The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-24 00:00:00

anything, does away with the registration regu-
lations altogether. If the negroes are to have
the majority of votes in every State we may expect
to see the ascendancy of the Radicals more firmly
established than ever, unless, indeed, their proteges
get too strong for them, and resent their well•
known dislike to admit them to personal and social
equality. A large and enthusiastic meeting has
been held at Baltimore, endorsing the PRESI-
DENT'S policy, but neither side is ever at a loss for
such manifestation of favour. The public health is
not altogether satisfactory. Yellow fever still
continues its terrible ravages at New Orleans,
while cholera has shown itself in the vicinity of
New York.

We have no more direct intelligence respecting
the Alabama controversy; but further correspon-
dence has been published, bringing down the de-
spatches to Aug. 27. On that day Mr. SEWARD
transmitted to Mr. ADAMS an abstract of all claims
for depredations by privateers during the rebellion
to be pressed upon the notice of Lord STANLEY.
The substance of Mr. SEWARD'S complaint against
us is the recognition of the rebels as belligerents—
a recognition which was forced upon us by the
blockade. But a statesman who brings forward
the Fenians in evidence cannot be very particular
about logic.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Monday Evening.

It is stated in the Bulletin of the Alloniteur, on
the authority of the official Gazette of Vienna, that
the project for the now judicial organisation of the
Empire of Austria, prepared by the Constitutional
Sub-Commission, will very shortly be submitted for
the sanction of the Reichsrath.

Baron de Beust, Chancellor of the Empire of
Austria, who was recently at Dresden, has left
Saxony for Vienna to resume his functions.

The session of the Provincial States of the former
kingdom of Hanover was opened ou Saturday by
Count de Stolberg, governor of the province.
The last news received from Mexico by the French
Government is dated August 26. it came by
telegraph from the Havannab. Admiral Tegethoff
had reached Vera Cruz, and left immediately for
Mexico to claim the body of Maximilian.

The official declaration of the Italian Government
of its determination to maintain the independence
of the kingdom, and to frustrate the attempts of
agitators to pass the frontiers has given great satis-
faction to all parties. It has put an end to the last
chance of Garibaldi to attempt another game of
foolish but wicked agitation, and it has given con-
fidence to the friends of religion and independence.

The Bishop of Orleans has addressed a long
letter to the President of the Council of the
Italian Government, in which he denounces justly
but earnestly the culpable manceuvres of Gari-
baldi. The Bishop calls upon M. Rattazzi to
take efficacious and definitive measures to ful-
fil the treaty of the 15th of September of last
year. The above declaration of the Italian Govern-
ment affords a satisfactory answer to the communi-
cation of the Bishop, but I have reason to believe
that M. Rattazzi has sent him an answer privately,
in which he reiterates the determination of the
Italian Government to maintain the independence
of Italy and the rights cf the Holy Father.
The Paris papers record further instances of
great damage done to the property in various parts
of the city from the thunderstorm of Friday, and
confirm what I said as to its almost unparalleled
violence. Unfortunately, the damage is not con-
fined to property, for it appears that three men
perished, who were employed in clearing the gutters
after the inundation. The violence of the rain
destroyed a house in the Rue Montparnasse.
The Moniteur states that several Ministerial
molifications have just taken place in Egypt. Rag-
hel Pacha is appointed Minister of the Interior, and
is charged at the same time with the Presidency of
the Grand Council. Ilafirz Pacha, who was
Minister of Finance, is to have the charge of the
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private propery of the Viceroy. The two ministers
whom Choy 0 .eceeclea lu theme functions,
Abdallah and Hassin Rassim, will form part of the
Council as Ministers, but without holding any
specified office.
The candidates for the vacant seat at the
Academy of Fine Arts (section of painting) in the
room of the great painter, M. Ingres, are Messrs.
Roger, Pils, Bouguerean, Jalabert, Hebert, Yvon,
and Fromentin.

On further purusal of the work on " Modern
Abyssinia," to which I have already alluded, I find
some strange traits of character in regard to the
Emperor Theodore. The country was in a state of
chaos when he succeeded to the throne, but he soon
succeeded in pacifying it, and he issued an edict
ordering all his subjects to return to the profession
of their fathers. The next day a troop of incorri-
gible bandits of Thesba demanded an audience, and
were received by the Emperor. They claimed the
promised right of being allowed to continue to
xercise the profession of their fathers. " What is
your profession ?" said 'Theodore. " Highway
robbers !" impudently replied the chief of the
bandits. Theodore meekly remonstrated then, and
said it would be better if they would become agri-
culturists, and he would give them oxen and
ploughs. They said their determination to con-
tinue their profession was unshaken. The Negus
then said he would fulfil the edict, and give them
the right they claimed. They departed in high glee,
believing that they had succeeded in intimidating
Theodore. They were, however, rapidly overtaken
by a squadron of cavalry, 'who soon proved to them
that if, as they pretended, the Great King David
had bestowed a charter to enable robbers to live on
the highways, there also existed a decree of King
Lalibela which authorised the Gendarmerie to put
all highway robbers to the sword. There is no
" law's delay" in Aoyssinia. On the contrary,
justice is very swift—so much so as to illustrate
the distich of a tax-gatherer, named Winter, who
used to say to taxpayers—
" Como, pay up your taxes; give mo none of your flummery,
For though Winter's my name, my proceedings are
summary."
When a robber is convicted the right hand and
left foot are instantly cut off, the hand which held
the sword and the foot which served to mount on
horseback. The lex talionis exists. The family of
a murdered person may claim the right to kill the
assassin, but the right is often sold for a sum of
money. One day a soldier who had murdered two
dealers on the road was brought before Theodore.
" Why did you kill them?" said the Negus. "I
was hungry," replied the soldier. " But could you
not have taken what was necessary for you for the
moment," asked Theodore, " and allowed them to
live ?" "If I had not killed them," said the soldier,
" they would have defended their property." The
Emperor was exasperated at the reasoning, and
ordered the soldier's two hands to be cut off. They
were set before him in a dish. " Ah," said Theo-
dore, "you were hungry. Eat then." A fact may
be added about Abyssinia which does not seem to
have been stated. In the south of Abyssinia the
Gallas arc in revolt against him. The brigand
Goubassie, before spoken of, may place the whole
of the Tigri iu insurrection.

FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.-01:1 Thursday evening
Mr. S. Bromhead, son-in-law of the Mayor of lloniton,
went rabbiting on Round Ball Farm, in the parish of iloni-
ton, in company with Mr. llesvlinge. Mr. Bromhead, while
assisting his companion to load, rested the stock of his own
gun upon his foot, with the muzzle pointing towards his
face. By some mischance Mr. Brornhead's gun suddenly
exploded, and the contents entering the upper part of his
face completely shattered it, and carried away a portion of
the brain. In five minutes the unfortunate man was quite
dead. At the inquest, held by the district coroner, a ver-
dict of "Accidental death" was returned. Deceased MS
about 27 years of age, and loaves a widow and one child to
mourn his sad end.

FATAL ENCOUNTER WITH TROOPS IN IRELAND.—
A company of the 74th Highlanders and the mob of Lime-
rick have come into collision, in consequence, it is stated,
of the maltreatment by the latter of two soldiers. Eight
persons have been stabbed by bayonets, and one death is
reported. The 6th Dragoons mixed in the quarrel, which
was twice renewed. Much excitement prevails in the
town, anti a magistexial inquiry has commenced.