The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-25 00:00:00

th© alleviation of their distress.

Lord CRANBORNE,

who followed, spoke in the same strain, and re-

minded his hearers that in cases of sickness there

could be no imposture, but the assistance required
could never be given by the Poor Law, whose

essence must always be caution and the avoidance of

liberality. We hope that with such powerful ad-

vocates the claims of the Convalescent Hospital

to support will be readily admitted by the public.
Our hospitals always meet with encouragement

and approval from all classes of the community,
and the benefits which Mrs. GLADSTONE'S design
affords to a very wide range of sufferers have only
to be more widely known to be recognised with
equal sympathy. The convalescent poor man has
often more to endure than the actual invalid—

stricken down, incapable. He is forced to struggle
against weakness, unsupported by the food and the
stimulants he needs, unrefreshed by the rest he
requires. With the kindly and timely aid of the
Snaresbrook Home his prospects for the future will
be more cheering.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Sunday Evening.
There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at St.
Cloud, at which the Emperor presided.
There is no news of importance to-day, foreign
or domestic, and not a word about Italy in the
Moniteur. Indeed the Moniteur is crammed to-
day, as yesterday, with diplomatic documents which
would fill volumes, an analysis of which I must
reserve for another day. Its report of the proceed-
ings in the Chambers yesterday is so extensive as
to preclude the admission of any miscellaneous
matter. There was nothing of importance in the
Parliamentary proceedings. The French public
seem to take more interest just now iu the proceed-
ings of the Fenians than in their own affairs. An
account of the execution of the three men at Man-
chester is published in the papers to-day, and is the
absorbing topic of comment and attention. Several
writers presage great difficulties for England conse-
quent upon the present phase of the Fenian demonstra-
tions. They do not seem to understand these men
were executed for murder, and not because they were
Fenians.

The Lower Prussian Chamber is now occupied
with the motio❑ of M. Lasker, having for object the
abolition of the proceedings taken against the
Deputies Twesten and Frentzei, charged with hay-
ing defamed the official authorities, and with the
completion of a law giving a full interpretation to
Article 84 of the Prussian Constitution, which would
confer upon the National Chambers the privileges
of inviolability enjoyed by the members of the
Reichstag. It seems very doubtful whether the law
will be adopted.

The Saxon Chamber has terminated the general
discussion upon the financial Budget of 186 S-1869.
The budget of the Minister of Foreign Affairs was
agreed to in all its details.

Yesterday a very useful and benificent arrange-
ment for the benefit of the poor of Paris was com-
menced. An apparatus was established in various
districts for cooking, the chief expense being borne
by the Imperial Prince. These cooking kitchens
are called furneaux economiques of the Imperial
Prince. The poor can have a wholesome and
copious repast for five sous, or twopence halfpenny,
consisting of a plate of soup, a plate of cooked
meat, plate of vegetables, rice soup, and bread, that
is to say each for a sou.

The bureaux of the Legislative Body have unani-

mously agreed to the two requests to make interpol-
lations upon the subject of the late expedition to
Rome, and the maintenance of the temporal power
of the Pope. The request made by M. Jules
Favre for permission to put questions relative to
the foreign policy of the Government was agreed to
by eight bureaux out of nine. The request rela-
tive to the application of the laws regarding in-
dividual liberty and the general internal policy of
the Government was rejected by six bureaux against
three.

The English papers lately gave an account of the
murder of a M. Blum in the street at San Francisco.
M. Isaac Auguste Blum was a Parisian, formerly
a pupil of the Polytechnic School, and a man of
great scientific attainments. He wrote several
works connected with algebra and mathematics.
In 1848 he was an ardent and zealous Republican,
and his political manifestations led him into some
trouble. He founded a journal called La Science,
which entailed pecuniary difficulties, and he was
imprisoned at Clichy. When the creditors of M.
Blum became tired of keeping him in prison he
went to Russia and obtained employment as an.
engineer on the railway, by which he soon retrieved
his bad fortune. From there he went to California,
where he obtained so much gold as to become very
rich. At the time he was murdered he had 50,00 Of
in gold and notes about him.
The Municipal Commission of Albano have pre-
sented an address to the Pope, protesting energeti-
cally against the Garibaldian invasion, and expres-
sive of their sentiments of love, fidelity, and venera-
tion towards the Holy Father.
The Academy of Fine Arts have elected M.
Labrouste to the place vacant in the architectural
section.
Up to the present time the Government has not
received any official account of the adhesion of the
Pope to the proposed Conferencd. It is believed
that his Holiness will consent to it under certain
reservations.. According to a Berlin paper, Prussia
takes the same view of the Conference as England.
According to the monthly statistics published by
the municipality of Paris, in the month of August,
there was only one completely fine day, and it
rained throughout eight entire days. The number
of births in that month was 4,636-2,400 boys and
2,236 girls. The number of deaths was 3,368-
1,949 males and 1,719 females. The number of
births, therefore, exceeded that of the deaths by
968. The number of marriages in the mouth was
1,601. Of these persons made happy by law, 208
were not able to sign their names to the contract
which consolidated their happiness. In the month
of September there were only three entirely fine
days, and there were 14 rainy days. In that month
the number of births was 4,345 ; the deaths were
3,554. They included 48 suicides. The number
of marriages was 1,365. Thirty-two of the men
and 130 of the fair brides could not write their
names. The march of intellect progresses but slowly
in some cases. But, however, if these persons had
been more enlighened perhaps they would not have
decided upon marriage.
The sun rose this morning with as much bril-
liancy as was ever seen in the height of summer.
All day we have had uninterrupted sunshine and a
magnificent blue sky.

When the Emperor of Austria was in Paris, his
Majesty was particularly struck with that portion
of the Palace of the Luxembourg which faces the
fountain de Medicis, recently under restoration.
These -were the apartments of Marie de Medicis,
where the memorable events of the Day of Dupes
took place. A gentleman connected with the Palace

mentioned some historical facts to the Emperor
which deeply interested his Majesty. In 1630
Marie de Medicis came to reside at the Luxembourg,
and Cardinal Richelieu occupied the Petit Luxem-
bourg at the same time. King Louis XIII. was at
the Hotel d'Ancre, Rue de Tournon. The Queen

wished to get rid of the Cardinal. She and her son

were conversing on the subject,when Richelieu, who
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was well advised of what was going on, knocked at

the door. It was not opened. Richelieu went down

a private staircase, and reached the cabinet of Marie
de Medicis. Marie de Medicis and the King saw the
Cardinal at the door. He merely said " I wanted

to convince myself that you were talking about
me." King Louis XIII. was seized with stupor,
and the Queen addressed words of insult to the

Cardinal, both in French and Italian. The King
left precipitately for his hotel, and ordered his car-

riage for Versailles. The Cardinal was not to be

beaten. lie pretended to go to Reuil, but reached
Versailles as soon as the King. The Queen Mother,

believing that a separation had been effected between

the King and the Minister, sent for the diploma-
tists of her party to the Luxembourg ; but while
they were rejoicing at the Luxembourg in their
triumph, a messenger came from the King that he
had seen the Cardinal at Versailles, and that there

was entire reconciliation between them. The cour.

tiers who came to Marie de Medicis to rejoice left
the apartments to grieve. There is many a slip
between the cup and the lip.

L ATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

ITALY.
FLORENCE, Nov. 24 (Evening).

The Italie of to-day says :—Some foreign jour-
nals have pretended that the French Minister of
Foreign Affairs had sent a reply couched in some-
what short terms to a letter sent by General
Menabrea. The assertion is inexact, as no such
reply exists or could exist. The letter of General
Menabrea alluded to was addressed to the Chevalier
de Nigra, and had no other object than to indicate
the point of view taken by the Government in the
Roman question.
We believe that the relation of the two Govern-
ments, even after this letter, have taken a character
which has nothing alarming for the friends of
Italy.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 25.

The Imperial proclamation, announced yesterday,
orders a conscription of four in every 1,000 of the
population, and not in every 100 as stated.
QUEENSTOWN, NOT. 25.

The Cunard extra steamship Tarifa, from New
York, arrived here at 8.15 a.m. to-day, with 144
rassengers. She landed despatches and 45 pas-
sengers, and proceeded from Liverpool at 8.30 a.m.
All well.