The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-22 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, MONDAY, June 21.

It is announced that Belgium has given way on the
matter of the railway difficulty. A Cabinet Council was
held at Brussels on Sunday—the business must have
been pressing—under the presidency of the King. It was
then decided that on no consideration could Belgium
afford to expose herself to the consequences of the Com-
mission's work being left unfinished. There was a
danger of this sort of rupture yesterday, and the King, it
is said, cannot persuade himself to face it. The French
demands are therefore accepted. The resolution of King
Leopold is so strongly taken, Bays the Patric, that if M.
Fexe-Orban continues adverse to this course, there will
be a change of Ministry. Such is the bulletin published
by the official journals here.

We have not yet quite clone with the elections. It will
be remembered that four deputies of the Left—Picard
Simon, Gambetta., and Bancel—have been elected in two
places, and that each of there has a seat to dispose
of. It is now asserted that the last-named deputy
will elect to sit for Paris in order to bring iu
II non for Lyons, which is the place where
M. Bailed secured his second election. Jules
Simon, however, will certainly sit for Bordeaux. It is
not certain that if he chose Paris, M. Lavertujon would
get in for Bordeaux, and as the seat at Paris is ;safe to
the Opposition, it is thought well not to run any risk. It
is to be desired that some of these four deputies decide to
sit for Paris, for another Etruzgle in four circumscriptions
of the capital would expose us to the dangers of another
riot.

'['here is nothing new to report from the great region
which is now a prey to strikes of different kinds. There
have been no more troubles at St. Etienne, but the
miners' strike had not terminated up to the date of my
latest information. Negotiations were going on between
masters and men, but no progress has hitherto been made.
No ill-feeling has been created by the volleys of
Chassepots which resulted in the death of thirteen per-
The inhabitants seem to tacitly admit that they
were in the wrong, and that the soldiers had no alternative
but to act as they did. Nevertheless, though the troops
were obliged to fire in self-defence, the necessity is not
the less to be deplored, for in this, as in other cases of
the kind, the punishment overtook at least one or two
who were guiltless. One poor girl, the daughter of a
miner, who bad not struck, but who was out of work, was
hit by two balls from behind. One entered her back, coming
out by the shoulder and breaking the arm, the otherlodged
in the thigh. It does not appear that there is any hope
of.her recovery. It is remarkable that the French people
themselves should have furnished some of the earliest
evidence of the power of the Chassepot. The hole made
by the ball on entering the girl's dress was exceedingly
small, but on the other side a piece of cloth two or three
inches square was torn off.
It is thought probable that Senor Olozaga may return
to Paris in the capacity of Spanish Ambassador.
Another Higgs case has come to light. One of the most
important commercial companies in Paris had for its
cashier a man of unsuspected character, who remained at
the head of affairs from 1835 to 1863. Six years ago,
having arrived at the age of 55, he, much to the regret of the
directors, retired in all honour. A short time ago ageneral
scrutiny disclosed that the cashier had, by falsifying the
books, kept up a completely successful course of swindling.
A long and minute inquiry has shewn that during the last
eight years of his service the worthy cashier, who had
retired to spend his days in peace, had robbed the company,
of £B,OOO. This is a much more Moderate style of swind-
ling than that practised by Mr. Higgs, but it has proved
more successful. The good and faithful servant has en-
joyed the profits of his roguery for more than five years.
But he is safe under lock and key now, and the termina-
tion of his existence will probably woefully belie his ex-
pectations. " The way of transgressors is hard."
A double murder has been perpetrated at Bayonne. An
old maid of some little property, who lived with a single
young servant, has been murdered, with her domestic,
and the house plundered. It seems that the servant-
girl was engaged to a young man, but the marriage was
broken off through his imprudent habits. He is accused
of the murder.

The invitations issued by the Viceroy for the opening
ceremonials of tha Suez Canal have not been very success-
ful, but his Highness may take courage. Several
members of the Orleans family will be present. The
Libert6 has this news from a good source ; but if the
Empress be going to Egypt, and it appears certain that
she is, how will the meeting be arranged?