are all necessities. As
played by the Mussulmans, who form our native
irregular cavalry, tne game Is said to be wonder
fully interesting. From these native cavalry it
was learned by three fingltsh regiments, the
Fourth and Eleventh Hussars and t ie Koyal Irian
Lancers, whicn last, having just returned to Eng
land, uas brought the game with it, and it was bv
the teats of Ks officers that the royal party were
entertained on .Saturday.
THE WEATHER AND SPORT.
Decidedly not a pleasant dar for any outdoor
sport-', our climate Is proverbially fickle, and the
weather, which has been charming during tha
week, now turned sulky aud drives us all Into des
pair jrnuikv is the atmosphere, cold the wind, the
sullen clouds nang over as in a compact mass re
lu-ang to break into showers, but veiling
every ray of sunshine. Nothaltnstanding
He unpropltluus state of the elements
p was, however, a gala dav at Huritogham; the
sijughier of the doves is given over for the nonce,
and It would seem as though all the fashionable
world of London, all the frequenters of the How
and the Drive had made It a point oi honor to he
preseut at the inauguration or the Indian sport.
The Utile umbrella tents with which tne tun lrlng
mg the polo ground was dotted were filled wub
l.ugbiDg, chattering groups; to and fro under the
great trees of the pant moved a mighty miss com
posed of large, voluminous matrons; delicate,
pretty girls; veterans from the military cluo*
and officers lrom every regiment witu a depot
within hailing distance. Everybody seemed to
know everybody, and the inrusion of comparative
strangers Into the meetiag (for man? of taese sol
dier officers bad not been in rowa beiere eu nsg
this sea-onj gave It a certain zest.
KOTAETY ON TUk USUl'ND.
while the first greetings were Detng inter
cnanged sroou'f irieuds the royal cortege arrived,
and the Triace and Princess or Wales, with their
?*oyoung sons; the l>uk-an l Duchess of Edin
burgh, tne Date o Oonnangbt and the Princess
I o ils<* received the salutations of toe crowo.
v\ i ii the roja party are that i??lie of inaov *"a
eousthe Duchess of Alanc.ie-.ter end the Mar
chioneas of Camden; go-d-humored, ruddy-faced,
hurly Lord Aiired Paget, Lord Cfonmel, more
popularly known as Karlv;" the Kuasian Am
bassador, Count 8. nouVHioff, who eeeiu- to go
c\sry wd-ie Just n>w. and Lord Je l.'loie. alio has
i.-st the cood looks wnu-u distinruist.ed bim as
Colonel Sidney, of the Oaatds. Ain.mg the crowd
of coaches, uaroaches sn.l otaer carriages
grouped in lines around the rorai teut a
... riuir many o'h-r well known people. Here is
l.ord KanlelgB, smoklBg his Cver present cigar
a >d chatting right and left; Lord Ayies.ord, popu
Isiiy known sa Joe," one of the Prin e's inn
runic-; Lord Scarborough, the Duke oi .y.-ntro-e.
wh . but recently succeed? l to his title, uud tne
famous pey-lciaa. sir Wiajatn Hull.
wueri >uep?s commenced the f'ri ce of Wan*
took mt t>oy?, ono on e.'iier side oi cm. at .1
seemed to be .x/lalalng to them the object o! the
g i in <?.
the ruAncr.
The officers of tne Koysl Irish Lsoeers w--e
tauc.i put out at the state of the gruaau. watch
was very bad u?r their purpose, ir.e rain iia-l
rendered it soft end "lippery. aud therefore. as- a
due lemembers tbst if .he tiorre swerve only a
I** lire e? lrom the riant tine the rider misses o.?
potat. one can nndersiand that on such ground
ni? h.ir?o? we>c uncertain in their sirlde an l the
nusaes uau-ually frcquetir. There was, h .wcve .
rtonie isirisb practice, all things coneidereu, tue
a ? rage of the bite beiug one in four.
civil iavs and mi rrAur at rtar.
A't?r tue teut-peggme there was a poio rr .'.-h
b tween t ie civilians and the military. Ineiitier
w ere principally officer- oi tLe Household ca\ airy,
but among tne civilian* were the two Muriew*-,
h r itache Cuaard, Mr. Gosling and vir.
Herbert. Tins is something like a strong
le.ra, proving too much for ti.eir op
pouenrs in tf:" end. and < >in;ug out
tue w.uuer* by nve goals to two. The l rtnre'a
boys ha i been itnuiensely excited during tt.o
siiuggl , to th-> evulra' delight of their mother,
the Princess. The Ducness o. Kdiuburgii loosed,
a- she a-ways does, bored and cross, .-he is sin
gularly uomely and par1 ct ar y anrracmus, thus
staaaiag out ta atriaiag eoatrast w her heanti.ui
au I Wiumug sierrr 10 law.
THE FOCB-IN-BAND fil l,
The fUlest "park" oi the season was gathered
ti iretnrr on Wednesday to see tue meet ng of t e
I oir-tn-Hsnd t luu at the Magsame on the t.ariks
0 tho -ei prutine. tine eoutinuous line oi car
1 .ays tangea from Aitteri Uate to the p a e >>f
tt.ee iii? ami the equestrians were in n.a ? pins
three in.es oeep. lucre was a vt*r* n.''?hle ga ti
t riug oi coaches and teams sad there *<.1 uo eon
testing he nutsbie superiority of oo;n to tho-e
etDtbited ar the meeting of the coaching Ciuo a
lot might heroic. ?\ hue vue drags w. rc yet gath tr.
mg Iuto line lite Duches-of le k aud the Duebeah
ol K'flnuu gu diovu uy in uieir carr.nges,
th? former re<- Iv eg a v re n.-ar r
yr-ettng, and It Is -aid that the Empress Eugenie
ciine u,>Ifom cntseinu u on purpose to be ores
cut. tlutngti 1 hfeas l di i not tee her. Toe Duke
0 Beaufort, who is Pies Jeut of this, as wel, as
of the other c.ttb. wa? early .>u tue grouoii, with
ta ? I'riuce of W ales *DUng on the box bv bis itoe.
lh? Duke's h?.r-es, lo 'king, as tney did, m r?
P't dijrwork than show, were ou.maicueu tiy
many.
I'erhapa the most perfe.t 'em on th? eronnd
was mat of Mr. Henry Eaton, M. P, for Coventiy?
Jt.nr splendid dark browns, iu i oi bioed sue ac
tion, the couch. Harness sad ai t>n ig smgular y
well turned out. Sir Lawrence rails, the welt
known Dfvoaabire b.ronet, drove * flae t. atu of
i'at a, an 1 t apt* a Petcivai% bi n * w .eeets and
g ai leaders wcie mucu aunilred. Among the
teams was one of cheetnais, driven oyahosvv
looking geu'ciiiau wltu g'ay whisker*, who
iurn <i out to he fount Munster, the (,er.unti
Ambassador, and wno handled i.is nbuoua w.ta
average skill. Lord LouaeaUoroug'.i, or coutse,
was p.eseut, bnt as more o; bi* life is probab y
pacscd on his coach box thau off it, s.s sppear
aiice was no n.-veity, and voung Lord Worcester,
tne Duke of Ueauiort's son. proved th?i ae iu
bertied the fauit y at-til in coachrnanaiiip,
AN AMSBICAN BALL.
one of the most euoteaefui fancy dress bill* of
the season took pntce on Tues.t?y night at the
ho nee oi Mr. U. II. Houghton, tne welt known ar
list and a cotintijman or yonrs, who is ve.y
popular with us. Mr. Boaghton n-sides in Palace
t. tr leus terrace, and. though thn hou-e was some,
whaleman, the whole ufTaii passed off btiliiauMv.
Tne maiority of the annate were artists, a d they
know ootter than anyone e,se n.-w to devise ami
wear tueir costumes. Geneial s.-henck, w io was
1 reseat, declared it to tie the best fancy dress bail
hi wni. n he had ever a?ststed, and sruong those
w he wore presen and Whose costumes attracted
t o cre.itcut atteuMon, were Mr .smith, eou-tn-uw
or tne late Horace Ureeiev, wbo appear d as Mil
toil's Satan, wnoily in Olson, with at. enormous
pair of wings; Mr. Mftfras ?kone. who wore a Koue
si terre wei.iw and a capital AtephMtvpneicp
THE RIFLEMEN TN IKELAND.
ACTIVE PREPARATIONS FOE THE GPEAT INT EE -
MillOUL OOETEST IN Uti-.LAN D ?A LIST OF
THK FEU EE.
[From tbe Dublin Frertmn's Journal, June 11.)
We were enabled yesterday to p.ace beiore our
readera exclusive./ tiie gross total score of tne
competition of the Irish rifle team, wliiob was as
loilows :?
J. Wilson, Be!:a*t. 7ki
Henry Fulton. He'<**l "v.,
I J. Mritrnu*. Belfast 75#
i ltr. Hsiiiilion, Loudon 7a*
J. k. Mi ner Dnuliu 74 1
J Pollock, Dublin 7 ?n
s. t>. Young, l.ol.dull 7W
J. Itigby, I'lib m 7-S
W. D. Waterhou.*e, Dublin... 727
Kdiunnd Johnson 71 j
J. K. Walkintoii, Bellml 7U
lion. hauJal iTujiket, M. f 7o5
TUB FRIZES.
w? bare now before us the official programme
of the meeting, which Is to cornui uee ou the 29ih
in sr., and will be ooniinueil on me 1st, 2d aud kl
or July. Aithoug 1 1 lie boiior and glory of victor
ship, even ir ac> ornpsiueJ by no more rare or val
uable adjunct than a ribbon or scroll, would no
doubt form sufficient incentive, and be tne treas
ured reward lu tne international contests now so
ciose at hand; still 11 o.iuuot be denied that botn
competitors and outsiders will look wrrb eager in
terest upon the various tempting prizes Held up
tor encouragement aud as mc guerdon 01 success,
it Is a grati'yingev d nee of the practical approval
n 1 tli which the lor' he iminsr events are regarded,
to note the liberality and good taste wtilcli na\e
?ii?iitigulsrm 1 the donors 01 gilts lor competition.
We bava already mUicaiccl i:ie general prizes to
he competed tor. auo given an idea oi tne con
ditions, Ac., u ider winch me contests me to take
place.
li may not, however, ba Inopportune again to
ata'.e that on l'uesday, the 29tu, *.ie return cnal
lpuga unitcn between 1 lie American aud Irian Rifle
Tenuis will take aiaee at Duilv iiiount? tne rang -a
to be 800, 000 and 1,000 >a:ds. l.aca competitor
to Are tlitecn shots at each r nine.
I'HIC TAKUKTS
will be as in Wimbledon iu is;j. six feet by twelve;
bull's eye, tor- e feel; ceiu.e, six ieei; ocli's eye
and centre, square on Hie loltowitig u iy the
All-Coiners' prizes will ne competed .or in two
sets 01 ?i>o, in twenty pr zes varying Hum ?10 to
?1. the range being 800 yards, aud ?,io as in
the other eompentions at 000 yards range?any
rifle.
THK KXTBA PKIZE3
In competition u .ire most attractive. The dis
tance to bo Htio.. wi 1 be l.OOO yards, seven sbo.s
being allowed. The first prize Is a beau 11 ul silver
gut cnased cup, presented oy Mr. Cornelius Deu
uehy, T. C.; tne second a r.cciy engraved ulaos jug
and 1 wo goblets, hearing Lhe banners o. America
and Ireland, pre-enled by Mesntn. tTnyte A Bon*,
Marlborough street.
Tlllt OTHKR PRIZES
Intthls competition, which nuuioer twelve in alt,
cuinprtae a richly ornamented centre piece 01 Bel
leek pottery ware and til-Horse centre, with fig
ures in relief, presented by Messrs. Mcliirney A co.,
Belleek Pottery Works; a poplin dress by Messrs.
Atkinson A Co., College green, and a piece of plate
by Mr. Edmund Joutison, of liiaitou street, in
competition D the Spencer Cup, value i,i>, and the
stiver medal of the National Kifle Association ol
Kugland will oe shot for with Kntlelds and guel
der*. f>00 yards: ot.ior rifles 1,000, ten shots being
snowed. Competition E embraces a p.izeoi a
silver medal, given by Mrs. Woodhoase, It. H. A.,
mid $3, range 500 yards, lor Luiielo* and >ueider*;
seven euou will be allowed.
ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
the events promise to be very interesting.
The All-Comers', snelder?600 yards? infers flvs
prizes, tne Mi ha ?5 6a., being pieseiited b. iiessrs.
Curtis and Uarvey. 1 ho Abercorn cup, value Mi kg
guineas, and All-Comers' prizes? totai value ?lo4?
will be most eagerly competed tor. on Saturday,
July 3, tde Freeman'* Journal Cup, vaiu9 twenty -
live guineas, presented by Mr. E. Dwjer Cray,
will be shot lor. The enp Is one of gilt silver,
ocarlug a boauillally executed urn pattern, and
the prize also luc.udes a claret jug ol cx<iunme
workmanship. Tun cup and jug are on view at
Messrs. We?t A sobs' establishment, Datne greet.
1 1 be competition tor this particular prize win be
| specially interesting from tiie isct that only one
> abut wlil be allowed, in accordance witn tne
donor's anggei-tion, and the cup and jug will bo
carried off by whoever displays tsc truest aim at
a r.iuge ol 8uo yards. The contest fur the Ah ire
laud challenge shield will take place ou me same
day.
it may be mentioned that Colontl Viscount
Masscreene las communicated to .nr. H.Foster
. ins intention to present a cup for coinpeiriou. ,
THK UNIVERSITY ODE IN HONOR OF THE
AMERICANS.
;Proin tb? Irish Times (Dnbltn), June 0.1
A new ode, tne words oy J. F. Waller, L.L.D., ant
j tne music by R. P. Stewart, Kt., Mue. D. has been
prepared specialty for tbe Trinity College dinner
to be given in Honor of the American riflemen on
the 26lh iu-L lbs title of the ode is -Three Hun
drcd Leagues of ocean Wave," auu the piano
accompaniment involves airs irom "let Erin
Kemetnoer tne Days of old" ami "Yankee Doodle."
1 The latter air will impart tu tne wnoie a s.reak ol
American renso. New words, suitable to tbo
I occasion, have been prepared 0v Dr. A alier, to bo
sung to the airs of "Hall, Columbia." ,.n<} tne
?-.S'.ar spangieu tuaaor," aud it is saM. that tiie
words adapted '.0 the latter air arc singular!/
hupp/.
AJtcHBlsHOP M'ilALE'S JUBILEE.
ru ?T YKAKS A BD*HoP?HIS OlfACF.'s OPINION
or THE CONDITION OF IRELAND.
[From the Dublin (irlsD) Times. Jane ?.)
yesterday morning, even from an eatly hoar,
the town ol 'Hum presented a remarkable appear
ance. and in truth a very remaikaole event was
celebrated in it?namely, tbe fitiiuttt anniversary
of its elevation of John, Archbt?6op of Tiiam to
the Kpisc ipacr o! the Roman Catholic Chu-ca. It
Is rarely accorded to man to attain the patriarchai
? ge ol eigtry-luur. It is soil more rare to find a
man wao lias labored in tne priesthood for aixty
01 s years wno has held the high office of Bishop
lor half a century. Such baa bseu the good lor
tune of tne "great Archbishop 01 the West," and
he appeared to-dav am ing tne thousands of ma
flue* and his friends who met to offer their con
gratoiations as vigorous In miud. as hearty in
ap.rit, auo us health/ in body as u lae de?uo/sr,
Tiniu, had no comroi over 111m.
THK AMWESSB*.
After tne celebration 01 ulgli mass tn tbe rathe,
ilrsi many addresses ft m tue c.ergy and ley cor
poration* wrr p esemed to the vcncrao.e pi elate,
wiio delivered auiranle replies.
HIS OPINION OF HOWE art F.
The address irom me Irish Home Knle Leagne
? w as read uy IToleasor HaKwaith, The deputa.iun
ronslsied of K v. J. A. dalbraitn, Mr. A. Webb.
Be*. Mr. Kelly ana Rev. f. Lave he. The address
was in book lorm, any was oeautiruilr 1 .umiuated
and ta-tefnU, bound. It sal t th it among the cun
grs'.u'.stiun- and tnanuestul n? of regard pre
sciied to b.m they leit that His Grace would not
mu-<e to accept au earnest aud renpectiui tribaia
of esteem irom tne Home K Ic League, established
to maintain mat spirit ot nationality which ills
Grace bad don* so much to caensn and promote,
they rememoered wim p hie that his ow a honored
name stood first upon trie punlisne 1 list ol tnosc
c .livening tne Natienai Ho ne Rale Comercnce.
The address wa* signed by John o. Rlunden,
O'Neill Daunt, Rev. J a. Uamraitn, W. A. Keo
moad.
ine sret bishop, in rrply to tne addressee pre
a< o eo. said:?
amoiie ih? rnsny e'.nsratulstory ?dl|ret<es p'?sentel
t>- mc on tbi* ss-pnmw eccaeiivO, for wnicli I oes tu ? a
pi<.M tnv drrp *r tir.ude and have recognised and peei?
inrly priio-i w lbs; rroia the Irish mcmocrs nf Pariia
nicui. If ihe value ol prs:se L to ba mea<ure.l by Uis
iiH-rit* ot blui oy wboio it Is Ovatuwod, we cannot Won
Ctr that I aituU'd tct a high value on tne . oinpli
ui.-ni of being b->o red on tola occasion by a a s
iinguaMed deputation ol your rarllamcutary reoroMn
tin. ea who have recently so exalted tne character ?(
their country by their intrepid ana untiring aacertion of
Itac. n tuuiional iudepeudrnre agatnal as unacrupuleua.
an I 1 will add as iit-iiDie.i a combination aaaoy i.y which
Hie right* 01 tiio Irtah peoplo has* been hitb> rio a?Miled.
V, u anticipate. I presume, the first an 1 obrtuMS reler
*n. e to lbs fi lellty of vi e I'lan members aga n-t
the rtimposittoo ot penal letters upon our people aa the
suitable recoinparise 01 their tp?. tally peaceful aad dail
lui demeanor, and at wliat umo and under wbateir
comstancea baa ihva unrighteous at empi to niaaaulo
our people been devised and undertaveu 7 Was it to
a-aert the public trauqatiltiy against the restless move,
n.-n.sol tne toes ol public order 7 tbe put.Uo records
base borne testimony to the singularly peaceful conduct
01 tne paop'e. Tor enoh were the since urea ot the judges
on circuit thai ihey were presented abundantly with
wnne alores?sameness aud eiub.ems at ouce ot tbe
p. arefir condition ol tbe country. Wno could antin
i.ale the proposal of Introducing coercive measures
In the midst of sweh tranquillity?a proposal as
unnatural as It wis impolitic, and manifesting to
uie world the alien and hostile sourcs from whi h it
sprang, as coer ive legislation usually toilows in the
tiaca of turbuleuce and violent resi-tanee to law and
t.r ler. All drew the obvious conclusion that each a
proposition did not emanate from the IVien.1i of Ireland,
but rather from those adepts st a atranae kind ot state
craft who were designated by O'Connell under the
name ol "sham beggar* trained for the higher lun.-ttons
ot legislatlou by their sacceaatal obstinacy in m.txing aa
apprentices political experiments on Ireland." ibelr
motto was, v.w experioirwlwm ,n rprpore r</?," and I did
hote that tna long c-.at.nued and auorokeu traniiulliiiy
01 Ireland, and tne aarmontoHs con.e-t ol jndtctal ap
probation borne te that trannniliity without a single not#
oi dissent, would have sav--d our coatuiuni.y u?m any
harsh or repressive m avtirrs, but 1 regret to hava
heea satire y mistaken, anl 1 find that some
ot these men ot the Cenierca .h poTcy. who. I
thought, had -!l?.. pre a red fVotn mir land, were, like
tne Ktp Van Wlnkia ot es-h.u.'ton Irving, In a profound
and lethargic si. vp dm in: that terlol ot i>c?c aud good
wi.) aa lav, sac only to the menp rv ol diacor.i and ran
cor: but, thinks tu the public spn itol the comitry. tno
advo-aits ot coerci .n have touiul ihst reprejdou ta nol
so easy nor Ilk iy !o t^ as remunerative ?s ?>! old.
Thanes to the 111 tvnia !e cotir.ice a . 1 gillau' perwi
virsnce ol our gn 1* it represent itfves ffons Ulster, Mu:i
s.sr. Conn?n?hi and !?-meter, wuo*e p eseace 1 hail on
this occasion, sv 1 - l.,ne drawn the isugs ou; or the sh 1 n
bevgars' t'.w ? Ive bill, a 1.1 w.'.u have imprew.-il its art.*
lii-er* with the coNviciiofi ihatif they arc rwou It. I Lien
spoiie.1 vieto- v, 11 :? oo? 01 ?h ch mot hot shl. woe.d
ur j.