The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-06 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Tne Reforme says—" On Saturday all the pri-
soners detained at St. Pelagic, who are to be
tried by the High Court, received at six o'clock
the order to be ready to leave in half an hour.
They were placed in cellular vehicles, like forcats,
without having been able to take any of the measures
necessary under such circumstances. On arriving
at the Conciergerie, each of them was placed
in a cell of the narrowest dimensions, and, what is
difficult to be conceived, they have up to this day
been refused, in spite of their demands, a table and
a chair. Thus, then, there are six men who are
threatened with one of the severest condemnations,
but who cannot even take a note to prepare their
defence. The six prisoners are citizens Napoleon
Lebon, A. Baune, Paya, Fraboulet. Dufelix, and
Lemaitre."

M. Proudhon has addressed the following letter,
from the Conciergerie, to the editor of the Temps :
" Sir,—You have guessed rightly. The letter which
you have given in your number from the Progres de
l'Aube was not written by me. I neither wrote to the
Congress of Peace Dor its Hon. President. I do not,
thank God, believe in the nozseries of the Abbe de
Saint Pierre; and if I believe that war umst be one day
abolished between men, I expect that result from
causes more profound ,than the mystical toleration of
which MM. Deguerry and Cuquerel gave euch an
edifying example, and from free trade supported by
Cobden. Universal peace is like universal riches ;
it will exist when there will be neither op-
essed noril erploites, but that :is what the Pope, and
his beloved sons the Kings have taken good care to
prevent. The Congress of Peace, in my opinion, is
only the commencement of a doctrinaire and jesuitical
holy alliance against the invasion of democratic and
socialist ideas, a piece of Malthusian juggling. On this
account you may be certain, sir, that I reserve it some-
thing else than compliments. Salutation. and Fraternity."
We read in the Canstitutionnel

"The cholera which has now been raging in Paris for
nearly six months, has not diminished during the last
fortnight, but without, as some persons believe, ac-
quiring any fresh intensity. The daily number of
deaths in the hospttals continue to be about 20,
and in private practice about the same or rather
more. 10,195 deaths in private practice, and 8,406
in the hospitals, form the total of 18,611, which
was stated on the 31st ult.; that is to say, the mortality
from cholera since its first appearance exceeds by about
200 that of 1832; it is true that the population of Paris
in the seventeen years has increased about 300,000;
so that the proportion furnished by the first invasion
has not been reached by the second' but even this
similarity in the mortality of the two periods, the
time which has expired since its appearance, and the
approach of a new season, may lead to the hope that
the scourge will be soon removed. Vienna, Berlin, and
London, are at the present time suffering more than
Paris; at Berlin, the deaths are more than 40 a day,
with a population three times less than ours; in
London, the daily average is 200. The disease is also
raging in Lombardy; at Brescia, the deaths from the
10th to the lith ult. were 182. The statistics of the
cholera, made up in different countries, and in several
of our departments, show that the mortality in certain
small localities, where attention of all kind is, often
wanting, is more considerable than in large towns. One
fact stated by M. Contour, in an interesting work on the
cholera in Russia, replies to those sceptics, who accuse
the faculty of complete want of power to arrest the
disease. Among the numerous and various religious
sects which exist in Russia, there are some who impose
it as a duty on their followers to refuse all assistance or
the use of any remedies ; among these fatalists, the
disease therefore, makes great ravages ; almost all cases
prove fatal, whilst at Moscow, the mortality in the hos-
pitals had varied from sixty-two to thirty-six per cent."

Dundee
Ferry Port-on-Craig ...
St. Andrew's ... ...
Beith ... ... ...
Hawick ...
Liff and Benvie ...

- 11 0
-• 5 0
- 3 0
- 3 0
- 1 0
- 5 0

Total ... 29 0
General total:—
Metropolis 232 38

Country ... ... 429 102
Scotland ... ... --- 29 0

General total ...

Note.—The number of attacks reported by the union
officers are—for the metropolis 788, and for the country
445; but their returns do not, in general, comprehend
the cases that are treated by medical men in private
practice.

KIDDERMINSTER ELECTION.

KIDDERMINSTER, WEDNESDAY.—The polling to day
has bean clone. The returns at half-past three o'clock,
when the constituency was pretty nearly polled cut,
were— f':
895t...............211
Gisborne 199

Majority ... 12
Mr. Best's seat may be considered as secured.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—At the close of
:he poll Mr. Best, the Conservative candidate, was re-
:urned by a majority of 17.
_ _ _

This i; ab,,utwthe -average of the majority obtained by
he late Mr. Godson.
Ths borough was perfectly quiet.

TUE MAIZE CROP IN THE PARK.—About two
months back we mentioned that an experiment had been
made in St. James's-park, by permission of the Com-
missioners of Woods and Forests, in order to ascertain
whether the maize plant might be successfully culti-
vated in this country. We are now enabled to announce
the result. It is right to premise that the experiment
was made under disadvantages which must be manifest
to every practical agriculturist. The spot in which the
seed was put down abutted on a nursery of young trees
and flowering shrubs which, as is well known, absorbs a
large proportion of the nutritive sap of the soil, whilst
the foliage deprives the neighbouring plants of the be
nefit of heat, light, and air, all of which contribute to
healthy vegetation. Notwithstanding these drawbacks
the little maize crop has fully realised all that was anti-
cipated. It was sown the latter end of May, and now
is the beginning of September it is ripe for eutting. The
appearance of the plant is peculiarly graceful, far more
so, indeed, than that of any ordinary corn field. The
stems, which run up perfectly straight, are generally
from four to five feet high, and are much thicker than the
large wheat straw. They throw out, from the root up-
wards a succession of lag-like leaves, the stem termi-
nating in a little tuft, from which spring the ears of
corn; somewhat irregularly clustered; and, in this in-
stance, apparently not heavily laden. However, from
the concurrent opinion of several practical agriculturists.
many of whom have taken a lively interest in the expe-
riment,it seems not unlikely that the maize plant will
be very generally sown henceforward. Its main recom-
mendations are—cheapness of seed, rapid growth, sim-
plicity of cultivation, and comparatively largo produc-
tion. One important fact, however, must not be lost
sight of by those who may feel disposed to speculate in
maize sowing. It requires a sunny aspect and a warm
soil. Amongst those who are about to experimentabze
upon a large scale next year, are his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, who proposes sowing a piece of land at
Flemish Farm; his Grace the Duke of Richmond, at
Goodwood; and the Duke of Norfolk, at Arundel.
YEARS.—Neither rouge, artificial ringlets, nor all
the resources of the toilet, can retard the relentless pro-
gress of that terrible foe to beauty, Time. But every
ono must have noticed how lightly his hand rests upon
some, how heavily upon others. Whenever you see in
an old person a smooth unwrinkled forehead, a clear
eye, and a pleasing cheerful expression, be sure her life
has been passed in that comparative tranquillity of mind,
which depends less upon outward vicissitudes than in-
ternal peace of mind. A good conscience is the greatest
preservative of beauty. Whenever you see pinched-up
features, full of lines, and thin curling lips, you may
judge of petty passions, env', and ambition, which have
worn out their owner. High and noble thoughts leave,
behind them noble and beautiful traces; meanness of
thought and selfishness of feeling league with timeto
unite age and ugliness together. Fresh air, pure simple
food, and exercise, mental and bodily, with an elev?ted
ambition, will confer on the greatest ago a dignified
s,
beauty, in which youth is deficient. There are man,
men and women, at sixty, younger in ?ger ppearance and
feeling than others at forty._ Eliza Cock's Journal.
BELGIAN PRODUCE.—Sorne. rather extensive im-
portations of live plants are taking place at the present
time from abroad. A vessel arrived from Ghent has
brought 31 baskets and 15 boxes of live plants, as a por-
tion of her cargo, the produce of Belgium