The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-08 00:00:00

NAPOLEON AT WILH.ELMSHOIIE.

A special correspondent of the Telegraph, in a letter
dated Cassel, Dec. sth, says :—The Emperor has been for
some days indisposed ; but his illness has not prevented
him from working at his desk. His occupation for some
days past has been somewhat of a literary, somewhat of a
political, character; for he has just finished the MS. of a
Lew pamphlet, entitled "Des Relations de la France avec
l'Allemagne sous Napoleon 111 "—" Of the Relations of
France to Germany under Napoleon the Third." To the
title are added the words " Par le Marquis de Gricourt."
I have, by a singular piece of good fortune, been able to
get a glimpse at the manuscript of the Imperial mani-
festo, and I hasten to send you a few salient quotations.
A chapter, headed " 1866," contains this passage :—" But
it was not only England's and Russia's friendship which,
by his sincere and open-hearted actions, the Emperor
had gained in 1856. It was also the gratitude of
Prussia, through the readiness with which he complied
with the wishes of her King. Only the belligerent Powers
—Russia, England, France, Turkey, and Piedmont—had
been called to meet in the Paris Congress. The King of
Prussia felt hurt in the highest degree at not having been
invited to join a Conference which was to secure the
peace of Europe. England opposed emphatically the
admission of a representative of Prussia ; she showed
herself extremely nettled at the political course of the
Berlin Cabinet, which, during the entire campaign, had
never concealed its sympathies for Russia. The brother
of the present King, Frederick William IV., wrote at
this epoch a letter to the Emperor Napoleon, in which
was reflected the deep grief which he experienced at this
exclusion, viewed by him as equal to an insult. Con-
fiding fully in the justice and friendship of the Emperor,
he requested him to remove England's opposition, and
added that he would be happy to thank him for
admission to the Congress, considering it as a service
rendered to him personally, for which he would always
be grateful to him."
Under the heading " 1866 " is the following :
"'The Prussian Ambassador in Paris, Count von der
Goltz, was commissioned to sound the intentions of the
Emperor, and several conversations concerning this
matter took place in the beginning of the year 1866. The
King of Prussia wrote in his own hand to the Emperor,
to tell him that, with a view to the events in preparation,
he had instructed his Ambassador to learn the Emperor's
intentions, and arrive at an understanding. The Em-
peror replied to the King that it was difficult to foresee
the results of the impending outbreak of a conflict, but
that both Sovereigns had to calculate upon their reciprocal
bond Ales and their mutual wish to preserve, under all
circumstances, the most friendly relations. Negotiations
were nevertheless continued, and France declared her
neutrality. It was this neutrality, so favourable to
Prussia, which permitted her to commence the campaign.
At that epoch, the confidence in Berlin respecting the
kind feeling of France was so strong, that Count Bismarck
remarked one day to M. Benedetti, Our trust in your
Government is so firm that we do not have a single
soldier on the left bank of the Rhine.' " .

Professor Cairaes has s ► far recovered his bodily
health that he has been enabled to lecture regularly at
University College, London, during the present term.

The Old Testament Company of the Revisers
began their third session on Tuesday under the presidency
of the Bishop of St. David's. The Bishops of Llandaff,
Ely, and Bath and Wells, with fourteen others, were also
present. One member of the company, the Rev. Dr.
Jebb, has withdrawn since the last meeting, on the ground
that he objects to working with a body in which Noncon-
formist scholars are placed on the same footing as those of
the Church of England. With this exception the utmost
harmony continues to prevail among the members.
CHILD MURDER AT ACTON.—An inquest was
held on Tuesday night at the White Hart, Acton, before
Dr. Diplock, on the body of a child found in Gunnersbury-
lane, Acton, on Sunday afternoon, by a gardener named
Charles Rose. The medical evidence proved that the child
had breathed, and that death was caused by suffocation.
The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some
person or persons unknown.