The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-06 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARTS, Tuesday Evening.
In consequence of a difference which arose at a
Council of the Austrian Ministers, relative to the
question whether the agreement of the Imperial
Government with Hunguary should be pi esented
at the next Reichsrath as an accomplished fact,
or if the Diets of the non-Hungarian countries
should have a previous opportunity of giving their
opinion upon the question, Count Belcredi, Presi-
dent of the Council and Minister of State, has
placed his resignation in the hands of the Emperor
Francis Joseph.
His Majesty accepted the resignation, and M. de
Beust, Minister of the Household of the Emperor
and of Foreign Affairs, was appointed President of
the Council. Count de Belcredi, it is said, will not
have a successor as Minister of State, but a Minister
of Foreign Affairs will be appointed, and will per-
form a portion of the duties which hitherto devolved
upon the Minister of State. This Ministerial modi-
fication, by making M. Beust President of the
Council, indicates a movement in support of the
patent of February—that is to say, favourable to
the autonomy of Hungary, and the centralisation
at Vienna of the administration of the countries be-
yond the Leitha ; that is to say, the non-Hungarian
countries.

According to an account from Naples, in the Pro-
vincia of Turin, the Cardinal Archbishop of that
city is about to pay a visit to his Royal Highness
Prince de Carignan, and it is said that other mem-
bers of the clergy are prepared to follow the ex-
ample given by their archbishop.
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The papers to-day are almost exclusively occu-
pied with discussions and anticipations upon
the proposed new press law. No new facts as to
its provisions have transpired in addition to those
I mentioned. All the journals attach first-rate im-
portance to the great changes announced. The
Siecle, which confirms the report that the measure
will be of a very liberal character, says—" If, as we
do not doubt, all these proposals should become law,
the French people will be in possession not of all
the liberties which we desire for them, but of three
essential and eminently productive liberties. When
the press shall become free, with universal suffrage,
and a representation voting the laws and the taxes,
the French people will be masters of their destinies.
The greatest legal difficulty which prevented them
from making known their real wishes, and their just
aspirations, is about to be overcome."

As one natural consequence of the liberty of the
press will be the termination of the anomalous posi-
tion of the Moniteur. The present director, M.
Paul Dalloz, was dismissed from his functions by
the .Minister who appointed him, but having a
special contract with a body of subscribers he still
remains and controls the functions of a more im-
portant editor. The Illoniteur, however, will soon
be under the free direction of an eminent literary
man, appointed by the Minister of the Interior.
The present director, therefore, will have no control
over the literary department. Several of the Paris
papers have complained that the Moniteur has
neither been administered nor edited with the
care required for such an important organ. It
often occurs that articles are given twice.
Politicians of all shades of opinion praise the Go-
vernment for abolishing a monopoly allowed to a
society of printers, and for establishing the principle
of free trade, even as regards the official paper. The
mistakes made by the Moniteur in translation from
the English are really ludicrous, particularly in re-
gard to names. A few days ago Sir J. Pakington
was spoken of as Lord Pakington, and Mr. Glad-
stone is generally mentioned as Sir Gladstone.
However, in conformity with the wishes of so many
of the Paris papers, the whole system is about to be
reformed. I mentioned an article upon the subject
a day or two ago.

The weather has been very tempestuous to-day,
and rather cold, but not gloomy like yesterday.
A new system of electrical light, under the direc-
tion of M. Victor Serrin, has been exhibited in the
Place Carrousel, and has a very beautiful effect.
Two new regulating machines are placed at the
western angles of the triumphal arch, and the light
is exhibited from white enamel globes. The light is
Aso vivid and splendid that the whole square was il-
uminated. It is M. Serrin who organised the
apparatus for thci brilliant lighthouse which has
existed on the heights of Havre for four years past.
He also arranged the illumination of the lake in the
Bois de Boulogne when the night-skating took
place. This electrical light will give great effect to
the International Exhibition.

A landed proprietor has just died at Neuhof
(Silesia), named Jonas Lembrinski, at the age of
108 years, leaving a posterity of 38 sons, daughters,
and grandchildren. He was a servant in the
Austcourageri
an
aat the p
rmyin 1c7a89; and signalised himself by
his capture of Belgrade from the
Turks.

It is said that the taste for horseflesh is on the

increase, and that every day adds to the number of
amateurs in Paris. The Journal de Peronne has an
article upon the subject, in which it states that
nearly all the peoples of the north eat horseflesh.
In Tartary, Mongolia, and the banks of the Don,
it forms the chief article of food. The Bellicose
races of the north of Asia prefer it to all other meat.
In Denmark there is a race of white horses which is
specially reserved for the butchers. After stating
those facts, it says that all animals which feed on
grass are good to eat, and asks why nature is an
exception in regard to the horse. Prejudice alone
has hitherto prevented the general use of horseflesh.
If it were more eaten by the working classes they
would have good meat at less than half the price of
the usual butchers' meat.

'The cattle plague is raging with great violence at
Hasselt (Belgium). Cattle affected with it are in-
stantly killed. Atone establishment 107 oven were
slaughtered in one day. The total number killed
exceeds 800. Hasselt is said to be like a city in a
state of siege. It was considered so necessary to
kill the beasts without delay that butchers were sent

for from Liege and Brussels to assist in the work.
It is added that many of the animals were not
affected with the disease, or, at all events, the flesh
was considered good enough to be sent to England.
The value of the cattle at Hasselt is estimated at no

less than 3,500,000 f., so that the invasion of the

cattle plague there is a very great calamity. The
disease is supposed to have been- brought to Hasselt
by some oxen from Prussia. The authorities have
adopted the most stringent regulations and pre-
ventions.
The Prince Royal of Prussia is said to have taken
steps recently to be convinced whether it was pos-
sible to discover a decoration of the Order of Merit
of the same period as its founder, Frederick 11.
There was not one in the Royal collection, or in the
Museums. However, one has been found with the
effigy of that King. On examining it closely, it
seems that the cross was not made of gold, but of
tin. It was one of those crosses often distributed
by the King. It appears that those who wished to
have it iu gold or enamel had to
pay the extra ex-
pense themselves. Frederick the Second of Prussia
was an economical monarch.

DISPENSARY FOR SKIN DISEASES, 56, GREAT
MARLBOROUGH-STREET, REGENT-STREET, W.—One hun-
dred and ninety-three patients were relieved at this Dis-
pensary during the week ending 2d February.
THE WORKIIOUSE INFIRMARY QUESTION.—Yes-
terday a meeting of the executive committee of the Asso-
ciation for the Improvement of Loudon Workhouse Infir-
maries was held at the house of Mr. Ernest Hart, the hon.
secretary, in Wimpole-street—Mr. Laurence Oliphant,
M.P.: presiding. After a discussion as to the steps the
association should take during the present meeting of Par-
liament, it was resolved to summon the general committee
among which there are many members of the present and
late Governments, and about 50 members of the House of
Commons, to discuss the following motion, of which notice
was given by Mr. Ernest Hart :—" That this committee is
of opinion that no scheme for the improvement of work-
house infirmaries will be satisfactory which does not pro-
vide-Ist, for an equalised rate over the metropolis to the
support of the sick poor in the infirmaries ; 2d, for such an
improved form of government of these infirmaries as will
give to the Poor-law Board the power of ordering, instead
of recommending, such arrangements as it may deem best
for the medical attendance, nursing, and accommodation of
the sick." It was resolved that the question should be dis-
cussed wat Dioaday.