The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-07 00:00:00

FRANCE,

PARIS, April 6.
The Constitutionnel of to-day contains an article,
by M. Paul Limayrac, the object of which is to
dissipate the fears entertained by certain journals
(the Union among the rest) with regard to the state
of the Lebanon. It runs as follows :
" When, after the cruel events which led to our
intervention in Syria, we were compelled to establish
an administration there firm as well as conciliatory
in its tendencies, the Imperial Government was
careful to admit only such an arrangement as would
insure a favourable reception on the part of the
Christian population and of the clergy.

" And it was under these conditioUs that the
actual administration was installed, with Daoud-
Pacha at its head. The recent circumstances
spoken of by. the Union have shown that the
Maronite clergy is still as capable of under-
standing the situation now as it was then ;
because, as the Moniteur truly observes, they very
speedily resumed their healthy appreciation of the
state of affairs, and the Patriarch and bishops, in
reply to the conciliatory appeal made to them by
Daoud Pacha, readily acknowledged the necessity
of affording him their support. Joseph Karam him-
self, as has just been seen, after resisting the steps
taken on his account by the Maronite clergy, has at
length wisely decided upon the • act of submission
which was demanded of him, so that the fears ex-
pressed by the Union are henceforth ungrounded. .

44 In- short, the actual state of affairs in Lebanon
is the result of the understanding between the
Powers. All that has been done is according to
mutual agreement.

" The object sought for, viz., the conciliation of
all the legitimate interests has been obtained, and
the Christians in Syria are, moreover, aware how
fully they can always count upon the protection of
France. It is, however, to say the least of it, only
consistent that, when France gives such disinterested

assistance, she should be entitled to offer her advice
on the subject.
The Augsburg Gazette states that notice has been
received at Coblentz of the approaching departure
of 15,000 Prussian troops, as a reinforcement for
Holstein. That probably is the Prussian mode of
replying to the Bavarian proposition to the Diet.
Gen. Mai de la Canorgue, commanding the mi-
litary subdivision of the Vienne, has just died at
Poitiers.

The Transatlantic Company's new steamer Europe
arrived yesterday at Havre from Greenock, where
she was constructed. She is a sister ship to the
Lafayette and Washington.
The numerous friends of Count Walewski will be
glad to learn that his late indisposition is not likely
to be attended with any serious consequences.
" It is announced," says the France, " that M. de
Saint-Paul, Prefect of the Meurthe, is appointed
Secretary-General to the Minister of the Interior.
He occupied the post of Director of the Minister's
private cabinet under the administration of M. Bil-
lault. Having left that important post shortly' after
the nomination of M. de Persigny as Minister, he
was nominated Prefect to the department just men-
tioned of the first class."
General Mehemet Ali Khan, Charge d'Affaires for
Persia at London, has arrived in Paris to stay a few
days.

The Moniteur publishes a report from the Mi-
nister of Marine to the Emperor, proposing that a
revision of the Pilots Francais, or charts of the
coast of France in the Channel and Atlantic, should
be effected ; those now in use, executed by Beau-
temps-Beauprd, between 1816 and 1838, being no
longer a correct representation of the shore and
the soundings, in consequence of the new light-
houses erected or old ones suppressed, and the
incessant action,of the sea, which, by the depositing
of alluvium, has produced new shoals and filled up
former channels, and at the same time created
others. The document bears the signature of his
Majesty, approving of the project.
Madame Pasta, the celebrated singer, has just
died at her residence on the Lake of Como.
The Belgian Moniteur states that there are 558
persons acting as veterinary surgeons in the country.
Of that number 213 are in the pay of the Govern-
ment, 171 have passed regular examinations, and
174 are farriers.
The Moniteur gives a list of 43 persons on whom
medals have been coEferred by the Minister of
Marine for acts of devotedness in saving life from
drowing during the month of January.
" We have mentioned," says the Moniteur, " the
organisation of the telegraphic service between Con-
stantinople, Bagdad, and Teheran. The following
fact will show the rapidity of communications exist-
ing at present between Central Asia and Western
Europe. Hassan-Ali-Khan, ambassador of Persia
at Paris, has arrived at Teheran after a stay in
Russia and Georgia. •A telegraphic despatch, dated
Teheran the 31st of March at midnight, arrived at
the Persian Legation in Paris on the Ist April, at
half-past 11 in the morning. By post a letter is
generally 31 days in coming from the Persian capi-
tal to Marseilles."
General Khair-Eddin, Minister to the Bey of
Tunis, with a numerous suite, has arrived in Paris
from Marseilles.
The banns of marriage were published on Sunday
at Toulouse between Count Duhesme, Captain in
the 6th Regiment of Mounted Chasseurs, and Mlle.
Louise Niel, daughter of the Marshal of that name.
Further information has been received relative
to the disasters at Bucharest owing to the overflow-
ing of the Dimberitz. Not fewer than 2,000 houses,
inhabited by 30,000 persons, have been flooded,
and those poor people were left almost entirely
without an asylum. Prince Alexander-Jean for
five days did not cease to preside personally,
on horseback, and often knee-deep in water, over the
efforts which were made to afford protection and
relief. The Legislative Body immediately voted
funds for the purpose of assistance, and entered
on the consideration of measures to prevent a re-
currence of such a calamity.
The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the
following as the atmospheric state of Europe yester-
day :—" This morning the barometer is high in the
north of Spain France, Italy, and the Centre of
Germany. Calm weather is experienced over all
those regions. The sky is generally clear in the
south of Europe, but cloudy over the Channel. In
the Gulf of Lyons the wind, which was strong yes-
terday evening at Toulon and Marseilles, is mode-
rate this morning. Since yesterday the barometer
has fallen 10 millimetres in the north of Norway
and Sweden. Those countries will be visited by
another violent squall."—Yesterday, in Paris, the
weather was again exceedingly fine and spring-like.
The thermometer continues to rise, marking at
three yesterday 17i deg. above zero Cent. (63 2-5
Fahr.)

A singular instance of mental precocity has just
been given at Montpellier. M. Emmanuel de Ricard,
only 16 years of age, has been admitted a member
of the bar of that town. The first president of the
Court, in administering the oath, introduced the
young barrister to his future confreres by a flattering
address, in which he referred to the brilliant studies
that M. de Ricard had gone through. At 12 he had, bya
dispensation of, age, been received bachelor of let-
ters, and a few months later had obtained the same
degree in science. lie was then, after a most
severe examination, received into the Naval School
of Brest ; but, in place of entering the navy, he
accomplished his law studies at the Ecole de
Droit of Toulouse with great éclat, and had now
been duly received as avocat.

A letter from Cavaillon (Vaucluse), in the Ilies-
sager de Province, states that M. Gilles, treasurer of
the savings bank in that town, committed suicide
by blowing out his brains with a pistol. The deto-
nation attracted persons immediately to. his room,
who found him with scarcely any signs of life, still
holding a pistol in each hand. He had burnt the
registers which showed his indebtedness to the bank,
and all the account books. A letter, signed by
him, explains that having spent large sums of the
money entrusted to him, he preferred to die.
)3ounsE, April 6.—The market presents about the
same aspect as yesterday. Threes, for the Account,
are unvaried at 67f. 80c. Mobilier are not quoted.
Italian Loan 67f. 75c. Railway Shares are still
active, at improved quotations. The market closed
firm. The following are the last quotations:-
4i per Cents 95 40 Italian Loan 65 60
Do. end month Do. end month 65 80
3 per Cents. 67 75 Ditto Threes —
Do. end month 67. 95 New Mexican
Credit Mobilier 842 50 Russian —
Do. end month ... 840 Austrian
Bank Shares 3550 Spanish Threes ... 46
Cr sdit Foncier 1295 50 Home Debt
Roman -
RAILWAYS.

Cash. Acct.
Orleans
Northern 1065 ... 1072 50
Lyons and Mediterranean-- 977 50 ... 981 25
Southern 617 50 ... 617 50
Western 537 50 ... 538 75
Eastern
Sardinian 306 25 ... 306 25
Austrian — ... 443 75
Lombard 550 ... 553 75
North of Spain 297 50 ... 310
Saragossa 395 ... 395
Ditto to Barcelona 162 50 ...

TIIE CASE OF Du. PRITCHARD.--On Tuesday
the fiscal resumed the examination of witnesses in
the County Buildings, Glasgow. The only now precogni-
tion taken was that of Mr. Campbell, of the Glasgow Apo-
thecaries' Company's establishment in Sauchiehall-street,
with which firm Dr. Pritchard was in the habit of trans-
acting business professionally, and in that way purchased
quantities of drugs of different descriptions. Other par-
ties, however, who have already been precognosced,
were re-examined. Among these were Mrs. M'Nab
the washerwoman, Catherine Latimer, the old ser-
vant, and Mary Paterson and Mary M‘Leod, the
present servants in the house of the prisoner. No in-
formation has yet been received in Glasgow from Edin-
burgh as to the result of the analysis of the body of Mrs.
Taylor, but an interim report is daily expected. As has
been already stated, Dr. Pritchard has resolved to "run his
letters," as the Scotch law phrase has it. That expression
means that the accused claims a trial within 60 days from
the date of such action being taken. That claim is not al-
ways complied with, though it generally-is so. The Crown
authorities have the option, should they not be fully pre-
pared, of applying for and obtaining an additional period
of two months. Dr. Pritchard may, therefore, be arraigned
within two, but certainly within four, months. In the
present case, however, it is not likely, we presume, that
the alternative the Crown possesses will be taken advan-
tage of.—Zrorelt British Nail;