The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1867

accustomed to fresh meat have declared themselves
well satisfied. The art of preserving food has
reached so much perfection that various commodi-
ties are sent on shipboard for a two or three years'
voyage. The trip from Australia to England would
not take more than three months, and this surely
should offer no insuperable obstacles. We have
Australian herrings—why not Australian mutton ?
It may be urged that, in any case, such meat would
not, in taste and succulent qualities, rival fresh
meat. This must be granted ; but to the large
classes to whom bacon or salt pork is a rare luxury
such meat, if obtainable at half the price of good
bacon, would be an inestimable boon. We hope
that one result of the present agitation will be the
establishment of a regular trade of the importation
of preserved meat.

It is more satisfactory than ever to turn to the
affairs of Austria, and the popularity which the
Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH now so deservedly en-
joys WAS fully manifested in the reception he met
with on his return from Paris. He was received
at the railway-station by an important assembly,
comprising members of both Houses of the Reichs-
rath, the Burgomaster and civil authorities,
and the chief civil and military authorities
of the capital. In reply to an address from
the Burgomaster, his MAJESTY made some impressive
remarks, declaring he thanked them for his cordial
welcome, and that the sympathies he encountered in
France were based upon the conviction, that " by
unity at home Austria will reassume with renewed
strength that station to which she is entitled.; and
that the object for which they are bound to strive
peacefully is the strengthening of the country.'
We fully concur in the justice of these remarks, and
trust that time will show more completely and effec-
tually than it has yet done the success of the policy
of progress in which the EMPEROR has engaged, and
in which he deserves to meet with all support and
encouragement. He desires the assistance of all
patriotic Austrians, and that should not fail him on
any account, for the present is a most critical period
in the history of the country, and a chance now
thrown away may not easily be recovered further
on, while the reverse is true, since the opportuni-
ties that are now made the most of will hereafter
prove to be most happy in their effects.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Friday Evening.

The news from Italy emanating from authentic
sources is satisfactory, although alarming reports
are not deficient. In Rome and other large cities
perfect tranquility prevails, although some important
manifestations have taken place at Milan and Pavia.
These disturbances are said to have been organised
by the partisans of Mazzini and some secret societies.
Some arrests had been made, and, according to the
latest accounts, tranquillity had been restored in all
the places where insurrectionary manifestations had
taken place.

The Emperor of Austria was received at Munich
by King Louis 11. Their Majesties went in state
to the theatre. The Emperor reached Vienna on
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. An immense
number of people were assembled at the station,
and acclamations accompanied him on all sides until
he reached the Palace of La Burg.

The beautiful new Church of the Trinity, oppo-
site the Chaussee d'Antin, one of the prominent
ornaments of Paris, was consecrated yesterday with
much pomp and ceremony, in the presence of the
municipal authorities and many persons of note.
The architect having formally delivered up the
church to the Archbishop of Paris, the venerable
prelate made some appropriate observations. Ile
expressed his gratitude at the reception of the
edifice to be devoted to Catholic worship. The
Archbishop then thanked the Prefect of the Seine
for the intelligence he displayed in administering the
affairs of the city, and for the zeal he exhibited in re-
gard to public edifices. Iu conelu,ion the Archbishop
said : " I am happy to be able to offer to my country,
in the name of the clergy of Paris, the assurance of
the most devoted co-operation, all ready as we are
to fulfil with generous ardour our duty as citizens,
and, if it should ever be necessary, to sacrifice our
lives for our religious convictions." The Arch-
bishop then mounted the pulpit and preached a most
impressive sermon.

The Journal des Mats has an important article,
calculated to dissipate the alarmist rumours circu-
lated in some quarters. It says---" The news which
we receive to-day is of a pacific character. From
Berlin and from Dresden information has been re-
ceived confirming the authenticity of the circular in
which M. Beust announces to the represen-
tatives of Austria and foreign countries
the establishment of accord between the
Cabinets of Vienna and Faris. France and
Austria hlve. agreed not to oppose the develop-
ment of .the Confederation of the North, confident
in the wisdom of Prussia and the States of the
South. The Prussian Government, it is added, will
assist in endeavouring to maintain peace in Italy."
There is strange confusion in regard to the num-
ber of men engaged in the battle near Monte Ro-
tondo. The Italian despatches speak of 12,000
Pontifical
against 3,000 Garibaldians. The
Gazette dep
rFranceo s a
estimates the Pontifical troops at
4,000 and the Garibaldians at 7,000. In the news
troops
from Rome, published in the Moniteur, Garibaldi is
said to have had no less than 10,000 men under his
command.

I learn in a well-informed quarter that the Go-
vernment, believing that the Italian question has
assumed a safe and satisfactory phase, intends
shortly to recall the French troops from Italy.
In France, as in England, some discontent pre-
vails in consequence of the dearness of bread and
provisions generally, but this discontent is by no
means of such a serious character as it has assumed
in the west of England. A month ago I told you
that the successive increase in the price of bread was
beginning to give serious apprehension. The aspect
of the workmen in the Faubourg St. Martin put
the police on the alert, but_ there was no disturb-
ance. The heavy excise dtitk is complained of. The
goods of a manufacturer at Grenelle, M. Dubois
Caplain, was seized for duty upon coals consumed in
his manufactory. The articles sold produced 1,700 f.,
the sum demanded, but they were bought by an
association of co-operative workmen, who, in order
to display their sympathy with the opposition to
the duty manifested by M. Caplain, presented to
him all the articles which had been sold, as a testi-
mony of "their gratitude for the struggle which he
had made in behalf of the Parisian manufacturers
and workmen."

Some fishermen have drawn up in their net from
the sea near Port Louis, in the department of
Illorbhan, a Roman amphore, a yard and a half
high, and about three-quarters of a yard in
diameter. It is of very elegant form and exquisite
workmanship. It is supposed to have been in the
sea for 2,000 years, but learned and scientific men
differ upon this point.
A clever trick has been played upon a young
musician, who wished to purchase a violin, which
he saw at a broker's shop. It was in a bad condi-
tion, but he knew it was a good article. The
broker asked 15f., but the musician said he would
only give 6f., which sum being refused he left the
shop. He had only proceeded a short distance,
however, when a man who had heard the conversa-
tion in the shop ran after him, and said he was a
partner and would take 6f. The money was given,
on the understanding that the man would bring
him the violin while he waited. He waited for
some time, and then went back to the shop, when
he discovered that he had been swindled.

Another extraordinary change of weather. There
was heavy frost in the fields, and ice in some places
early this morning, but at one o'clock this afternoon
the sun was as warm as in summer.