The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-31 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROI PARIS.

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The Moniteur announces, upon the authority of
the Venice Gazette,;that the Italian Government, de-
sirous to give due consideration to the administra-
tive reforms to be introduced into the kingdom, and
at the same time to respond to the desires of the
Venetian Deputies, has resolved not to make any
sudden change in the peculiar legislation by which
the Venetian provinces were governed previous to
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to the Government of his Highness.
The Chamber of Deputies of Darmstadt has
unanimously adopted the treaty of peace concluded
with Prussia. Two deputies, Messrs. George and
Bamberger, advocates of Prussian policy, proposed
the following amendment :—" The Chamber, while
approving of the treaty, at the same time expresses
a hope that the Government will make every effort
to include in the Confederation of the North those
portions of the Grand Duchy which are now ex-
cluded from it." The minister, M. Dalwigk,
although expressing his great desire to be united to
Prussia, opposed the union on the ground that it
cou:d not be effected without imposing onerous
burthens upon the country. At the suggestion of
the minister, the Chamber agreed to an amend-
ment of M. Dumont, to the effect that it would
not be expedient to discuss the amendment of
Messrs. George and Bamberger until the Chamber
was in possession of the act constituting the Con-
federation of the North.
The Gazette de la Croix, in commenting upon
the speech of M. Bismark relative to the commerce
on the Prusso-Russian frontier, says that he had no
intention to display any hostile feeling towards
Russia. It adds, what it says M. Bismark did not
like to say in the face of the Polish deputies, mem-
bers of the Chamber, that the insurrectionary
attempts of the Polish Committees residing in
foreign countries formed the principal cause of the
obstacles which the Russian Government opposed
to commercial transactions upon the Prussian
frontier.

A letter from Naples, dated Jan. 21, says :
" General Pallevicini, who was specially charged to
put down the brigandage in the province of Salermo,
has destroyed the bands of Cerini and de Parva,
who were in the arrondissement of the Campagna.
After having driven them from the latter locality,

he attacked them at Murro Lucans and Volturava.
Seventeen brigands and their chief were killed in
the latter encounter. There now only remain a few
brigands who are scattered about, and they will soon
be destroyed.
Some additional particulars have been received at
Naples respecting the earthquake which took place
at Messina on the evening of the 19th of January.
This phenomenon, although of common occurrence
in Sicily and particularly Messina, which is nearest
to the three volcanoes, Etna, Stromboli, and the
Volcano is particularly remarkable from the con-
nection it seems to have with those which at the
beginning of the month took place in the hamlets
and villages at the foot of the Atlas in Algeria. The
shock, the progress of which was from south to
north, and lasted about 15 seconds, caused great
consternation in the town. Many of the inhabitants
left their homos in terror, and tojk refuge in the
streets. No great damage, however, was done to the
town. The earthquake touk place when the weather
wes fine. The thermometer was at 12 deg. Reaumur.
The sea was calm, although a siroco had been blow-
ing for two days. There were signs, however, of
another approaching tempest, which broke forth,
and occasioned some frightful disasters at sea.

Tho month of January has been very fatal to
navigation. Between the 15th and 16th more than
30 vessels were much damaged, and some were
sunk. Many sailors perished. During this tempest
the French steamer La Seine was sunk in the roads
of Branceleone, on the coast of Calabria, where it
was wrecked upon the same point in 1865, but was
recovered and repaired by a company at Marseilles.
The wreck in 1865 wis caused from the want of a
lighthouse on the coast of Branceleone. A light-
house, however, is now in course of construction
there.

The shooting season will close in .the department
of the Seine on the 11th of February, after which
it will be illegal to Dell any game whatever. The
season will also finish in the other departments
within a day or two of that period.
Mr. Gladstone is still in Paris and had the honour
of dining with the Emperor and Empress, at the
Tuileries, on Monday.
According to report, which, however, I am not
able to authenticate, the following will be the prin-
cipal points of tne proposed new law upon the
Press. Persons wishing to establish a newspaper in
Paris must first send a declaration of their desire
to the Minister of the Interior. In the provinces,
the declaration must be sent to the Prefect of the
department in which the town where the news-
paper is to be published is situated. The managers
printers, and,writers, are to share the responsibility.
The newspaper stamp duty is to be lowered but
in Paris security must be given to the
amont of £4,000 sterling. Writers will
still be compelled to sign their words to their articles.
The term of imprisonment for press offences is to be
shortened. The tribunals may suspend or suppress
the publication of a newspaper, after a certain num-
ber of condemnations and in certain exceptional
cases.

The French committee who recently sent a letter
to the widow of Abraham Lincoln as a testimony of
condolence, have received a letter from that lady,
wherein she states that "the medal which you were
entrusted;to give to
me has:been placed in my hands.
I cannot express to you the emotion with which I
receive this proof of the sentiments of so many of
your countrymen. So great a testimony to the
memory of my husband, given in honour of his ser-
vices in the cause of liberty, by those also upon
another land, work for the same great cause, affects
me deeply, and I beg you to accept for your-
selves and for those whom you represent my most
grateful thanks.—l am, with profound respect, your
obedient servant, " MARY LINCOLN.
" To the Members of the Committee,
Messrs. —."
The weather continues warm, almost sultry, but
it has been dull and rather rainy to-day.
A circular railway for the left bank of the Seine
is entirely finished, and iu a few days it will be
opened for goods and passenger traffic.
The Journal des Debats contains the following
from Rome, dated January 24 :--" Cardinal An-
tonelli is ill. He has the gout in his hands and
feet. For several days part lie has been unable to
write his signature."

A sailing match from New York to Cowes, which
promises to be eyen more interesting than that
between the Henrietta., Fleetwing, and Vesta, is to
take place in a, few days. The proprietors of the
pilot boat No. 15 of New York, the B. Jones,
offered to sail from New York to Cowes for 50,000
dollars against any pilot boat or yacht in the world.
The challenge has been accepted by the proprietors
of the pilot boat No. 1, Hope. The B. Jones is a
little boat of 100 tons, only half the tonnage of the
New York Club boats.