The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDoiv, 'WEDNESDAY EVENI_NG„JUNE 20, 18(6.

Independence." The people of Prussia are too
wise to believe a word of this. A very sounding
but unmeaning tirade, and it will not produce the
desired effect of conciliating them, and making an
odious war popular among them.

The Governments acting in concert with Austria
have resolved to insist on the following deci-
sions : That Holstein be taken iossession
of, and the former mode of Government
re-established there, and to re-assemble the
Holstein Estates. The Government of Italy have
now fairly declared war, and may be expected to
set to work in earnest. Things are beginning to
look serious indeed for the prospects of the German
States, for move which ever way- they may they
meet with enemies. The chief thing to impress
upon Austria is tliat she must use despatch and lose
not a single instant in unmeaning discussion and
unnecessary delay. The opportunities thrown
away at the beginning of a campaign are seldom,
if ever, retrieved, and it would be indeed most de-
plorable if Prussia remain in the ascendant after
all.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Tuesday Evening.
The Moniteur contains a letter from the Hague,

which states that the proposal to withdraw from the

Germanic Confederation the territories belonging

,o the King of the Netherlands (that is to say, the

Duchy of Limburg and the Grand Duchy of Lim.
burg), the propgsal contained in the project o:

Federal Reform presented by Prussia, has given
great satisfaction in Holland, as it is in accordance
with public opinion and the repeated wishes expressed
by the Government of the Netherlands. It is to a
sentiment of gratitude towards Prussia that the vote
of the representative of William the Third at the
Diet in opposition to the motion for the mobilisation
of the Federal army made by Austria is attributed.

The Minister of the Netherlands on this occasion
abandoned the reserve which he usually maintains,

and which induces him in general to abstain from
giving an opinion upon purely Germanic ques-
tions. This vote besides only confirms the attitude
of neutrality which the Netherlands wish to observe
in the conflict which has broken out between Prussia
and Austria—a fact which the Court of Vienna
seems to admit beforehand, since it has asked the
Netherlands representatives at Berlin and at Flor-
ence to take charge- of the interests of Austrian
subjects in Prussia and Italy.
The official paper also states that as the tele-
graphic communications in Germany are interrupted
by the movements of various belligerent States
authentic information as to military operations is
exceedingly scarce, and it can only make a summary
" under all reserve." The Moniteur proceeds to
mention a few circumstances, some of which may
be already known. It notices the entry of the
Prussians into Hanover, and says they were received
in silence by the population. It was not believed
that the Saxon army could oppose any serious resist-
ance to the Prussians. Prince Frederic Charles of

Prussia (army of Saxony) had advanced to a poin

of the Saxon territory formed by the territory of
Bohemia near Rumbourg. The Italian General La
Marmora had arrived at the head-quarters of
Cremona, where he had been joined by the King of
Italy. The annouhcement of an engagement near
Frankfort-on-the-Maine between the troops of the
Grand Duchy of Hesse and those of Prussia is
placed among the information given "with reserve."

The latest reliable news in reference to the war

is that the Hanoverian army is concentrated at
Gottingen. The Saxon army is on the march to
join the Austrians. The Prussians occupy the capi-

tal of Hanover and various points of Saxony ;
among other places Leipsic, the Duchy of Saxe-
Altenbourg, and Gerstorf, which is on the frontiers
of Bohemia. _ _ _

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A letter from Como speaks of the indefatigable

activity of Garibaldi while there. His reception was
enthusiastic by the men, and the women strewed his
path with flowers. On his route from Carnerlata to

Como, under a tropical sun, to review the Volun-
teers, the excitement was extreme. All cried " Viva
Garibaldi." The soldiers sang warlike songs, and

it was with the greatest difficulty that the populace
were prevented from drawing Garibaldi's carriage.
The General seemed unmoved, but once he cried
out, " What splendid volunteers !"
The cholera and dysentery have manifested them-
selves at Amiens, an ancient town at which many
English travellers stop on their way from Boulogne
to Paris to visit the Cathedral and other interest-

ng objects. Several deaths have occurred, bu
chiefly among old persons and children, who are the
most subjected to atmospheric influences. The ac-
count as to the state of the disease on Saturday is
that it is on the decline. On each of the preceding
days the number of deaths was 38 ; on Saturday
the number of deaths was 28. Some of these deaths,
however, are not attributable to cholera.
Miry, whose death I mentioned yesterday, was a
great poet, probably the most remarkable of French
poets of modern days. lie could also write prose
articles, which were greedily read by the Parisians.
Some interesting stories are told of his literary
career. When he wrote an article for the Nain
Jaune, Yellow Dwarf, some doubt was expressed
as to whether he was not indebted for it to
a fraud. Mery, therefore, offered to write some-
thing in the presence of the directors. The subject
given to him was the Petite Poste. The article made
a sensation in the literary world, and one author
remarked that it was not the petite poste which had
been illustrated, but the grande. At first M Cry was
only paid I,Boof. a year—then 2,ooo—then 3,000
—afterwards as much as he wished. Upon one oc-
casion he is said to have been offered 25,0001.
(£1,000) up6n the perusal of one single article in
the Constitutionnel. Miry was then about to write a
pamphlet La Villeliade. It was against M. de
Villele, then Minister of Finance. It became known
that the publication of thepamphlet would be inter-
dicted by M. Villele, but although the agreement
with M. Ponthieu, the bookseller, had been signed,
M. Wry, on hearing of the interdiction, tore the
contract into pieces. Mery's poem, Napoleon en
Egypte, was sent to Queen Hortense, the mother of
Napoleon the Third. The Queen sent the poet an
autograph letter, in which she said, " I have read
the Napoleon, and I teach your beautiful verses to
my children." Mery improvisated very inspiring
verses. One one occasion he recited impromptu
another act of the " Lucrece of Pousard," and on
another day, in an hour, he wrote the sth Act of
" Herculaneum," the opera of Felician David. He
had just finished, in conjunction with M. Camille
Lode, the libretto of Don Carlos, the opera which
Verdi has promised to complete in the ensuing
autumn, and which is so earnestly expected by the
Parisians. As to the titles of M. Mery's poems
" their name is Legion." Joseph Mery was born at
Aygalades on the 21st of January, 1798. His first
work was a satirical poem, written at Marseilles.
lie arrived in Paris in 1823. M. Wry had some
reputation as a dramatist. He wrote a comedy in
5 acts, " L'Univers et la Nation," a drama "La
Bataille de Toulouse," " Herculaneum" and
" Seramis," operas, "Le Selam," and other dra-
matic works. His articles in the newspapers—he
N une
wrotefor almost all of them by turns--would fill
es.
The r is still stormy, rainy, and unsettled,
but there has been no recurrence of the wintry cold
of Sunday. One of the French weather prophets
predicts cold and wet during the greater portion of
the present summer.
Ley

YACHTING.--A TOUR OF THE MEDITERHANEAN.—
A select party of ladies and gentlemen have, it' appears,
organised, under the auspices of some of the acht ellbs
a trip this autumn to the Mediterranean in a first-class
steamer of about 600 tons. The party has been limited to
35, and will leave England on the 11th July, and stay from
two to seven days at different places. The tour is expected
to occupy a space of three months.
REFORMATORIES AND INDUSTRIAL SCIIOOLS.—The
meeting of managers of reformatories and industrial schools
oa the subject of the bills before Parliament on these sub-
jects was held yesterday at 1, Adam-street, Mr. Adderley,
M.V., in the chair, and after a discussion the meeting was
adjourned to this day (Veclueoday), tl2 o'clock,

LA TEST INTE LIG-MTGE.

(REUTER'S TELE(,RAMS.)

THE EUROPEAN WAR.
FLORENCE, June 19 (Evening).
The Florence papers state that, putting aside the
Venetian question, Italy has a vital interest that
Austria should not have the supremacy in Germany,
and should cease to be the negation of the principle
of nationality, and consequently a menace to Italy.
They point out that the Government, in its reply to
the invitation to a Congress, stated that the con-
flict affected the bases of the existence of Austria
and Italy, and continue as follows :—" The recon-
stitution of the Italian and German nationalities
requires in fact either that the Austrian monarchy
should disappear, expelled from Germany as from
Italy, or that Italy and Prussia, with the principle
which they represent, should be crushed. Victor
Emmanuel and King William will carry out their
double programme to the end without partial com-
promise." The journals further repel the insinua-
tions of the Austrian press upon the eventuality of
cessions which would break the co-operation of
Italy with Prussia, and declare that European
order must be reconstituted upon the bases of
nationalities and the fall of the house of Hapsburg.
FLORENCE, June 19 (Evening).
The King will probably start for the camp to-
morrow evening, and Prince Carignan will arrive in
FlOrence to assume the Regency.
A despatch from Constantinople of the 19th an-
nounces that Signor Visconte Venosta was to take
his departure for Italy on the following day.
Como, June 19.
All the Garibaldians, who were still here, left to-
day for Lecco.

BERLIN, June 20.

Immediately on the announcement of the death
of Prince Sigismund the Queen of Prussia left this
city for Potsdam.

BERNE, June 20.
Two battalions of the National Guard have been
mobilised in the canton of Valteline.

DETMOLD, June 20.

Prussia has addressed a note to the German Go-
vernments which voted on the 14th inst. against the
mobilisation of the Federal army, requesting them
to abstain from participation. in any discussion with
the Powers who are at war with Prussia, as such
conduct would necessarily disturb their peaceful
relations with the Prussian Government.

BREMEN, June 19.
The Hauoverians evacuated Fort Wilhelm yes

Jerday.

STRASBURG, June 19.
A demonstration took place on Sunday at Canis
mite against the Prussian policy.

The garrison of Kehl and other regiments o:
Baden troops left for Frankfort on Monday.

FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE, June 19.
From thirty to forty thousand Federal troops are
assembled before this city.

HANOVER, June 19.

Gen. von Manteuffel is Chief Commander of the
Prussian troops in Hanover ; and he also acts as
Prussian Commissioner.

VIENNA, June 19.

Advices received here from Bohemia dated yes-
terday state that the Saxon royal arms have been
removed from all places occupied by the Prussians,
and replaced by Prussian arms.
Considerable contributions have been levied.

A slight skirmish has taken place between Prus-
sian and Saxon cavalry pickets between Meissen
and Kettschenbrade.

BERLIN, June 19.

At the request of the Prussian Government the
French Government has consented to protect Prus-
sian interests in Austria and Bavaria. The French.
Ambassadors at Vienna and Munich have already
received the Imperial authorisation to this effect.
The Prussian Government has protested against
the seizure of the Frankfort telegrdph office by the
Bavarians as a breach of international law.
On Saturday the King received Count Schulen-
burg, who had arrived here from Dresden.
Prince Sigismund, son of the Crown Prince of
Prussia, died yesterday.
Count Bismark has addressed the following de-
spatch to the Prussian representatives abroad :
" I have to communicate to your Excellency an
event by which existing European law will be essen-
tially altered.

" The Federal Diet at Frankfort, in its sitting of
yesterday (the 14th inst.), resolved by 9 out of 16
votes upon the mobilisation of the entire Federal
army with the exception of the Prussian contingent.
Austria, who has already broken off diplomatic re-
lations with us, and whose military forces have
menaced our frontier for the last three months, had
proposed this measure on the 11th of June, on the
ground of a pretended interference with her posses-
sion in Holstein, the Austrian representative ap-
pealing at the same time to Art. 19 of the Final Act
of Vienna of the Bth of June, 1820.
" Art. 19 of the Vienna Final Act, which was put
forth as the ground of this hostile proceeding, forms,
as is well known, only the starting point for the
legal steps prescribed by the subsequent articles for
adjusting differences between members of the Con-
federation when they come within the constitutional
competency of the Diet, and for which the regula-
tions for Federal execution contain the further in-
structions :

" The arraying of a Federal army against a
member of the Confederation, as resolved upon in
accordance with the Austrian motion, and based
on the military constitution of the Bund,, is in con-
tradiction with the aim and spirit of the Bund, as
well as with the text of the Federal Act, especially
Art. 2 and Art. 11 (last paragraph), which form
Art. 54 and Art. 63 of the Congress Act of Vienna
of the 9th of June, 1815.
" The anti-Federal motion of Austria being,
Prussia's protest notwithstanding, not only brought
under discussion, but also raised to the condition of
a resolution of the Federal Assembly by the small
majority above mentioned, the King's Envoy, in
the name of his Majesty, announced the dissolution
of the Federal Pact by a formal declaration to the
Diet, and after this act immediately withdrew from
the Assembly, in which the majority of Euvoys re-
presented States. that had already previously com-
bined in measures hostile to Prussia.

" It is now the duty of the King's Government
to announce in a formal manner the violation of the
Federal Treaty, of which the stipulations have lost
all validity to those Powers who, by signing the
Vienna Congress Act of the 9th of June, 1815, or
subsequently giving their adherence thereto, have
become co-founders of the Federal Treaty, even
though they have given no guarantee for its main-
tenance.

" I have, therefore, the honour to instruct your
Excellency to communicate by copy the contents o
this despatch.
Berlin, June 15,

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EvENING

A manifesto of King
William to the Prussian
people has been issued to-day, the principal pas-
sages of which are as follows :
" The hopes that an alliance based upon mutual
esteem and furthering the prosperity and power of
Germany
On brotherhood in arm have peen deceived..iitts-
would issue from the Austrian and Prus-
sian

trio, has not considered Prussia as her natural ally,
but as a hostile rival, and has therefore drawn the
Federal princes into a breach of the Confederation.
The humiliation of Prussia has been the watchword
of her enemies, but the spirit of 1813 lives in the
Prussian people. Her opponents deceive them-
selves if they imagine Prussia to be paralyzed by
dissensions at home. Before the enemy these dis-
appear, and all hitherto opposed to one another
stand henceforth united in triumph or misfortune.'
The manifesto lays stress upon the fact that
Prussia, in concert with England, France, and
Russia, has made a fruitless effort to effect a peace-
ful settlement, and proceeds :-
1 "We are compelled to fight for existence. We
must go forth to battle for life or death against

those who wish to humiliate the Prussia of the
Great Elector, Frederick, and of the War of Inde-
pendence. If God give us the victory, we shall be
strong enough to reunite more firmly and more
prosperously those loosened ties of Germany which
they who fear the right and the power of the na-
tional spirit have torn asunder."

OUTWARD AMERICAN MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, June 20.

The North German Lloyd's steamer Bremen
sailed to-day for New York, with 142 cabin pas-
sengers and a large cargo, including French jewel-
lery of the value of 150,000 f.

The company's steamers will continue to sail
from here to New York as usual, there being no
probability whatever of any alteration in conse-
quence of the present state of continental affairs.

OUTWARD INDIA AND CHLNA MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, June 20.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Pera, sailing hence to-day, takes out 1,000 sove-
reigns for Alexandria, 600 sovereigns for Galle,
and £9,542 in dollars and bar silver for Hongkong
and Shanghae.

BOMBAY (HEAVY) MAILS.
GIBRALTAR, June 19.
The Ceylon leaves at 1 p.m. to-day all well. She
nay be expected at Southampton early on the 24th
instant.