The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-11 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Sunday Evening.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon
at the Tuileries, under the presidency of the Em-
peror.

The following is from the 3loniteur :—" Yester-
day morning the deliberations of the conference of
delegates of the States of Northern Germany were
terminated at Berlin. A private despatch informs
us that the signature of the Federal treaty took
place yesterday (Saturday) at the Ministry of State.
The federal delegates will be invited by Prussia to
be present at the opening of the Parliament (Reich-
stag) of the North. Before leaving his capital for
Jassy, Prince Charles of Hohenzollern made some
diplomatic arrangements. Not having had the oppor-
tunity since his recognition of entering personally
into relations with the Emperor of Austria, his High-
ness sent his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prince
Stirbey, with a letter. On the other hand, Prince
Charles profited by the expected speedy return to
Belgrade of his usual agent, M. Cantacuzere, to send
a letter to Prince de Montenegro, to whom he had
not yet announced his accession."

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The explanations given upon the subject by the
Government in an official communication to the
newspapers is perfectly satisfactory. The letter, I
may add, contained treason against the present
Dynasty, and all Governments claim the right to
suppress treasonable correspondence. When the
late Sir James Graham was in office he contended
openly iu the House of Commons for the right.
The Court of Nismes, in confirmation of a deci-
sion of the Tribunal of Avignon, has given a judg-
ment of importance in support of the cause of pub-
lic morality. It has decided that a seducer who,
by deception, shall succeeded in turning from her
duty and inducing a virtuous young girl, a minor,
to leave the home of her parents, may be condemned
to pay damages, either to the parents or to the
girl, even if he may not have promised her mar-
riage. In the case in question the seducer was
ordered to pay 4,000 f. damages.
The new regulations for the insurance of order
and propriety during the discussions in the Legisla-
tive Betty are rat her fitringent, and might Perhaps
be initiated ill " another place" with advantage.
A member called to order for interruption cannot
be allowed to speak. Should the speaker deviate
from the question at issue, the President may call
his attention to the fact. If, after a second appeal
from the President, he should continue to wander
from the real subject under consideration, the Pre-
sident may appeal to the Assembly to decide whether
he shall be allowed to address the Chamber again
during the same sitting upon the question. It is
the President only who can call an orator to order.
All personalty or sign of approbation or disappro-
bation is forbidden. Should a member of the
LegifilAtive Body trouble the tranquillity of the

Assembly, the President may call upon him by
name. If he persist in the same course, the Presi-
dent may direct a note to be taken of the member
having been called to order. Should the member
still resist the request to conform himself to the
regulations of the Chamber, the Assembly, upon the
proposition of the President, and without discussion,
may exclude the member from the Chamber for any
period not exceeding five days. (What would the
Marquis de Boissy have said to such a prohibition
as this ? Only fancy a member precluded from
uttering nonsense for five days. Such a regulation
at home might put a stop temForarily to virulence
from John Bright.) This is not at all, for on occa-
sions when a member may be excluded from the
Chambers for outraging the regulations of the Cham-
ber, it may order publicity to be given to the fact
in the department or town which the offender re-
presents. Should the Assembly become disorderly,
and the President be unable to calm the tumult, he
may sumpend the sitting for an hour. At the expira-
tion of that time, should the disorder continue, the
President may adjourn the llouse until the next day.
The previous question must be put before the pro-
posal of the question which may be at issue. " The
previous question" cannot be put in regard to any
proposals made by the Emperor. No member of
the Legislative Body can absent himself without
leave. All demands for the right to put questions
to the Government must be in writing, and be
signed by five members. The request must be in
the following terms :—" The Legislative Body calls
the attention of the Government to the object of the
interpellations."

The excitement respecting the cattle plague still
continues at Hasselt. Some veterinary surgeons
having given their opinion that some meat was
diseased it was buried with great precaution, as
well as the cothes of the men who had slaughtered
the animals. Straw was burned over the spot, which
was also covered with quick-lime. One account
from Hasselt says that the cattle disease prevails to
a " terrible extent." All the markets are held out-
side the town, and clothes are not allowed to be sold
in the streets for fear of infection. One regulation
of a police ordinance is, that " children are not
allowed to circulate in the streets." In short, the
sanitary regulations are of such a stringent and
extraordinary character that it has been necessary
to send for additional troops to enforce them.
The change in the weather to-day is really mar-
vellous. The tempest is completely stilled, and
there is complete placidity. The morning was rather
dull, but since 1 o'clock in the afternoon the sun
has been shining with almost uninterrupted brilliancy,
and in the Gardens of the Tuileries and other pub-
lic promenades it was not merely warm, but hot.
The horse races at the Hippodrome in the Bois
de Boulogne will be more numerous and of a more
important character than ever this year, in conse-
quence of the Universal Exhibition. They will take
place Sunday 7 and Sunday 14, Easter Monday the
22d, and Sunday, 28th April ; Thursday the 2d,
Sunday the sth, and Sunday, 26th of May ; Satur-
day the Ist and Sunday the 2d of June. There
will, therefore, be nine days' racing during the
course of two months. Chantilly Races will take
place on the 12th, 16th, and 19th of May.
The use of horse-flesh as food is becoming more and
more general, says a Paris paper. The Observateur
d' Avesne says that the horse butchery of Hautmont
becomes daily of greater extension. Three horses
are killed there weekly, a fact which has cheapened
the price of meat. The horse-flesh for food is sold
so cheap as from 2d. to 3d. English per pound, ac-
cording to quality and cut.
A committee has been formed at Zurich to obtain
from the friends of the Polish cause the funds ne-
cessary to enable the young Polish exiles to finish
their studies at the University of that town. M.
Victor Hugo has been appointed honorary member
of the committee. In his letter accepting the ap-
pointment M. Victor Hugo says,
" I shall never be
insensible to your great cause. There never was a
more heroic martyr than Poland."