The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-30 00:00:00

CORRESPOIDEVCE FR(IM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRI3ePONDENT.)
PARIS, Thursday Evening.
The evening Moniteur, in its weekly review of
foreign affairs, thus appreciates the situation
" 17he interview at Salzburg, far from constituting
for the Powers an object of attention or uneasiness,
should be considered as a new guarantee given to
the peace of Europe. The two Sovereigns, whose
policy inspires only ideas of moderation, were
happy to exchange proofs of the esteem and sym-
pathy which represents their personal dispositions,
as well as the sentiments of their subjects.
" The latest information which has reached the
Spanish Government represents the insurrection as
approaching its termination. The Captain General
of the province of Catalonia has prolonged for three
days the delay of 48 hours allowed to the rebels
who desired to profit by the amnesty. Thanks to
the fidelity of the army, the devotion of the civil
authorities, and to the appreciation of their true in-
terests exhibited by the population, they seem to
reckon at Madrid upon the speedy and com-
plete repression of the insurrectionary move-
ment. The attention of the Government
has been called to the insufficiency of the harvest.
I❑ order to remedy the evil the Queen has issued a
decree, which for four months will permit the im-
portation of corn and flour into Spain by the ports
of the Mediterranean on payment of a very small
duty.

" The Italian Government continue to adopt the
necessary measures to insure respect for the Con-
vention of the 15th of September. Troops are
posted near the Pontifical frontiers. The territory
is guarded between Gacte and Orbitello by ships of
war. Perfect tranquillity is maintained in the
Pontifical States."

The Prussian Moniteter publishes an ordinance,
dated August 22d, which establishes provincial
States in the former kingdom of Hanover. Accord-
ing to this ordnance, the territory of the ancient
kingdom of Hanover forms a provincial union.
This union enjoys Corporation rights. It is repre-
sented by provincial States, which will assemble
in a Provincial Diet. This Diet is composed
of three classes. The class of great landed
proprietors and deputies of the equestrian
orders. The class of the cities composed of depu-
ties from the magistracy and the municipalities, and
'the order of the Commons composed of deputies from
the Commons.

Among other interesting incidents connected with
the visit of the Emperor to Lille, it is related that
when his Majesty left the great cotton spinning
factory of Monlins, Lille, his carriage proceeded
along the Boulevard d'ltalic, which was nearly de-
serted at the time. An old man, bent double with
age, was walking by the side of the road. He was
not aware that the Emperor was so near to him,
and he proceeded onwards. But the Emperor had
noticed the medal of St. Helena upon his breast, and
he ordered the carriage to be stopped and made a
sign to the old man to come up to him. The old
man could hardly believe his eyes. "Itis my Ern_
peror," said he with tears of joy and with much
emotion, for he recognised h;s Majesty, having seen
him the evening before, and he was plotting home
wearily to his village, some leagues distant, well
satisfied with his journey. The Emperor questioned
him very kindly, and listened with gre it attention to
the enumeration of the many cimpligns in which
the old soldier had served, for he " had fought in
famous battles." His Majesty did not fail to bestow
a mark of his munificence upon the ancient warrior,
a circumstance which, no doubt, enabled him to bear
his 87 years with a lighter heart and less difficulty.
On Monday the Prefect of the Seine at Oise in-
vited the members of the Council Gzueral of his
department to a grand dinner. At dessert, M.
Baroche, Keeper of the Seals, in proposing a toast
to the Emperor, referred in eloquent terms to the
many ameliorations effected during the Emperor's
reign, and spoke of the " essentially pacific cha-
racter of his policy.':
"Be confident then, gentlemen; let us resolutely
follow the Emperor who invites us to pursue the
labours of peace, the inexhaustible source of riches

alai prosperity." M. Baroche then alluded to " our
gicrious Empress," so intimately associated with the •
noble ideas of the Emperor, and whose generous '
soul sympathised with all misfortunes, as well
as it reached and animated all the great views
'which had for object the honour and prosperity of
France. This speech was often interruped by fer-
vent applause, and the toast to the Emperor, Em-
press, and Imperial Prince, was drunk with un-
bounded applause.
The Exhibition affords proof of the great and im-
portant works undertaken by the municipal admi-
nistration of Paris, with the view to bring to the
city the excellent water of the river Dhuys. Near
the Porte St. Dominique is a foun' ain supplied with
this water, which many drink with much pleasure.
It is peculiarly limpid and excellent in every respect.
The source where the aqueduct commence, which
brings this water to Paris, is in the commune of
Parguay (Aisne). It is about 135.kilometres long,
and traverses four departments. The reservoir is at
Menilmontant. The masonry and details of this
aqueduct are admirable. It was commenced on the
20th of June, 1863, and on the 11th of September
1865 there was a plentiful supply of the water from
the Dhuys in the reservoir at Menilmoutant.
The telegrams drawn up by the Spanish Govern-
ment continue to announce the maintenance of
tranquillity, the suppression of the insurrection, the
loyalty of the troops, and all that ; but as it has not
yet allowed either the Madrid or the Barcelona
papers to be sent to France, we are iu Paris unable
to judge of the accuracy of the assertion that order
is everywhere restored. Most of the Paris journals
believe that the movement is an exceedingly grave
one, and that the end is not yet.
The Salzburg polemics are by no means exhausted.
On the contrary, the reports and fabrications are
still prolific. One writer goes so far as to say that
England is likely to join the alliance between
France and Austria. There is much irritation
among the Prussian journalists. M. Bismarck's
organ, the Gazette of Northern Germany, con-
tinues to assert that the interview between
the two Emperors did not lead to any important
result or arrangement whatever. The German
papers, on the contrary, will have it that the
meeting had the object and intention of holding
out a threat against Germany ; and they threaten,
by way of counterpoise, that Prussia will enter into
a close alliance with Russia. There is a report that
M. Bismarck meditates a sort of opposition to the
Royal meeting at Salzburg, by arranging a meeting
between the Kings of Bavaria and Wurtemburg and
the Grand Dukes of Baden and Hesse Darmstadt.
As to the Austrian papers they augur very pacific
results from the meeting at Salzburg.
Two more eminent members of the Faculty of
Medicine of Paris have just died—Messrs. Guibourt
and Behier. M. Behier died very suddenly.
The Court of Assize of the Seine has just sen-
tenced a man named Francois Taysse to hard labour
for life for the murder of an old gentleman named

Poluche. The prisoner robbed him, murdered him,
and set fire to his house, but the jury contrived to
see " extenuating circumstances" in the case, so he
escapes the guillotine.
The literary world has been rather excited by an
alleged discovery made by M. Philarete Charles of
the Institute of some letters of Pascal, which would
prove that Pascal was acquainted with the law of
gravitation before Sir Isaac Newton. In short,
that Pascal made all the great discoveries attributed
to Newton. It is believed that these letters are
forgeries. _ _

A married woman named Martha Tordo was
executed on Monday at Tourette Leven, in the
department of the Alpes Maritime, some ten or a
dozen miles from Nice, for the murder of her father.
She was perfectly calm and composed, and did not
exhibit the least fear. Unusual in the case of parri-
cides, the culprit was covered with a black veil, was
en chemise, and barefooted. She kissed her hand
and smiled at several acquaintances among the
crowd a few seconds before the executioner per:
formed his fatal office. The Sun contained the
particulars of the murder at the time.
I learn a fact from a private letter from Bayonne,
which proves the savage feeling of the Government
in regard to the insurrection. Thirty-seven peasants
have been shot at Castella de la Plana. Their
crime was this :—They went to the church, rang
the bells, and cried " Viva la Libertad." They
were unarmed, and yet they were executed as
rebels.

The cholera rages to a fearful extent at Rome.
There were 70 deaths in one day. Among the
victims are a sister of Cardinal Autonelli and a
daughter of Prince Arsoli. The cholera at Rome
seems to select the rich rather than the poor.