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I an 4 NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 18 “EUROPEAN BOOKS. French, English and German Literature. THE SUICIDE OF MALTZAHN. History, Travel, Social Science and Novels. JULES JANIN’S NEW BOOK. LONDON, May 26, 1874. Again the most remarkable item of literary in- telligeuce comes from France, where there seems to be a revival in the world of letters, although in the present instance it is to be feared that the light which has leaped up so brightly is an ex- piring fame, ‘Paris et Versailles il y a Cent Ans,’” by the cheertest and fattest of critics, the most | dedonnair of journalists, the most fertile of feuille- tonists, the man who most thoroughly realized, in an age of gradual decline of such things, the esprit de salon, with its ubiquity, its universality and its legerté—Jules Janin—is doubtless the last of his ‘writings. For some time he has been dangerously iL Ten days ago his life was despaired of, and, though he has railied for a while, there is no possi- bility of his recovery. Seventeen years ago he wrote to a young Irish lady, then visittug Paris for ‘the frst iime :—~‘inscribe upon your memory that the fattest /ictéraieur in Paris has to-day climbed three flights of the steepest stairs in Paris to look upon the dream of his imagination, the fair brow, | satiny black | the night-biue eyes and the hair of an Irishwoman, and to hear the purity of her soul in the tones of her native tongue.” The lady in question had lignt gray eyes, light brown hair, and, fortunately for the intelligibility of the interview, spoke French with M. Jann, who did not comprehend a word of the English (or Irish) which he expected her to speak. Janin was utterly and integrally Parisian, deli- ctously unconscious that great imterests existed outside of France, or that there were minds (or ° which the French drama and its “illustrations” ‘were not of absorbing importance. His histories of Normandy and Britanny are eminently readable, nd their crowded and sensational pictures, in which the artists have generally selected for rep- resentation scenes which English illustrator ‘would scrupulonsly reject, suit, enhance and har- | monize with their style. His new book may be described as very charming, tasteful, bright, pleas ant, sometimes highly spiced gossip. Itis nota history, but so much the better; im one sense tne history of that time has never been written; in another 1t bas been written too often, and by the rolling flood of events in restless France the men and things, the institutions and events ofa hun- dred yearsago have been swept back the compara- fave distance of several centuries. The Middle Ages are not farther of from an Englishman than “Tl y a Cent Aus” from the Frenchman of to-day. The book 18 exceedingly pleasant reading, and though it gives rise to some dis- gust and a good deal of serious wonder at the possibility of such a state of things—social, polit- ical, moral and religious—it has the true tancy- ball effect, which pervades everything French, from the accession of Louis, the well beloved, to the erection of the sacred. guillotine in place of the band stand, with the headsman for the chef Worchestre. HISTORY AND TRAVEL. In very strong contrast with this work is the latest contribution to English history by Mr. | Stubbs, Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford, of which the first volume only has ap- peared as yet. The book is issued under the aus- pices of the Delegates of the Clarendon Press, and is of great value; for the autnor is treating his intimate subject with equal thoroughness and lucidity, discarding the traditional Welsh origin of many of the Saxon laws, and giving a fuil, inter- esting and learned account of the German origin of English institutions. Though there is a good deal of dryness inseparable from the subject, Mr. Stubbs mitigates it very much, especially by his vivid pictures of our German ancestors and their life previous to the expeditions which had for their result the settlement of England. The book will at once assume the position of a standard authority and sudents’ guide. on Russia at ouce attest and gratify the still vivia and public interest in that country. One isarecord of travel by Mrs. Guthrie, a lady who has made an extensive tour in Russia, accompanied only by her daughter, and who reports very favorably of the people; the other is an interesting volume on the rites and customs of the Russian Church. In Mrs. Guthrie’s book she gives a Very interesting descrip- tion of a voyage on the Voiga, and also of the fa- mous fair at Nijni-Novgorod, respecting the people which we derive trom her | observations is that the intense personal loyalty and affection entertained nominally for the Czar are in reality a mythical feeling, like the Ikan worship or that fantastic adoration of Napoicon I. which led the ignorant peasantry in some of the remote districts of France to believe that Napoleon IIL was identical with him—the “grande homme” him- seif resuscitated. Mme. Romanoff, who is intro- duced to her readers in a preface by the peren- nial, inexhanstibie, indefatigabie Miss Yonge, makes the ceremonies of the Russian Church at least comprenensibie, and writes a very pleasant book as well, though she isa littic too enthusias- tic a Russophilist. Professor Arminius Vam- béry errs on tie other side. Tiis enterprising Magyar gentleman, profound plilologist and intrepid traveller, ever since a decade ago he took up his parable in his famous account of nis journey to Samarcand against the aggressive designs of Russia on our Indian Empire, has not ceased to urge the Bubject by book, by p » by letter and by epeech, and has collected a vast amount o/ Indis- putably suggestive prools and ilustraions in sup- portof his belief and theory, Though tt ts not very easy to say what we tid bave done had the Protessor been listened to with projound atten- tion and respect, it is only fair to aumit that there are some grounds for the seriously triumphant air With which be points to the r history of Ruseia, her recuperation of ali she jost by the Crimean war, ber immen increased resources im both sea and land jorces and her campaign in Khiva—the whole Central Asian affair, indeed—as an instalment of his future prophesies. The 000k, which is called “Central Asia and the Angto- Russian Frontier Question” is rather heavy and discursive, but its facts are undentably important and its specniatinns are interesting even to scep- tics inclined to invest everytlung Kussian with the couleur de rose of the Edinburgh marriage and the Czar’s visit. It should not be forgotien that Czar Nich visited London in the eariy days of pla Queen Victoria’s reign and was much admired, which did not, however, prevent the Crimean war any more than the Exhibition of 'd1 put an end to War in general. The first volume of Mr. Adams’ long expected “History of Japan from the Earliest Period to the Present Time” has just appeared. In respect of the rliest period” it is somewhat disappointing, for we certamly jooked for a mor complete account of the origin of the Japan people and Empire. That the great pains, ca and labor bestowed by Mr. A is Upon the task of investigating the existing records and coilect- ing the remaining traditions nave not enabled him to give us @ fuller msight, simpiy proves that all there is to be Known has veen learned. If the history of Old Japan be ever more fully wrirten it will be, m ali that is additional, simply mythical In bis Introduction, Which is too brief, he quite throws over the fancitul, by whicn the history of every well known or littie known country appeais to ita readers, He merely recapitulates the count of the Japanese cosmogony and mythology given by Humboldt, and then proceeds in his first chapter to describe the military condition of th Empire of Japan, which ts @ very puzzling sav) Rere was an insular Empire, entirely isolated, which knew yon abont continental neighbors, and (indeed provably did not at first suspect their existence, constituting itself into a co keg and perfectiy ordered military hierarchy. ‘ho were to be its enemies and where its batt! fields’ The first book consisting of tweive chapters, comprises all that is authentic convern- ing the ancient history of Japan, condensed with much skill from a number of native writings and chrot ‘arranged. Tbe second voak ooena Two very interesting vooks — The chief impression | with the years 1 when everything was ripe fora revolution and the commercial interests of the Western World were tnvyoived in the fortunes of the Land of the Rising Sun. The contents are arranged with much clearness, but the style is curt and dry; the author bas not taken sufficiently into account, in his own famiharfy with it, the curiosity-arousing strangeness which, perhaps, moe for Europeans than Americans, envelopes japan. SOCIAL SCIENOR . is receiving its fair share of illustration, not only by the controversy about sex and education, which is being conducted by the leading journals and magazines with good sense and courtesy ou both sides of the question (America, in the person of Dr. ecules, being, strange to say, against the ladies), but by Canon Kingsley in the department - hygiene and Lady Barker in that of cooking. the two we think that the latter more likely to be practically usetul. The Canon, who is so strong an advocate of - cold water, iresh air, hard work veloped out of all proportion to his Coristianity since the days of happy hebdomadal epigrams, in which the Saturday Review described his ideal as “To tear God and Walk 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours,"’ is very severe on modern Londoners. He preters, | not unnaturally, ancient Greeks, apparently not | taking into account that the mode.s who posed for the Greek seulptors were exceptional persons ; that the populace of those days and cities were | Bot all Apolios, and that Mr, Story might find | Pha as unlike BethnalGreenites and Raceciifte- | Highwaymen among the Loudon aristos and Lite | Guardsmen as Phidias and Prax.teles found in the old time before great Pan was dead. He wants | schools of physiology established everywhere to teach the people how feariuily and wonderiuily | they are made and to keep their machinery in | order. The chief objection to this is, that the peo- | ble who sufler most from practical ignorance of | Physiology as applicable to themselves, are not | likely to attend such schools, and their attendance cannot be made compulsory. The evil that lies at | the root of the physical degeneration of our peo- ple is poverty, the horrible inequality of the lives of numan beings in this country—to a certain extent in all countries—and it 1s not to be cured by soap and science, ‘he immense number of NOVELS which have appeared and are still appearing this | season renders it impossivie to give a detailed | account of them, and, indeed, few among them are worthy of even a passing mention. ‘The lady nov- | elists are, as usual, tn the majority. Miss Braddon | keeps two serials going at a time, and it is not six moutus since “Lucius Davoren’? was published, Now “Taken at the Flood” ts advertised as ready, | and “A Strange World” in course of publication. | But Miss Braddon 1s not read as she used to be. She is paying the inevitable penalty of writing s0 much that people forget where sbe 18, and grow confused avout Where they were with her at her last novel, her last but one, or her last but half a dozen, “Out of Court,’ by Mrs. Cashel Hoey, is among the successiul novels of tue day. It is a divorce story, written quite manifestly as a protest against the divorce law, and {| thgugh the author is a Roman Catuolic and her ' eller on the point is therefore detinite, she argues aud illustrates the inherent immorality of divorce and the practical denial of Christianity which she holds to be involved in it on the broad ground of the distinct statement of tne Gospel. The theory 1s worked out in @ story of modern and » fasbionavie lite, Which contains a good ceal of in- terest in addition to the complication on which the main interest rests, and it has been praised on all sides for the delicate handling of a diMcult sub- ject and the ciever working oui of certain types of character. Mr. Trollope’s apparently inter- minable novel, ‘Lady Anna,” has at jast come to | an end. The Eari’s daugoter has married the | journeyman tailor, and they have gone out to Australia, Where the world will be well satisfied they should dwell unchronicied, Not so Mr. | Troliope, who promises us a further revelation of the life and adventures of the Thwaiteses, THE GERMAN BOOK MARK -T. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, ote al May 8, 1874, Some pietistic clergymen of Stuttgart have con- sidered it their duty, a8 Christians, to publish in | the advertisement columns of the Swabian Mercury & notice to the effect that they considered | the late David Strauss, the author of the | “Leben Jesu,’ to be a “blasphemer.” Chris- | tianity should Lave taught these men, one would think, to speak Kindly of the departed, who, what | ever criticiam may be passed upon his works, wrote many beautiful things, and was aman of | | high and attractive character. Berthold | Auerbach tells us, in some publisbed remisiscences | of the deceased author, that he visited him tn the past November. He found himin ill health, He ) Was reclining on the sofa, He spoke calmly of his approaching end, and lamented only that, in his solitude, he painfully missed the charms of good | music. He amused himself with making setections | from his poems, by writing sonnets and epi- grams, and arranging his literary labors for a com- plete edition of his works, withthe publication of which he has intrusted his Bephew, the bookseller Strauss, of Bonn. “Strauss is dead,’ concludes Auerbach, “yet he is not dead; he lives eternally, lke Socrates and Spinoza."” i HESEKIEL—MALTZAHN. | Hesekiel, the Prussian novelist, the author of “The Book of Count Bismarck,"’ whose death was recently recorded, leit behind him a large histori- cal work entitled “The Book of the Seven Kings History of the Kings of Prussia.’ Hesekiel was flity- | six years old when he died. The death of the distin- | guished German African traveller and autuor, Baron | Heinrich von Maltzann, at Pisa, on the 22d of Feb- ruary, will have been noticed already by you. It ay- | pears now that the unfortanate man put an end to his own exisctencé by shooting himself, to get relief from his intense sufferings. A iriend of the de- ceased traveller writes to the Cologne Gazetle a fuil account of the sad event. He visited Maltzahn | on the 15th, and found him in a very excited state | of mind. On the 2ist the deceased went to Li- | vorna to visit bis bankers. where he ex- pected to find letters with money. He returned to Pisa on the following day in better spirits than on ms departure, and then amused himself by firing his revolver at | Bea birds, It had beem arranged that on the fol- | | lowing morning the two should go to Florence. The friend went Jrom Pisa by the ten o’clock train. At twelve the landlady foumd the Baron still in his room, and requested permission to return to it at four, tn order to look at the Corso procession. | When she did return, at four, she sound Maltzahn lying on the bed dead. Blood issued trom his mouth; otherwise there were no signs of a violent death, The Baron’s friend returned at ten the same evening, in time to see the oficial investiga- | tion, when tt was found that a revolver shot had entered the heart. He found a letter trom the sui- cide, with the words, “Forgive me for what I do; the excitement kilis me.” The Baron had been, 1t seems, a long sufferer, For many years pas! had been aficted with the most violent neuralgi rhich usually evinced itself in the most terribig cramps in the stomach. He shot himseif to find relief! from this terrible affliction. The German geographical world loses in Maltzahn a valuable | member, His works are:—“Three Years in the Northwest of Africa,” “Pilgrimage to Mecca,” “Travels on the Island of Sardinia,” “Travels in Tunis and Tripolis.”. He was an in- dustrious correspondent to the German journais, especiaily the Augsburg Algememe Zeitung, the Cologne Gazette and Dr. Petermann’s “Geographil- cal Communications.” He was well acquainted with the manners and customs of tue Orient, @ finished Arabic linguist, aud undertook the jour- ney to Mecca disguised as and accompanying the pilgrims, He wasonly jorty-eigvt years old at the time of his death, RECENT GERMAN BOOKS. Among the late German publications I may men tion a few which have come beture my notice. Oswald Herr’s “The Sweaish Expeditions for Ex- ploring the High North in the Years 1870 and 187: 1873," gives tn popular form the chiei results of the researches (especially the botanical) made during these voyages. Perthes, of Gotha, pub- lishes @ valuabié contribation to the literature relating to the condition of the rural Classes of Germany, in Dr. frumpelmann’s “Life Pictures trom the Rural Population of Thuringia, Alsace, Westphalia and Kast Friesiand.”’ An interesting work on “The History of the Industries of the Black Forest,” by J. B. Trenkie. is published by braun, of Carisruhe. A Stuttgart house publist n numbers, Dr, Frang Reber’s (Munich) “History of Modern German | Art,” treating ot the development of German art irom Caristen's time up to the present, Luck+ harat, of Letpsic, publishes “Contributions to the | Military History of Russia,” by a Russian staff omicer. The speeches made at the recent anti- Papal me i held in Easter Hail, London, are soon to be published in a German dress by @ Ber- jim house. Dr. Thompson's crusade in iavor of Bismarck and the new ecclesiastical laws makes his works and speeches very popular in Prussia and Germany. DRAMATIC LITERATORE, In dramatic circles the fits volume of Edouara Devrient's “History of the German Dramatic Art’? | will be very welcome. It fs announced for Easter, ‘This volume will tr in its five divisions of the development of civic and private dramatic enter- prises, the progress and development of the | Court Theatre, the Berlin Court Theatre, in- uence and future of the drama. Devrient was in bis day not only one of the greatest of German | actors, but @ talented writer and dramatic his- | Here thee EM inand for the drama. a ad ry ¢ stage in ita proper developmen | had'a wonderful future. iis ideal theatre has Hot yet been attained, indeed, and in oar genera- Hon will not, tt is yet too material, and suffers from wost Wauuer. in regard to opera, styles and long walks, whose muscularity has been de- | Dr. | Judenthum—that is, theatrical speculation, pander. ing to the public taste. Two new editions of Shakespeare are announced. Hallberger, of Stutt- gart, will bring out a German version of the London edition, illustrated by Gilbert, The German trans- lations to be used are those of Bordenstedt, Deiius, Gitdermeister, Heyse, Hermegh, Kurz and Wil- braudt, Grote, of Berlin, announces an illustrated octavo edition of the Schlegel-Tieck translation, With 400 illustrations (wood), and 250 vignettes, by Ger- man artiats, among Whom we mention Piloty, Mar, Mensel, Gritaner, Thamann, Lossen, Schmitz, Grot- johann, the Ribers, Fredrich and others. it will be completed in forty-five paris, or eight volumes Rodertch Benedix’s “Shakespearomania” evidently fais on very unfruitful soil in (aise 1 Forta- nately! The ninth volume of Richard Wagner's collected works is published by Fritsch, of Leipsic. A kinder apprectation of the great composer 18 gradually wiuning ground in Germany. I may men- | tion here, in passing, that the completion oi Wag- | ners Nibelungen Theatre, in Beyrouthi, is at last | assured. Orders have been given for the decora- | tions, scenery, costumes and stage requisites, and | the periormance will—tf no furtner hinarances | | come up—take piace in the spring of 1875. GERMAN POETICAL PUBLICATIONS. I would call attention to lovers of Ger- man poetry to an excellent periodical—the Deutsche ‘Aterhalle—which is now in its third volume. Itis the receptacle for the most eminent German poets, The five numbers of the present year contain contributions by Hameriing (the editor), Eckstein von Schack, Ada Christen, Her- mann Lingg (the poet of the Vélkerwandesung), August Sturm, Botecher, Goedeke (who contributes: some poetry irom the literary remains ot Scniller), Emanuel Geibel and others, Geibel sends @ hitherto unpublished poem of Goethe's. Hermann Lingg’s “Shakespeare to Roderich Benedix”’ 18 notso strong as most of this poet’s productions, This poetical magazine ts pablished by Hartknoch, of Leipsic. It deserves a warm weicome by American lovers of German tical literature. Speaking of poetry, | would id that a complete edition of the poems of Hoffmann von Fallersieben will shortly be published by Lipperheid, of Berlin, for the benefit of the deceased poet's only son. The poet is to have @ monument erected to lis honor at Schloss Corvey, long his residence. Schiller 1s to have a monument erected in his birtnplace- Marbach, The funds jor it were collected by lot, tery two years ago. Lessing ts to have a monu- ment erected over his grave at Brunswick vy com- mand of the Duke. | GUTZKOW—AUERBACH—HUGO. Karl Gutzkow is in Iraly for his health. On his returm he will take up his residence at Heidelberg, instead of Berlin, The twenty-second instalment | of this author’s collected works appears irom the press of Costenobie, o1 Jena. Friedrich Spieiiagen has anew romance, nearly completed, Berthoid Auerbaci’s new novel, “Waldiried,’’ will be issued | shortly by Cotta, of pede in three volumes, Arrangements have already been made lor a Lon- don translation; but this will, 1 am assured, be reatly mutilated, The work 18 to be put into inglish—that is, the peculiarities of the German author are to be smoothed down and nis intricate thoughts made palatable for the intellect of the | average three-volume novel readers. The beauty of an author like Auerbach lies in his peculiar Ger- man individuality. A translator has no right to mutilate an author's works. It is to be hoped that Auerbach’s American publishers will secure an | Amertoan translator, who will endeavor to give us Auerbach, aud not Jolin Smith, or whatever the transiator’s bame may be, The German transla- tion of Victor Hugo’s *93"' is to be publisbed by a Strasburg house. Dr. Gustav Rasch’s recent | work on “The Prussians in Elsass-Lothringen” has been confiscated by the Berlin pdlice. The last volume of Gregorovius’ “History of tne City of Rome in the Middle Ages, from the Filth to the Sixteenth Century,” bas been placed in the index eb iorbidden books by the ecclesiastical censors of | Rome. | LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. THE APPLETONS have just published the thir- teenth volume of their ‘Annual Cyc‘opedia,” in which is recorded the political, scientific, social and literary events of 1873, Like its predecessors the new volume has a value and an interest not only for the student but for every one desirous to refresh bis memory of occurrences during last year. The plan of the work has in nowise been | changed in the present volume, The subjects are | arranged alphabetically, and there are no general | | headings under which all relative matters may be | discussed, except those of “Literature” and | “Obituaries.” Here we may point to what we think a defect in the arraugement of the ‘Obitu- aries.” From under that general heading are omitted the names of deceased people who | are given special notices in other parts | | of the book. Perhaps tne editors rely thoroughly upon the index appended to the volume. That | essential part of the work has been done very sat- isfactorily, by the way; but there are certainly | many people who will, irom time to time, use the»; Cycloprdia, and who, neglecting the index, will be misied when they look for the name of Chief Justice Chase or Lord Lytton, etc., and fall to find it among the Obituaries. The book can hardly be | said to nave an important defect, therefore one so small as tnat mentioned herein may be readily ex: | cused. The scope of the volume is immense, and its performance good enough to provide satis- factory material to the future historian. Dopp & Mgap have issued @ number of interest- ing books recently. A little volume by the Rev. | Dr. Mark Hopkins, in answer to the prayer gauge theories of Professor Tyndall, will attract atten- | tion among Christian readers, ‘‘Fetich in Tneol- ogy,”? by John Miller, 1s a book we would not recommend except to people anxious to quarrel with Christianity and give themselves and their neighbors unnecessary trouble. “Gold and Dross’”” is a reprint of one of Edward Garrett's stories, and it partakes of the usual qualities of the works by this author. Tue RIVALRY among the republishers of Jules Verne’s works has brought ont a number of cheap editions; Scribner, Armstrong & Co. publishing one for seventy-five cents that would have been worth a dollar previous to the war. THE Story or THE “Life and Adventures of Davy Crockett,” by John S.C. Abbott, is among the recent publications of Dodd & Mead. The book is written in Mr, Abbott’s usual style, but in spite of these peculiar faults, which many readers | regard as @ merit, it is the history of a remarkable man, whose life was like a romance. | contingent because it was necessary | (Prom the Left, ‘It is true.’’) THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY. Violent Scene Between the Republicans and Bonapartists. A BONAPARTIST’S THREAT. “The Day Close at Hand When We Shall Put a Gag In Your Mcuths.” M. LEDRU-ROLLIN’S SPEECH. [From the Liverpool Mercury, June 4] In his address to the deputations who waited upon him at Auxerre on Monday M. Gambetta sald:—To-day the republican democracy finds itself in presence of the pseudo democracy—the Cwsarian democracy. The struggle is expected— the duel is inevitable. Republican France will not allow herself to be surprised.” The following evening the representatives of the two democracies came as near striking the first blow in the “expected struggle” as to shake their fists in each other’s faces. The storm was raised by M. Brisson, a republican, who, ip moving the rejection of the Electoral bill, which would strike off several millions from the electoral roll, said that tampering with universal suffrage would be putting a weapon in the hands “of the fatal party which led France from the 2d of December to Sedan.” This compliment raised a terrific storm in the Bonapartist camp. M. Levert, one of the high-handed prefects of the Empire, shouted, “Never mind; the day is close at hand when we shall puta gag in your mouths!"’ Hereupon a fearful row arose. At this menace there ensued one of the most violent scenes ever witnessed, even in the French Assembly. A num, ber of the ultra-radical members sprang to their feet and rushed across the arena as if to charge thetr Bonapartist foes. Meanwhile as many imperialists, several of them pale with rage, advanced to meet the radicals. La this crisis a serious [ray was prevented by several Deputies from the Right throwing themselves be- tween the excited members, and so preventing their actually coming into collision. M. Brisson’s motion to shelve the bill was re- jected by a large majority. M. LEDRU-ROLLIN’S SPRECH. {Paris (June 3) correspondence of London Times.) The Assembly was extremely crowded to-d: It was known that M. Ledra-Kollin was to speal and extraordinary efforts were made to oot tickets 01 admission. Some instances are cited in which as much as £6 was paid jor a ticket. The sitting began at half-past two with a noisy incident caused by a correction of the minutes of the last sitting. Tne result was a violent scene between a Bonapartist and a Deputy of the Left. M. de Castellane then rose, and in along speech, delivered amid ever Increasing nowe, demanded that the intelligent representation of interests should be substituted ‘or the brutal represepta- tion of numbers, “From 1815 to 1848,” said the speuker, “monarchy gave France thirty-three years of PEORDOHD: and peace; she had not a single war with any Power 1m Europe, and she won her finest colony. From 1848 to 1874 she had four ter- rible wars; she has been vanquished; 300,000 men nave perished; she has lost two _ prov- inces and an alarming number of miliiards. Such is the balauce of twenty-five years of uni- versal suffrage.” (Violent protestations irom the Leit; prolonged cheering from the Right.) ‘Uni- versal suffrage,” said the speaker, ‘gives usa ‘mandate,’ and is @ jealous master. We must constantly keep our eye upon it; it im 8 upon us its ideas in all things—in politics, political economy, and even in military organization.” (Cries of “‘Nonsense!”’) ‘The Empire dare not or- ganize great military Mancuvres, because requisi- tions wouid have had to be made. _1t reduced the to shiela a favorite Deputy from recriminations. During the war it was universal suffrage that was feared; its representatives had to be tenderly dealt witi and | the Army of the East died of cold and grief beyond the Swiss frontier.” (Noisy interruptions irom the Left.) “Gentlemen,” the speaker went on, “shall have the courage to tell universal sul- frage the truth.” (A Member on the Lefi—‘‘Have you had the courage to tell it to your electors?’’) (A laugh.) M. LEDRU-ROLLIN. . Ledru-Rollin ascended the tribune in the midst of deep silence, He stood for several min- utes without opening his lips, and then pegan in a voice in which slight traces of emotion were no- ticeable. It should be stated at once that this speech proved an immense disappointment for all resent, M. Ledru-Rollin speaks slowly and mm a low key. His diction is as ne; Me as his gait. Some- times he is scarcely to be heard. His expressions, the turn of his sentences, bis very attitude, every- thing about him plainly shows that the speaker has for a quarter of « century been a stranger to public debate, and it is from that standpoint that the public seems desirous of listening to the speaker and ol Leper ts him with his iormer self of 1848, when nearly the whole population of Paris obeyed his voice. M. Rollin said:— GuNTLEMEN—I snoula have thought that on @ question of this importance. which touches upon the greatest dogmas of France, there would have been a serious, wel. defined and concise debate. Such has not been the case, and I see the end of the debate approaching, I wiil not discuss the details of the bill; 1 reject it in the lump. You are not competent to discuss this bill, im spite of the consti- tuent faculty you have conferred upon your- selves. You May be competent to do anything ex- cept to vote on universal suffrage. Who are you ? You are commissioned by universal sutfrage, and the commission has its rules, its limits, its meas- ures. Its rules heve long been established. The commission must be special. You have no special commission; you bold a general one. You cannot give your commission a special character, noteven by seeking it im what you cail public safety, you may iministrate, but you cannot alienate @ right with which you have been in- vested. (Strong denials from tne Right.) I am speaking a judicial language. There is no one who knows anything of law who will contradict me, I say you cannot | alienate—(A voice, “What ¥”) A right that was conferred upon you. Laws were not made amid | 4d. 6 Lipprxcorr & Co. have published another of Miss Wister’s translations, this story being entitied “Hulda.” | ‘THE LaTEsT publication of the Harper brothers is the Rev. Dr. Prime’s “Under the Trees.” an out-of door book, breezy with country air, and gossip, so fresh are Dr. Prime’s essays, | Mr, ARTHUR PEMBER has written a very inter- sting volume on the lower life of New Yorg, which is just publishea by D. Appleton & Co., under the title of “The Mysteries of the Great Metropolis." The materiais for the work were obtained by Mr. Pember under various disguises, of the “dangerous classes.” It was in such char- acters as the amateur beggar, the pretended pur- chaser of panel and gambling houses and the tions. The story of bis adventures in all these characters 18 told in this volume and makes ai entertaining and valuable contribution to the peca- liar literature called into existence by the preva- jence of poverty and crime in New York. Mug. GEORGE SAND is said to be preparing for the press a memoir of the young and unjortunate | Louis XVIL, chiefly drawn trom the personal recol- lections of her grandmother, Mme. Aurore Dupin de Francueil. Dr, MAUDSLEY’S Disease” is on the pleasant topic of madness, and forms one of the international Science series, Tuat VeTEras NoveL Writer, W. Harrison Ains- worth, has put out, in three volumes, “The Good Old Times,” which the Spectator pronounces & very correct but dull historical romance. Mrs. GuTHRir’s two volumes, entitled “Through Russia,” are pronounced by the Aoademy to be full of sense, vivacity and humor, Tie lady pos- sesses the cunning art of making a book. Tue READERS of What have been called scrofulous French novels are the only people who will hail the production in English of “Droll Stories from the Abbeys of Touraine,” by Balzac. MR. MACREADY’s autobiography, with selections from the vast materials of his letters and journals, will shortly be published by Macmillan. ‘THe SECOND VoLUME of the Memoirs of John Quincy Adams 1s nearly ready at the press of the Lippincotts. | A New Irisir MAGAzine, to be called Now-a- Days, 18 to be started in July. LITERARY STRAWS. (Prom the Manchester Guardian.) ‘The sale of Mr. Swinburne’s new poem bas been less than was expected. The book 18 too big, and only lovers of pure poetry will wade through it. Since the publication of Mr. Mill's ‘Autoblo- graphy’ the demand for his books has decreased. Seemingly the “Autobiography” has done harm to the erent thinker’a infnenca It is from the German of F. Lewold. | Itis | we might say with mountain skies and cheertul | ba ‘the ! peace. Therefore, under the appearance o1 an | | | by which he was enabied to penetrate the secrets | { | bogus doctor, that he carried on his investiga- | “Responsibility in Mental | the flery passions of politics. They were made | coolly; they are the work of centuries. And then, gen versal suffrage? No doubt, wuen it was consulted under the iorm of a picbiscite, it did, indeed, make | @ very great mistake. (Loud protestations from tne Bonapartists; laughter on the Right and among the Centres.) Did the peopie wish tor war at the last fscite? Did the people believe that by Mn | it was voting for war ’ No; it wante appeal o! the people, which is the most deceitiul | form of universal suffrage, the peopie made a mis- take. “With that exception, what have you to re- foach it with ? With having elected republicans ? ould you have condemned it if it bad returned I know very well there is an expression used in the newspapers, in this tribune, and out of doors— “Purify Universal Suffrage.” The fRomans, too, purified universal suffrage, and purified it in such @ manner that from century to century, irom curia to curia, nothing rewained but the whole people. (Loud cheers irom the Lett.) We en- deavored by universal suffrage to efface Classes, to | establish ‘political equaity side by side with equality before the law, and you would undo that. You would re-establish classes aud have as formerly great and small, Jat «and lean. (Laughter on the Lett.) (Cries of “Nonsense” on the Right.) You are ein manae 4 select and excluded citizens, and th classes will beat daggers drawn. In Rome also classes were created. The Italians, the Chris tians, the slaves, Were excluded, and then, when those who had been disinhertted of their father. Jand who opened the gates of Rome to tlie bar- barians. (Prolonged cheers from the Left.) Wuat | you wish to do 18 dangerous. Why not drive | straight at what you are aiming at? You wish to | purity universal sufirage, vogive more force to the power you have founded. You wish todo so in order to re-establish monarchy. Whatmovarchy ? (On the Leit, “Yes; which one?) If it is mon- archy by Divine right, you will never have it in France. (Uproar on the Right, and cries of “There | 18 no monarchy by Divine right.”) You ask me | why you wilinever nave it? (On the Right, “Not at all. Whohas asked you anything of | the kind?) (A | speaker remained siient ior several minutes.) ‘There are three men in history who have dealt with the three questions—tyranny, movarchy, democracy. (A laugh and a voice, “That is not it; | You were speaking of monarchy by Divine right.” jontesquieu, quoting Aristotie (renewed laugh- ter), Montesquieu said governments could live by fraud and die only by iorce, (Renewed laughter and uproar.) As for the monarchy of King Louis Philippe, when it feilall France declared that the overnment of contempt had fallen under the blows of the revolution of contem (Loud and rolonged interruption from the Centres.) The Sapir 4s entirely enclosed between Warerioo and » to wiich must added = tie dismemberment of France through the loss of two provinces. (M. Haentjens, “Go and tell them that at Berlin.’ Uproar.) The Repablic appears to irighten you, but that form of government has never been seriously tried in France, (Uproar.) The first Republic was but a Lay? ‘The Convention fought at home against La Vendée, and afterwards fourteen armies were obliged to combat the whole of Europe in arms. She did and organized great things, which Still last. (Cries of ‘ihe Guillotine.) ‘The secoud Republic, that of 1848, was never constituted. You Bay it had @ constitution, but from its birth that clement Republic— (Prolot shouts from all the benches of the Right, “W! ‘clement?’ Explain the werd.’)—which arrested no one. transvorted eneral laugh, during which the | ) of the yea had been shot on the 7th men, With what offence do you reproach unt- | the monarchists? (Loud laughter trom the Leit.) An! ! of old Rome, of which you were told yesterday, | the barbarians reached the gates of Rome, it was | 74.—TRIPLE SHEET. NO one, which gave the most ample Ifberty to the press, which administered the finances well’— (Cries of “What about the forty-five centimest?”) but the day after its birth you attacked it. (Voices—‘What about May 15”) May 15? Why, it was @ Bonapartist conspiracy. (Protestations.) Who led that mantiestatiog? It was Hubert— Hubert, who was copdemoed, then pardoved by the a obtained the concession of a railway in the nth, and was aiterwaras made adminis- trator of another company. M. RovHBR—That ts a material error. M. LBpRU ROLLIN—I can prove it. Do you wish Me to speak of the 24th ofJune? (“Speak of the 18th of June.”) On the 13th of June article 5 of the constitution had been violated. A manifesta- tion was thought necessary, and & peaceable mani- festation was made, Yes, 12,000 men, armed with rifles and revolvers, I come now to June 24, the day of blood and crimes, Who brought iton? The day before M. Rouver had demanded the imme- diate breakin; pt the national workshops; the day after M. de,Falloux, who pledged himself to do nothing hastily, asked for the immediate disper- sion of these men and threw them into the street. ; (You excited them by telling them they were in the right.”) But by whom were those men led? By @ mau who was spirited away, and who for two days had been perambuiating the streets at the head of 300 men, shouting “Napoleon, we will have him.” (Loud laughter.) Yes, at that time Royalists ana Bonapartists went hand in hand, and the first five flags that were brought to me at the Executive Commission were white flaj fFrotongea tomult and laughter on the Right he “barricades which extended throughout U Faubourg St. Germain were commanded by an ex- Chouan of 1330, and the Count of Chambord was Waiting on the frontier. (Loud laughter; a Voice, “This is dreadiul stuff; cries of “Order” irom the Left.) The Bonapartists and Legitimists did not give that unfortunate Republic one mo- ment’s peace, (From the Right.—‘Without us it would not have lasted six weeks.’’ From the Left.—‘Silence, ye conspirators of the Kue de Poitiers,”) The Repubhe frightens you. What, in a country where there are as many small landowners as electors, you think the Republic would not be conservative in a country which has so promptly paid five milliards? (‘In spite of the Republic.”) And then when your bill is voted you will have to choose. You cannot Jeave the country in this state of uncertaimiy. And thea, again, let us talk o1 business, Do you get your taxes in? You vote them, but they do not come in. There is a deficit for this year; there will be a more serious one next year. I should like to put a few ques- tions to the Minister of Finance. (A general laugh, A Voice—“There is none; he’s gone out!) This uneasiness without work will become greater still. If you want any information on the subject there is a very mod- erate corps, one almost always of government’s opinion, the notaries, (A laugh.) Ask them what has become of transactions, loans, business in general? (*Thatis because we are under are- Pubiic.”) It 1s because between the three govern- ments you wish to introduce you can do nothing. Ispeak without passion. 1 appeal to you asa Frenchman in the name of Fatherland, for which you are all ready to die. (A Voice from the Centre—“Stuff! stuft!’’—prolonged —_ laughter.) Have confidence, then, in this country whic desires no better than to have confidence in yor instead of mutilating universal suifrage, decree the dissolution of the Assembiy and you will see the whole country rise again as if by enchant- Ment.’ (Loud laughter; slight cheering on the Leit; long uproar.) The Assembly then rose. How England Defends Her National Honor. {From the London Times.} The correspondence, just presented to Parlia- ment, respecting the capture of the Virginius aud the treatment of her crew and passengers does not add materially to the facts which have been already unofficially published, but it removes all doubt which may have existed as to the nature and reality of the outrage committed upon British subjects by the Spanish authorities in Cuba. The first information on the subject reached us, it will be remembered, early in last November, from Madrid. The details of the case were not given very fully. We heard only that the Virginius, a vessel uuder American colors, -had been cap- tured by a Spanish cruiser on the high seas, not far from the coast of Jamaica; that she had been taken into the port of San- tiago, and that some of those who had been found on board her, and an American citizen among the rest, had been summarily put to death. News soon followed of further executions, but we had no distinct statement as to the nationality of the sufferers. By the 10th of November apologies trom Madrid had already been received at Wash- ington, and our earliest comments on the occur- Tence were based entirely upon the supposition that the affair was one between Spain and the United States. It was not until somewhat later that we learned how intimately we were ourselves concerned in the matter. On the 17th of Novem- ber the report first came that sixteen of the vic- tims haa been British subjects, and we heard alterwards that other British subjects who had been found on board were still detained in Cuba as prisoners, Our government had been, it appears, equally uninformed about the facts, Lord Granville’s attention was first called to the case by the tele- [upd intelligence which continued to appear in fh: press. He had, as yet, no knowledge that | there were any British subjects among the prison- ers, but, on the possibility that it might be so, ne put himseif in communication with our Actin Consul General at Havana, desiring him, in suc! an event, to watch the case on their behaif, aud to use his utmost endeavors to secure them a fair trial. He received a telegram in reply, on the morning of November 16, iniorming him very briefly of the tacts which have since become no- tortous. He then learned that the chase of the Virginius had begun, as well as that her capture had been eifected, on the high seas; that, in spite | of the utmost efforts of the Governor of Jamaica, and in spite of a protest made through the | British Vice Consul at Santiago, sixtesn | British subjects, forming part of the crew instant, and that there were still seven British | subjects remaining among the prisoners. On re- ceipt of this startling message Lord Granville tel- egrapheu straightway to our Minister at Madrid, | structing him to reserve for’ the present tne question of the executions which had already oc- | curred, but to state without delay that the Span- | ish government and ail the persons concerned | would be held responsible for any further execu- tions of Britisn subjects. At this notice Sefior Vas- telarimmediavely sent oifa message to the Cap- taip General of Guba, directing the suspension of | | all further executions of British subjects or others. | ; The British authorities in the neighborhood had, | meanwhile, not been idle. A British vessel of war had been despatched to Santiago as soon as intelligence of the capture was re- ceived. She arrived on the 8th of Novem- ber—unfortunately, too late to prevent all the mischiet that had been teared, but in time to lend powerful aid to the representations of our Consular staff as to the treatment of the remain- ing prisoners. Tne executions were stopped, the — | Test Of the prisoners were ultimately released, and the Virginins hersel! was surrendered to the United | States, the jurther question of satistaction to bota | pond as nations remaining, however, as yet un- | settled. It remains to inquire what justification can be | put forward by the Uuban authorities for the out- Tages of whic they have been’ thus guilty, and | under what pretence of justice their acts of barbar- | ity were committed. The question finds its answer | partly in the previous history of the captured ves- | sel, and partly in the almost undoubted purpose for | which she had just put to sea. ‘The Virginius was | not unknown to tie Spanish authorities in Cuba, | She bore, indeed, the American fag, and had been’ registered as an American vessel, but it was no | secret that she was, in jact, the property of one or more of the chief leaders of the Cuban insurrec- | tion, and that she had been employed more than ouce already to land men and arms and ammuni- tion in Cuba in aid of the msurgenis. She had put 10 at Kingston, Jamaica, on the 9th oi July, pre- ceding her capture, and even while in harbor had been closely watched by ® Spanish man-ol-war, She remained at Kingston tor some time, clearing ob the 23d of October, ostensibly for Port Limon, in Costa Rica, but with more than a suspicion at- taching to her that her intention was to proceed Once more to the coast of Cuda, and there continue her eforts on benalt of the “republicans.” Or this, however, there was no positive prog. She cairied with her no arms or other wa ma- | terial—not, indeed, by her own choice, but because she had been deprived of them after a most rigorous search by the customs authorities at Kingston, he British subjects whom she had on board were partly members of ber crew and partly passengers who appear to have sailed with the bona Jide novion that they were going to Port | nee and to have paid tor their passages accord- ngly. There is some doubt avout her movements leit Kingston. She certainly put in at ince, in Hayti, whether, as has been for necessary repairs or, more prob- ably, to take in @ fresh cargo of arms, On the 3ist of October she was descried by the Spanish screw | corvette Tornado about eighteen miles from the Cuban coast, and, beyond doubt, far out of her | course jor Port Limon. She was immediately | pursued and captured, after a ten hours’ chase, about twenty-three miles from the coast of Jamaica, and was taken into Santiago | as a lawiul prize of war. On her ar rival at Santiago the master, crew and passengers were declared by the Spaniards to be “pirares.”” A court-martial was heid on them and fifty-seven were at once sentenced to death. On the 4th of November this sentence was execu: ted upon tour of them, one of whom, General Ryan, though without doubt an insurrectionary leader, was equally without doubt an American citizen. The remaiming flity-three were shot three days alterwards, and among them the sixteen British subjects, all members of the crew, and this in spite of the urgent remonstrances of our Con- sular authorities on the spot, and, as we have said, just one day before the arrival of the British man-of-war Niobe. We have endeavoured to state the facts as favorably a3 possible to the Spanish authorities, but it is clear that there 18 nothing in them which could justify either the original seiz- ure of the Virgiuius on the high seas or the subsequent treatment of her crew. Spain had a nerfact right to defeud ber own ter- ritory, and to repe! by force ana punish any actual attempt to make a descent upon her shores, In the present case, however, no such at- tempt had actually been made, and that it was likely to be made was a matter of mere inference. Nor is it to the purpose to say that the registra- tion of the Virginius had been obtained by fraud, and that she had no true right to the American colors, under which she was sailing. She was on the American register as a matter of fact, and as inst any other nation she was, beyond all quea- ton, American. This, however, is not the point with which Englishmen are most concerned. Whether the origina! capture could be defended or nol, nothing can be urged to justify the sum- mary executions which form the principal part of our indictment against Spain. They could not have been hurried on from the apprehension that there would be danger in delay, for when the men had been made prisoners they could clear! do no further harm. To put tliem to dea was, therefore, aun act of mere and that of a kind unworthy of ‘any nation claiming to be civilized. The list which been furnished of the victims shows suMiciently that the treatment they received was absolutely with- out excuse. They consisted, we find, of seamen, coal trimmers, firemen and one or two petty officers, whose mere detention, even tf it could be justified, would have seemed an almost needleas precaution and whose unjustifiable execution was simply a judicial murder. In the words of Lord Granville, “there was no charge either kuown to the law of nations or to any municipal law under which persons tn the situation of the British crew of the Virginius could have been justifiably con- demned to death. They were persons not owing allegiance to Spain; the acts done by them were done out of the jurisdiction of Spain; they were essentially uoncombatants in their em- ployment, and they could by no pos- sivie construction be liable to the pen- It 1s our wish, as it is im alty of death.’ far as possible general our interest, to uphold as the authority of a foreign naval court; even when . its decisions are most adverse to ourselves; but there are limits beyond which We cannot go, and those limits, in the case before us, have been very far exceeded, The demand for reparation, both om our part and on that of the United States, has been exceedingly moderate. We have asked for national recognition of the wrong done to Great Britain and for compensation to the relatives of the victims, We could hardly have asked for less, nor does it seem likely that there will be any diMculty oo the part of Spain ingranting it, There has been some delay in the matter owing to the change of government in Spain during the progress: of the negotiations, while the urgent dificuities with which the new Spanish government has since had to contend have been felt as a reason on our part for not pressing our demands, Tue matter, however, has been reopened by our present Forsign ‘Minister, and, if 1t has not been made already, the settlement will doubtless not be much longer postponed, THE CAPTORS OF THE VIRGINIUS BE- WARDED. [From the Diario Espafiol.} The following promotions and rewards have been conierred apon the officers and crew of the Spanish man-o!l-war Tornado, for the eapture of the ‘filibustering” steamer Virginius, in October, 1873 :— . Captain Commandant of Frigates Don Dionisio caelay Asensio, to the rank of Colonel of Ma- rines, ‘ Second Commandant of First Class War Ship Don Faustino Alvargonzalez, to the rank of Lieu- tenant Colonel of warines, with salary, but the title not to antedate appointment. The white naval cross to Lieutenant Don Enrique Pardo y Moillet. The red naval cross to Lieutenants Angel Ortls Monasterio and Don Ricardo Agusino y Martinez. Lieutenant von Bernardino Navarro y Vande nares to the rank of captain of marines. The white naval cross to Paymaster Don Miguel Fontera y Dopico, likewise to Assistant Doctor Don Andres Medina y Gonzalez, likewise to the Chaplain Don José Velez y Sanz. ‘The specially hired first engineer, James Mocka- bee, to rank a8 naval jieutenant, The silver croas of naval merit is awarded to the phytate sailmakers and sailors of the said ship. SEASIDE AND COUNTRY. Mount Mansfleld—Snow six feet deep there. ‘The Hoosac Tunnel House, Mass., invites a visit. The Ocean Blum Hotel, Kennebunkport, Me., is open. Magnolia, Manchester, July 15. Mrs, George Pendleton, of Ohio, nas arrived at Newport. Civil Rights Bill will summer in a Congresstonal refrigerator. Miss Greeley will spend the summer in acon- vent, so it is said. ‘The Misses Cleveland, of Cottage place, propose to spend the summer at Saratoga. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morgan ana family, 28 West Thirty-fourth street, will go to Newport. Mrs. E. C. Goodwin, 238 Fifth avenue, ts for tne summer at Kingston, Ulster county, N. Y. Mrs. Charles L. Anthony, of this city, has arrived at her cottage on Bellevue avenue, Newport, Mrs, E. Livingston Ludlow and family have taken rooms at the Pavilion, Woodsburg, L. I. Miss Annie Louise Cary will warbie during the summer season at tne Oceanic, Isles of Shoals. Mr. and Mrs. George Osgood, of Boston, wilt Mass., will receive | spend a portion of the season at the Pequot House, New London. Mrs. Jonathan Thompson and family, No. 542 Fifth avenue, leave town shortly for the Prospect Park Hoase, Catskill. The annual gathering at Salisbury Beacb, often numbering 20,000 persons, has made that pleasant seaside resort well known. Saratoga caters to the comfort of her summer guests by forbidding excavations in the streets between June and September, Mr. David Duncan and Miss Duncan, of No. 304 Fifth avenue, have retired vo their country seat at Dobbs’ Ferry, on the Hudson. Among New Yorkers booked for Sharon Springs are Commodore C. K. Garrison, William Garrison, L, Delmonico and Isaac Sherman. Mr. John Duncan and family, of No. 18 West Forty- sixth street, have taken possession of their coun- try seat at Dobb’s Ferry for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Hopkins have leit town for the season, They will occupy their cottage, ‘‘Clo- ver Hill,” on the Newark and Paterson Rallroad, this summer. Mr. Albert Maxwell, of the Cooper House, who has been managing the Aiken House, Aiken, S. ©., during the winter, is at Cooperstown getting ready for the opening on June 20. It is estimated that it costs New Yorkers and residents of Brooklyn fully $18,000,000 per year for summer pleasure. Greene county, in which the Catskills lie, claims that it yearly reccives $4,000,000 of this sum. Copyrighted! The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher will spend part | of his vacation in the White Mountains and the Test at the farm in Peekskill, Ofother Brooklyn ministers, Dr. Cuyler will be at Velaware Water Gap and Saratoga, and Dr. Storrs at Bratntree, Mass, THE THRONE OF SPAIN. The Paris Débats, of June 2, speaking of the rumor which has prevailed of the candidature ofa German prince, or rather a Prussian one, for the throne of Spain, makes the following observa- tions :— It ig even asserted that three members of the new Spanish Ministry nave devised this tatrigue, and that they hope to force the hand of Marshat Serrano and neutralize this opposition of General Concha, who has remained faithful to the Alphons- ist party. The mission of Count de Hatzfeld the quality of Minister Plent erie te or ‘Confi- dential Ambassador,” according to the exact ex- pression of our Madrid correspondent. gives room for all sorts of suppositions. It is not only Prince Leopold de Hohenzoliern that is put forward. A letter addreased from Madrid to the Neue Freie Presse of Vienna presents Prince Frederick Charles as the real candidate for the throne of | Philip VY. and Charles V. Count de Hatafeld is said to have been sent as a sort of scout, so to speak. charged to study the country, sound the dispositions of the Spanish people, and to furnish Beriim with all the elements necessar! for the saccess of this great enterprise. We call the attention o! our readers to the letter of our correspondent. He is inclined to think that the new Prussian Ambassador has not the mission of offering to Spain a candidate for royalty, but that of laboring to form between that country and Prussia an alliance similar to that which the latter Power has peepenyy, concluded with Italy. The partiality which the French government has evinced towards the Cariists is supposed to be the principal argument used by the Cuunt with the Spanish Ministry, As to the candidature of any johenzoliern whatever, great or smail, it i proba~. bly the tere dream of a romance writer. THE AMERIOAN CARDINAL. {From the Winona Republican.] The probability of the appointment of an Amer- ican cardinal ts again mooted, and the personality of possible recipients of this high oMce is discussed, It 19 stated that the choice lies between Archbishop reel, of Cincinnati, and Archhishop Perche, of Kew: Orleans, who of the Qatholic clergy of this oe are the most notably ey paged in learn. ing and piety and ip influence at the Vatican,