The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-31 00:00:00

THE SITN, LONDON, FRIOAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1867.

parativ ely indifferent. The lack of sufficient
dwelli ug room for our labouring population is one
of tb c most crying evils of the day, and it is an
evil which is a very difficult one to deal with.
Wel can, however, surely do something to modify
the water grievance, and the attention of Parliament
s'hould be directed to it before the session is over.
It should be made incumbent on every landlord to
F:ovi,de a receptacle for a supply of water propor-
tionate to the size of the house. In waiting for
i.nrge r reforms and a supply of better quality this
would greatly mitigate the grievances suffered from
in hot weather. Also the water companies
should be bound to furnish the usual quantity
on Sunday, since domestic necessities are not
liable to equal intermission. If they do not do this
they should at least give a second supply on
Saturday evening, else so far from the poor people
being able to carry out the traditional " cleaning"
of place and person, and clothes fur the Sunday,
they are reduced to the necessity of being dirtier
than on any other day in the week ! We
may be spared any return of the old enemy
this year, but that is no reason why we should relax
our precautionary measures. The recent outbreak
of the Cattle Plague should teach us that there is
either some deficiency in our arrangements or some
unfavourable conditions in the atmosphere. But
whatever the aspect of affairs as regards cholera,
or any other special complaint, we know that
typhus and its kindred are always too busy among
our courts and alleys. Every case of preventible
death is a reproach to the humanity and the justice
of the whole community, and it is very much to be
desired that some earnest and persevering reformer
would take up the grievances of the thousands of
hardworking people who are struggling to pay a
heavy rent for rooms or tenements, which they oc-
cupy under conditions irreconcileable with health,
decency, or comfort.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FP,031 OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Thursday Evening.

The statement to-day relative to Luxembourg is
that the Prussian garrison will have entirely evacu-
ated the fortress by the 15th of June. The report
is contradicted of a reserve of Prussian troops to be
left in the citadel of Rastadt. During the time of
the Germanic Confederation Rastadt had a mixed
garrison, composed in time of peace of troops be-
longing to the Duchy of Baden and a detachment
of Austrian engineers. In time of war the garri-
son was composed two-thirds of Bavarian troops
and one-third of Austrians. The Grand Duchy did
not enter into the Confederation of Northern Ger-
many, but the fact is now disclosed by the Aloniteur
of Berlin of a secret treaty having been contracted.
This treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive,
stipulates expressly that the two high contracting
Powers reciprocially guarantee the integrity of the
territory of their respective countries ; that they
engage in case of war to place, with this view, at
the reciprocal disposal of each other all their war
forces, and that in such a case the command in chief
of them shall be transferred to the King of Prussia.
These stipulations, however, dot no in any way
authorise the occupation of Rastadt by a Prussian
force.

There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at the
Tuileries, at which, as customary, the Emperor pre-
sided. The Empress was present.
The King of Prussia will leave Berlin for Paris
on the 4th of June, accompanied by Generals
Moltke and Treskow ; Count Goltz, aide-de-camp ;
Counts Lehndorff and Antoine Radzwill, his medi-
cal attendant ; M. Lamer, and his intimate coun-
cillor, M. Borch. Ilis Majesty will return to
Berlin on the 14th of June, and the Emperor of
Russia will be there on the loth. During the stay
of the King of Prussia in Paris his Majesty in-
tends to give a personal invitation to the Emperor
Napoleon to pay him a return visit to Berlin.
The Etoperor Alexander of Russia is expected
to arrive in Paris on Saturday, after a short stay at
Berlin on his journey thither. The Emperor will
be accompanied by two of his sons, the Czarewitch
and the Grand Duke Wladimir, Princes Gorts-
chakow and Dolgorouki, and Counts Adlerberg
and Schouvalow. The Emperor will stop about
ten days in Paris, and, as above stated, will be back
again at Berlin on his return home about the 15th.
The Moniteur, in its review of political affairs,
says that the financial position and the liquidation
of Ecclesiastical property continue to occupy the
public attention exclusively in Italy. All the
property, rentes, and securities constituting the
patrimony of the clergy are considered, according
to the proposed law of the Minister of Finance, as
forming a single mass, from which is to be levied
in favour of the State a sum of 600 millions of
francs. The State desires to be paid immediately
as an advance upon this sum the amount of all the
rentcs inscribed as funds for worship now in the
possession of • the clergy in certain provinces. These
rentes constitute a capital of 158 millions, which
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Ratazzi will shortly put the Chamber of
in possession of all the details of this great
operation.
OnTuesday, before the visit of the Francs-tireurs
des Vosges to the Exhibition, which I described,
the battalion was passed in review by the Imperial
Prince, opposite Passy, and was received with
cordial acclamation. The Prince is enrolled as a
member of the battalion. The Prefect of the Vosges
presented the costume of the Regiment to the
Prince with the carbine. On the carbine is the in-
scription " The Francs-tireurs of the Vosges, to
his R. 11. the Prince Imperial." Yesterday morn-
ing the Prince came to the Tuileries from St. Cloud,
dressed in the uniform which had been presented to
him, and bearing the carbine, and walked about for
some time with their Majesties and the Ministers.
His excellent appearance and apparent good health
gave much gratification to all present. The infor-
mation I gave you on this subject has proved per-
fectly correct.
The statue of the Empress Josephine, erected in
the avenue of that name, near the triumphal arch of
the Etoile, was uncovered yesterday. It is in white.
marble, by a skilful artist, M. Vital-Dubray, and is
three yards high. The figure of the Empress is on
a stone pedestal, the production of M. Darion,
architect to the City of Paris. The Empress is re-
presented standing. By her side is the Imperial
crown, on a cushion, supported by a tripod of
Grecian style. In her right hand she holds Antilles
flowers. At present the statue has a beautiful effect.
Grass has been planted around it, and many beau-
tiful flowers are to be seen. On the base of the
pedestal is an inscription noting the time of birth
and death of the Empress.
The Moniteur of this evening announces that at
its sitting of yesterday the Chamber of Deputies
of Pesth agreed, by a majority of 209 against 89,
the project of law concerning the affairs common to
Hungary and the empire of Austria.
. . _

Letters from Rio de la Plata, received at Lisbon
on Tuesday, state that no further engagement had
taken place at the seat of war. The cholera pre-
vailed with great intensity at Buenos Ayres and the
towns situated on the Panama.

A young girl of 19 at Droux, in the department
of Saone et Loire, has met her death under
very singular circumstances. While she was at
work in the house, without shoes or stockings, a nail
penetrated her foot and made a slight wound. The
blood flowed freely, but there was not much pain.
In a short time, however, the was attacked with
severe headache, and the tongue was so much
swollen that she lost the use of speech. A surgeon
was called in, who soon found that-all the resources
of art were useless, and the girl died eight days
after the accident, it was afterwards ascertained

that the nail had been extracted from an old board
in an outhouse where pigs bad been kept. A cattle
disease had prevailed there, and the nail had been
tainted with poison from it.

LATEST INTELLIGENCB.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE BOMBAY MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, May 31.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Nyanza, with the heavy portion of the above mails,
passed the Needles at 7.45 a.m. to-day.

SAXONY.

DRESDEN, May 31.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary Anne,
the wife of Prince George of Saxony, was safely
delivered of a daughter this morning at 2 a.m.

AMERICA.
NEW YORK, May 30.
The Steamers Virginia, from Liverpool, and the
St. Patrick, from Glasgow, arrived here to-day.

CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.

SOLTTIIAMPTON, May 31.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Nyanza, with the above mails, arrived here to-day
with 149 passengers, £2,480 in specie, and a general
cargo, including 893 bales of silk, value £75,000
sterling. On the 24th she spoke the British barque
Nora, and the steamer Smyrna, and on the 27th
the schooner Roseland and the steamer Louis
David.

GIBRALTAR, May 26.
Exchange on London, 49i to 50 ; Paris, sf. 26c. ;
Madrid, par to k dis.
Her Majesty's ships Caledonia, Victoria, Are-
thusa, Skylark, and Redpole are in the harbour.