The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, INIONoAY Ev ENING, APRIL 29, 1867.

CORRESPONDENCE FROI PA.RIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Pains, Sunday Evening.
In the Legislative Body yesterday, M. Rouber,
Minister of Finance, made an important communi-

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put questions made by Messrs. Jules Favre, Picard,
Malezieux, J. Simon, and Bethmont, said that the
Government earnestly desired to explain to the
public authorities and the country all the facts
relative to Luxembourg, and if such explanations
had been possible they would have been made from
the Tribune. As, however, negociations favour-
able to the maintenance of peace were in progress,
and were proceeding actively on the part of the
Great Powers, such a situation imposed upon the
Government of the Emperor the greatest reserve,
and it therefore did not think it its duty to assume
the responsibility of a premature public discussion
(Very well, very well.) "It was with regret that
in the presence of the natural excitement of public
opinion the Government proposed the adjournment
of that discussion. But the Legislative Body had
too much experience in diplomatic affairs not to
approve of this line of conduct. The Government,
however, is resolved to bring this important subject
before the Chamber as soon as circumstances shall
permit." (Renewed and loud applause.) M. Jules
Favre said that all he had to request was that the
Government would not take any definitive resolu-
tion upon the subject without consulting the
Chamber. M. Glair-Bizoin—Don't do as you did
in regard to Mexico. (Noise.) The Siecle, refer-
ring to the exciting and bellicose tone of the
German papers, says :—" It would be a dangerous
illusion if beyond the Rhine the pacific addresses
which are signed at Paris shall be interpreted as
manifestations of a desire for peace at any price.
France has many times proved in the most forcible
manner that war, even against a coalition, has
nothing to frighten her. This is why she can, with
dignity, speak of peace and conciliation without
any fear that her influence will suffer. Neverthe-
less, as German vanity seems to have risen to
a pitch much too high, it is well to advise our Ger-
man brothers not to make any mistake upon the
subject. We wish for peace, but we want , a peace
honourable and worthy of two great Powers who
profess to esteem each other mutually. It is, there-
f ore, important that these pacific manifestations
should not be without fruit, and that Germany
should respond to them. In the question which so
unfortunately divides the two peoples France will
exhibit a conciliatory disposition. The neutraliza-
tion of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg proposed,
as it appears, by the neutral Powers may be adopted
by as perfectly honourable a solution. It should
be understood in Germany that this is a serious
confession on our part. As a strict international
right, there is nothing to prevent France from
legitimately acquiring Luxembourg. If we re-
nounce the right in order to Mire oociety from the

horrors of war, would Germany owe us nothing in
return ?" The Siecle, in conclusion, contends that
a refusal by Prussia to evacuate the fortress of
Luxembourg would be to sacrifice the maintenance
of peace from culpable pride. The friends of pro-
gress and peace in Germany can only make one
answer to the pacific addresses of the Parisian
people, and reply that they consent truly and
firmly to the proposal of the neutral Powers. "But
if, unfortunately, our neighbours in Germany
should believe in the idea of the decay of the Latin
race, an idea promulgated by the Gazette Nationale
of Berlin, war is inevitable. In that case, let not
Germany deceive herself. Those who in France
are now the most sincerely pacific will, perhaps,
be the last to lay down the arms which they have
been forced to take up."
There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at the
Tuileries at which the Emperor presided. The
Empress was present.
Yesterday the Emperor reviewed in the Court-
yard of the Tuileries the first division of infantry
of the first corps d'armee. The first division, under
the orders of General Count de None, was formed
in five lines opposite the Palace in the following
order :-Ist line, Ist battalion of Chasseurs ; 2d
line, 14th Regiment of Infantry, 2d brigade ; 4th
line, 31st Regiment of 'Gantry ; sth line, 58th
Regiment of Infantry. The Emperor passed along
the lines on horseback, and was enthusiastically
cheered. His Majesty was accompanied by Marshal
Canrobert, Minister of War ; General Fleury,
Grand Equerry, General of Brigade ; Viscount
Pajol, Aide-de-Camp ; General de Courson, Chief
of the General Staff of the Ist Corps d'Armee, and
the officers on service in the household of the Em-
peror. After having inspected each line his Majesty
bestowed medals and decorations upon several offi-
cers of different ranks. The troops defiled in ex-
cellent order, with cries of " Long live the Em-
peror, the Empress, and the Imperial Prince !"
A letter from Bagdad, dated the 21st of
March states that in consequence of the rup-
ture of the sluices which repress the waters of

the Tiger, the city of Bagdad has been subjected
to an inundation. The river suddenly inundated
the surrounding country, destroying the crops, and
also entire villages. The mass of water was only
arrested by the ramparts of Bagdad where the in-
habitants were engaged in endeavouring to stop it

from overwhelming the city.
A private telegram from Madrid states that the
Spanish Government, by orders of the Queen, had
remitted the punishment pronounced against the
officers and soldiers who took part in the insurrec-
tions of the months of January and June last year,
on condition that they shall make their submission
within three months.
The weather is again unfavourable. It has rained
heavily during the afternoon, but it was seasonably
warm.

The Moniteur announces in its non-official part
That the marriage of the Count de Flandre with
.he Princess Marie de Hohenzollern took place on

Thursday- at Berlin, in conformity with the cere-
monial which had been arranged.
A private telegram from Messina states that the
King of Greece had arrived in that city, and was
to leave yesterday for Marseilles.
The Florence Gazette contradicts in a very posi-
tive manner the report that the new Minister of
Finance intended to propose the issue of paper
money in the form of assignats.
Monseigneur Gros, appointed Bishop of La
Tarentaise, will be consecrated on the Ist of May
at Chambery, by the Cardinal Archbishop of the
diocese. Mons. Mellon Jolly, Archbishop of Sens,
has sent in his resignation, which has been accepted
by the Pope, and his smcessor will be appointed
immediately.
The strike among the journeymen tailors has
entered upon a new phase, in consequence of many
of the workmen haying agreed to a proposal of the
masters to give a general increase of 10 per cent.
upon all descriptions of work. There is, however,
still a strike among some other classes of workmen.
The Parisians have invented a less alarming word
for a strike : they call it 3. " cessation."
The Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid, one
of the finest buildings in Spain, has been totally
destroyed by fire.
A charitable individual has left a legacy of I,ooof.

to the Hospital of Sculls in the department of the
Oise, the interest of which is to be laid out in the
purchase of snuff for the poor inmates of that hos-
pital. The donor thus literally bestows a luxury
without making the recipients pay through the nose

for it.
A young girl, residing in the enviroas of Zvetcb,
is blessed, or the contrary, with a tremendous ap-
petite. A day or two ago, after having eaten an
abundant dinner at home, she went to the house of
a friend, where with little or no persuasion she ate
a second dinner. They served her successively
with six enormous slices of bacon, one of them
sufficient for a reasonable person, which to the
madet him"reflect"
upon the
stupefaction of the other guests she despatched in a
very brief space of time. Among them was a
young shepherd, to whom the girl is engaged, and
appetite
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The Dreadful Tragedy at Buckhurst Hill.

LATEST PARTICULARS.

BUCKHURsT HILL, Saturday Night.

favourably. The most dangerous
has received was one three inches
This morning Dr. Horne reports that the young
girlw o u i:dp
which
progressing ssihn
eg
in depth, inflicted by the dagger, under her right
shoulder blade. It was out of that wound that the
brass sheath protector was extracted. None of the
other twelve wounds which she received are more
than an inch in depth. If she does recover Dr.
Horne states it will be simply owing to the extra-
ordinary power of endurance of her wonderfully
strong constitution. All here take the greatest
interest in the case, and the sufferer is receiving
considerable attention.

was
gfrom in the field on
ten o'clock
The girl has told Dr. Horne that she did not hear
:m ascurre lying
atheeloncikghstturifkewhile
until she heard Buckhurst-hill Church strike four.
The sound of the striking
the tragihe
appeared to awake her,
and she got up and leaned against the fence, where
she was found by the policeman. She had become
sensible two or three times before that, but she was
only able to crawl along the grass. It was very
cold, and the rain fell heavily.
The prisoner is quite unconcerned about the
whole affair, and speaks about it with the greatest
freedom. When he was being taken to prison on
Thursday afternoon, as he was riding in a railway
carriage along the Great Eastern line, he saw some
lady he knew on one of the station platforms. To
the surprise of the people he nodded, laughed, and
waved his handcuffed hands at her.

LATEST PARTICULARS THIS DAY.
The prisoner Frederick Watkins will be examined
to-morrow before the magistrates at Ilford, when
Mr. Abrams will attend to defend the prisoner. A
number of witnesses will be in attendance on the
part of the prisoner, to prove that the prisoner for
the last eight or nine months had caused great
anxiety to his relatives in consequence of his very
w
peculiar conduct. A great deal of trash is being
about the matter, in order to please the
palate of sensation readers, but beyond the facts
we have already published nothing is known.
The girl, there is now great hope, will recover ;
and under such circumstances the magisterial in-
quiry to-morrow will be merely a repetition of the
facts already known, and the prisoner will be re-
manded from time to time until the fate of the
wounded girl is known. Watkins conducts himself
very quietly in prison. Ile at times falls into a
state of apparent deep distress of mind, but on the
whole he treats the matter with great indifference,
he having, he says, made up his mind for the worst.

A Reform meeting wa4 held on Friday night in
the City [rail, Glasgow, and resolutions wore passed speci-
fying the faults and omissions in the Government Reform
Bill, and declaring that the proposal of a £3 rating quali-
fication was as little calculated to settle the question of
reform as the Government nfeasure, and that the only
true and permanent basis of representation consisted of
wanliocni buffrage oucl tlio balbt.

L A TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, April 29.

The North German Lloyd steamer Hermann,
Capt. Wenke, from New York, has arrived with
189 passengers for this port, Havre, and Bremen,
27 sacks of mails for London, and $119,422 also for
London.

The Hermann left New York on the 18th inst.
On the 26th, in lat. 48.34 long. 20.1, passed the
North German Lloyd steamer Union, bound for
New York ; and on the 27th, in lat. 49.30 long.
14.20, spoke the English bark Economist, from
Milford Haven, bound west.

NEW YORK, April 18 (Morning).

General Sheridan is reported to intend ordering
several participants in the New Orleans riots to be
tried by Military Commission.
A national Scientific Expedition to explore
Russian America is being organised at Washington.
Advices received here from Vera Cruz to 7th
instant state that the city is still closely besieged.
According to Imperial accounts Miramon, after
defeating Escobedo, marched upon Guadalajara.
Escobedo was besieged in San Luis by Mejia.

Republican accounts state that Porfirio Diaz had
captured Puebla. The Emperor Maximilian
attempted to break the siege of Queretaro, but was
defeated, and the town is still besieged. Juarez
had ordered that the Emperor, if captured, should
be treated as a prisoner of war, with the considera-
tion due to unsuccessful valour. An American
steamer has arrived at Tampico equipped as a
Republican man-of-war.

QUEENSTOWN, April 29.

The Cunard extra steamship Tripoli, from New
York, arrived here at 12.10 a.m. to-day with 34
passengers, including nine cabin. She landed five
passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool, at 12.30
a.m. All well.

THE CANDIAN INSURRECTION.

ATHENS, April 25.

Advices received here from Candi& announce
that Omar Pasha had let Canea with a large force,
including artillery, and was marching upon
Sphakhia.
Another Turkish General had set out for Kis-
samos by sea for the same destination, in order to
surround the insurgents.

INDIA AND CHINA.
By overland mail we have papers from Bombay
to the 3d inst., and from Hong-Kong to the 15th ult.
We extract the following items of news from the
Bombay Gazette :
" The latest London date via Indo-European line
is the 23d ult. We have had no messages through
since the 28th March.
" The weather continues warm, and the state of
the public health in Bombay is satisfactory.
" A requisition is in circulation to the sheriff of
Bombay to call a public meeting of the inhabitants
to protest against the License Tax Act.
" A heavy gale passed over Calcutta on the 24th
ult. which did some damage to buildings and to the
small craft in the river.
" A disastrous storm (a regular cyclone) occurred
in Berar on the 23d ult. ; it travelled at the rate of
50 miles an hour, and very nearly in the direction
of the line of rail from Akule to Oomrawattee and
Nagpore ; it was succeeded by a heavy fall of rain.
It is reported that Toungsoo Penlow, with some
five or six of the chiefs, has assembled a large force
in Bhootan, and is marching on Poonakha with the
object of acting against the Deb Rajah.
" A public meeting was held in Calcutta on the
27th ult., when an emphatic protest was made
against Mr. Massy's licence tax as being unjust in
principle arid partial in operation, burdening in-
dustrial'incomes, and exempting ♦ested wealth ; a
memorial to the Secretary of State was approved.
" Sir William Mansfeld and the heads of the
military department are to leave Calcutta for Simla
on the 4th instant.

"Shere Ali Khan is said to be making great en-
deavours to recruit his forces to the westward of
Cabul, and as he is supported by the warlike tribes
about Herat his prospects are not considered alto-
gether hopeless.
" It is now said that the Russian general on the
Bokharian frontier, on hearing that the Government
of India had decided not to interfere in the affairs
of Bokhara, has deprived the King of all his digni-
ties, and reduced him to the position of one of the
principal officers of the new Russian state.
" OBITUARY.—Lieut. Colonel Hodgkinson, 28th
Native Infantry, 17th ult., Bolelgunje."
The only important news from China has been
announced by telegraph.

PLYMOUTH, Monday, 10 a.m.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-sloop Virago,
6, Commander It M. Bingham, from Portsmouth
for Australia, which was off the Start, all well, at
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, biroke down her star-
board engine subsequently, and at 5 this morning
was in a disabled condition outside the Breakwater.
She has been brought into the harbour by the tug-
boat Trusty.