The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-18 00:00:00

CORRESPO.

INDENCE FROM PARIS,

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Wednesday Evening.
The following is all the information given to-day
by the ,M'oniteur on the subject of Spain No
new fact is supplied, either for the telegraphic des-
patches or correspondence, from Spain, as to the
situation of the rebels and the general position of
the kingdom, which appears to be satisfactory."
The Siecle makes these remarks :—" The Constitu-
tionnel, in a conspicuous place, says, 'The news
from Spain continues to be unfavourable to the
insurrection.' In a despatch from Madrid, how-
ever, on the same day, we read that the insurgents
continue to retreat precipitately towards Portugal.'
These are rather curious confirmations, particularly
the latter. What ! rebels pursued by all the mili-
tary forces of a Government, beat a retreat since
they made their pronunciamento ; their safety is only
in flight ; they fly with the greatest promptitude,
but yet they find means to temporize in their forced
marches ; they continue their rapid flight just as
one proceeds with ordinary work ; and perhaps
one day it may be said of Prim, so persevering in
his course, "unus qui nobis cunstando restituit rem."
There having been reports of the reappearance
of cholera in Paris, I have made some inquiries
into the subject, and can assure you that there is
not the slightest foundation for these mischievous
rumours. It is also stated officially in the Union
M'edicale that there is no case of cholera either
in the hospitals or in the city.
A private letter from Guadeloupe gives some
alarming details upon the subject of cholera in that
colony. The disease first manifesteditself at Pointe-
a-Pitre in the month of October, and the number of
deaths increased sensibly every day. The mini-
mum number of deaths was two a day, and the
maximum 50. The average during the month of
November was 30 each day. The epidemic de-
clared itself at Basse Terre, on the 20th November.
On the 4th of December there had been 1,500
deaths in a town of 8,000 inhabitants, where the
average number of daily deaths is but two. White
men and blacks fell victims without distinction. On
some days there were so many dead bodies that it
was difficult to bury them. At one time there was an
idea of throwing them into the sea, at the risk of
infecting the neighbouring islands. On the 25th
of December the number of deaths had diminished
to 47 a day, but, in fact, the inhabitants had fled
from the town by hundreds. After devastating
Point a Pitre, the cholera propagated itself
throughout ' the whole island. It raged at
Capesterre and at Trois Rivieres, the two
most picturesque and most admirably situated
suburbs of the island. It also attacked
Les Saintes and Marie-Galante. At La
Desirade, where its attacks were as alarming
and as fatal as at Basse Terre, hundreds of dead
bodies were burned with the idea of preventing the
progress of the epidemic.
A terrible example of the ferocity of the wolf has
occurred near Rodez, in the district of the Cevennes.
A man, while digging the ground in search of
truffles, was attacked by a very large and savage
wolf, which mutilated him in a shocking manner.
The animal then attacked a girl who was minding
some cattle. A gentleman, who was out shooting
with a double-barrelled gun, luckily made his ap-
pearance. He was afraid to fire at the wolf lest he
should kill the girl, but the former abandoned his
prey and attacked the sportsman. The attack was
so sudden and impetuous that he could not make
use of his gun, and the wolf nearly tore
out one of his eyes. The gentleman, how-
ever, although wounded as he was, soon
regained his self-possession, and fired both
barrels at the wolf. The animal weighed more
than 1001bs. Both the man and the girl have since
died from the injuries inflicted by the welf. It
had received a gunshot wound on the same morn-
ing, which is supposed to have made it more fero-
cious than usual.
The weather to-day has been fine and very mild,
but the observations taken yesterday at the Obser-
vatory of Paris presage storms in the north of Nor-
way, the action of which may extend to the North
Sea. The barometer pressure is very great. An
unusual number of wild ducks fly about the Seine,
from which circumstance some of the weather pro-
phets here surmise that we shall have yet a
severe winter. Iu the country around Paris, how-
ever, the trees begin to show buds. The rose
trees, particularly, are beginning to shoot forth
buds.

Of the nine candidates for admission to the
Paris Jockey Club, the six following have been
elected :—M. Delamarre, staff officer, son of a
member ; M. Halley Claparoda, son of the deputy;
the Duke d'Albufera, M. de Turrenes, Baron Beth-
man of Frankfort, and Mr. Vansittart of London.

The operations necessary for building the new
Exhibition in the Champ de Mars proceed very ra-
pidly. The excavations for the platform of the
Palace have been made to the extent of 100,000
metres. More than half of the masonry requisite
for the foundations, the sewers, and the subterra-
nean galleries for air, have been completed. The
total cubic extent to which the works have reached
is 16,000 metres. The lower portions of the me-
tallic carpentery work have been fixed, and towards
the end of February the other metallic supports re-
quired will be in their places. There is every rea-
son to suppose that the contractors will be able to

have their task finished before the time appointed.-
Another double suicide has been committed in
Paris. A man and his wife, residing in the Rue
Tournefort, not having been seen during the day,
some alarm was excited. The man was a shoe-

maker, and some of his customers having called and
knocked without making any one hear, the Com-

inissary of Police was sent for, who advised the
door to be broken open. They were both found on

the bed dressed, holding each other by the hand
quite dead. A pan of charcoal near the bed indi•
cated the mode by which they had committed sui.

tide. No writing was found, nor is there any ex•
planation of the cause of:their fatal resolution.

The Government, earn stly desiring to give every
possible facility to electors, has just extended the

time for the revision of the list of electors from ten

to twenty days. "This measure," says the Patrie,
" the initiation of which entirely belongs to the Go-

vernment, prove that the free and regular working
of the principle of universal suffrage interests the

authorities as much as the citizen. This object is

to place beyond the attack either of time or political
circumstances the exercise of the right which is the

basis of our Constitution."

An anecdote is related to show the morbid sym-
pathy of our countrymen with criminals. At the
trial of the assassin Poucett, at Versailles, on Satur-
day, the prisoner called for a glass of wine to ani-
mate his courage, and it was given to him. Four
Englishmen present, it is said, had a longing desire

to possess the glass out of which the murderer had

drank, and offered the officer of the court, M. Mas

son, ten Napoleons for it. The officer refused, when
the amount tendered was increased to twenty Napo-
leons. The more the Englishmen desired to possess
the glass, the more the officer refused to let have it ;

but the collectors of articles tainted by criminals,
it is said, told M. Masson that they intended to
come again to Paris shortly, when they hoped they
should be able to advise him to change his deter-
mination.

THE RIGHT HON. Dn. LUSHINGTON.—It is
understood in certain legal quarters, likely to be well in-
formed on the subject, that as soon as the " prize" case re-
lating to the Banda and liirwee booty is disposed of, this
venerable judge will retire from the bench. Dr. Lushing-
ton is in his 91st year, having been born in 1775, and is the
oldest judge on the bench. The right hon. gentleman was
appointed Judge of the Admiralty Court in 1838.
HOUSE PROPERTY AT SOUTH KENSINGTON.—
Yesterday a compensation case, " floofstetter v.
The Metropolitan Railway," occupied Mr. Humphrey, the
coroner, and a special jury to a late hour, at the Sheriffs
Court, Red Lion-square. The evidence of the lawyers
was of an extraordinary character as to the value of the
property. The claim made was £5,250, and the company
had offered £3,000. The house taken was 52, Thurloe-
square, and Mr. Hoofstetter had taken another house, 24,
in the same square. For the claimant the house was said
to be worth £lBO a year, and on the other side, £l4O. The
assessor recommended the jury to ascertain the rental, and
then apportion the compensation. The jury assessed the
compensation at £3,100.