The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING-, JUNE 13, 1866,

made if sorrie were willing to do so. At any
rate, the cinly wise and correct thing for our Mi-
nisters tc) do just now is to leave things alone, and
we can.rassure them that they will be acting against
the wii,hes of the English people if they attempt
to influence the decision of the contest in Ger-
many in any way directly or indirectly.

The new Fenian raid appears to have come to a
very abrupt termination. Thanks to the vigorous
preparations made in the colony for their reception
and the decisive action of the American Govern-
ment in the rear, SPEAR'S attempt has been a com-
plete failure. The Fenians under his command
have recrossed the border, and SPEAR himself, with
his staff, has surrendered to Colonel LIVINGSTON,
of the Federal army, preferring very naturally to
place themselves in the hands of the Americans to
the risk, or certainty indeed, of being captured by
the Canadians, IN ho might make their leaders
pay a severe penalty for their insolence.
The unexpected interference of the Americans
has completely confounded the Fenian projects,
and the heroes are dispersing in every direction.
Every facility for return is given them by the Fede-
ral authorities, and General MEADE has issued an
order offering transport home to all Fenians willing
to abandon their enterprise and respect the laws,
the officers being required to give bonds. By the
orders of SWEENEY the St. Albans Fenians have re-
fused to sign the obligation to abandon the cause
altogether,though they promise to abandon this move-
ment. The leaders, SPEAR, SWEENEY, O'AIAHoNv,
and ROBERTS, have been released on bail, and it is
said they will be indicted for a breach of the
neutrality laws. It is almost amusing to observe
the course pursued by the American Radicals re-
specting Fenianism. Their dislike of England, and
their indignation against their PRESIDENT, unite in
driving them to lengths at which reasonable men,
whether English or American, can only smile.
They have introduced resolutions into the House of
Representatives expressing sympathy with the
Fenians, and advising the PRESIDENT to reconsider
his policy towards them, so as to adopt as nearly
as possible the exact course pursued by Great Bri-
tain during the Southern rebellion, recognising the
contending parties as belligerents, and observing
between them strict neutrality. We are only sur-
prised that Anglo-phobists should admit the
British Government as a model, but as large bodies
of armed men were not in the habit of crossing into
the States from Canada the cases are not exactly
parallel. The great cause of offence was the
departure of manned vessels from English ports,
but the proceedings of the Fenians are on a very
different scale.

The house of Representatives have shown another
instance of legislative wisdom by passing a resolu-
tion declaring that Mr. DAVIS must be held in cus-
tody until tried by the laws of the land. Judge
UNDERWOOD, after making a speech denouncing
Virginia and the Virginians, opened the Circuit
Court at Richmond at the beginning of this
month, when Mr. DAVIS'S counsel applied for
information respecting the time for his trial.
To this question they could only obtain an
evasive answer, and Judge UNDERWOOD refused
to admit Mr. Divis to bail on the .ground
that he is a prisoner of war. This in one way is the
best thing that could be done for the prisoner, since
the matter has in consequence been referred to the
PRESIDENT, whose tlecision we have every reason to
hope will be in accordance with the dictates of jus-
tice and humanity. The American Government
must be weak and unstable, indeed, if one man can
shake it. When Generals LEE and BEAUREGARD,
when STEPHENS and all the other prominent
Confederates, have declared their conviction
of the hopelessness of the Southern %cause,
and their unreserved determination to support
the authority of the Federal Government,
surely there is not much need to apprehend that
JEFFERSON DAVIS will, single-handed, stir up a
fresh revolution ! Mr. JOHNSON, at least, has too
much sense to think so, and he has too much
humanity to wish to keep the illustrious Confederate
in durance during the heat of an American summer.
Already his position has been materially improved,
and the next step would naturally be his release on
bail or on parole, as the case may be, until the time
fixed for his trial. The Radicals are anxious to
postpone this indefinitely, partly, no doubt, because
they anticipate that the verdict must be one of
acquittal, partly some persons hint in the belief that
death may relieve them from the difficulty. This
desire we can hardly attribute to any considerable
or influential number, since all Americans must feel
that the death of JEFFERSON DAVIS, after nineteen
months' captivity in an American prison in a time of
complete tranquillity, would be a national disgrace.
Mr. JOHNSON has already shown himself capable of
judging for his countrymen on matters of moment
in accordance with their national honour and cha-
racter rather than in obedience to the passions of
the moment, and this is a case in which we have no
doubt he will have the approval and support of the
main body of the people should he act in accord-
ance with his own known wishes instead of being
deterred by the threats of faction, or the clamour
of interested partisans.

We are very glad to find that the citizens of
London are considering in earnest what to do for
the relief of the labouring classes from the distress
caused by the want of proper dwellings. At the
meeting of the Court of Common Council, on
Thursday, the report of the Coal, Corn, and Fi-
nance Committee was brought up, in which, among
other topics, it was recommended that a vote of
£lO,OOO should be passed for the conversion of the
two hotels at the Metropolitan Cattle Market into
improved dwellings for the labouring poor. This is
an excellent suggestion, in every way advanta-
geous. The situation is well adapted for the purpose,
and will meet the wants of some of the hundreds
of poor industrious persons whom the rapidly in-
creasing railways in the north of London have
turned from their houses and lodgings. It will be
turning some comparatively useless property to
good account, and will be an act worthy of our
wealthy city, which can certainly very well afford
to do something towards redressing the crying evil
of the day. The citizens by granting this money
will give convincing proof that the example of
Mr. PEABODY has not been lost upon them, but
that they resolved to show that Englishmen can
do something for their countrymen. The annual
meeting of the Metropolitan Association for
Improving the Dwellings of the Poor was held
yesterday, when many interesting facts were men-
tioned. One especially significant as regards the
public health was that the mortality in the entire
property of the association has this year been about
17 per 1,000, whereas that of the metropolis gene-
rally was 24 per 1,000. From these figures we
may gather some idea of the direful effects of over-
crowding on the health of the poor. There remains
so much to be done that we must still look for
additional help, but we are glad to see the good
work taken up in earnest by so important a body
as the Common Council.

The Gipps Land Times says that the English
pheasant is now numbered among the feathered inhabi-
tauts of tiro woods of some parts of Australia.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Friday Evening.

There is no reliable news in the Paris papers to-
day in addition to the telegrams. Indeed some of
them appear to be more occupied with the. Minis-
terial crisis in England than with the war.
The Moniteur, in reviewing, " under all reserve,"
various accounts from Germany and Italy, gives
some conjectures as to real or supposed strategical
operations in progress. Speaking of Prussia it says,
" The Prussians have exhibited from the commence-
ment of hostilities a remarkable promptitude and
energy of movement by advancing their military
positions as far as that line which comprises coun-
tries at first opposed to their action. By their skil-
ful concentration they have reached three principal
points. To the west they have absorbed, in a mili-
tary point of view, Hanover and Hesse. Thuringen
and Saxony have been surrounded by the large
army of Prince Frederic Charles of Prussia, and
Silesia is guarded by the three corps d'arnice of the
Prince Royal, which is attached to the Army of the
Elbe or of Saxony commanded at Gastein by Prince
Frederic Charles."

Letters from Bergamo and Brescia give accounts
of enthusiastic ovations to Garibaldi. The Gene-
ral, who is usually so placed in the midst of these
demonstrations, was sometimes compelled to turn
and salute the multitudes of women who strewed
his way with " avalanches" of flowers. At Brescia,
although it was 11 o'clock at night when Garibaldi
went to the railway station, the crowd was im-
mense, and the air resounded with cries of " Long
live Garibaldi, the Liberator." So enthusiastic was
the crowd that it was necessary for the Volunteers
to clear the passage.
M. DioA Boucicault's play, arranged for the
French stage under the title of "Jean la Poste,"
by M. Eugene Nus, has been produced at the Gaite
with much effect and success. M. Boucicault super-
intended the scenic arrangements. Eight of the
ten tableaux were painted under his immediate
direction, and two others, with the accessories, were
brought from London. The Parisians are in exta-
cies with the scenic effects of the last act. The
escape of the prisoner from the tower, with the sud-
den transformation of the scene to the sea illumi-
nated by the moon, is given se effectively as to appear
a reality and not an illusion, One of the Paris
papers says that the waves appear so natural that
an old sailor would imagine that he was looking on
the ocean. The chief character is very effectively
played by Dumaine. Some spirited dancing by
Miss Austen gave great delight to an overflowing
mass of spectators.
The position of the Bank of France is still fa-
vourable. The return up to yesterday inclusive
shows an increase in the amount of specie in the
Treasury to the extent of 14 millions of francs. The
total is 627 millions against Gl3 millions last week.
The notes payable to bearer increased to the amount
of 2 millions, the amount being 875 millions against
873 millions last week. The current account of the
Treasury shows an increase of 4 millions. The
Porte feuilie has diminished to the extent of 1 mil-
lion, the amount being 390 millions against 391
millions last week. The specie and current accounts
at the Bank represent the large total of more than
a milliard (1,000 millions), which amount will pro-
bably remain locked up until there be a loan, or
unless there should be peace.
The arts have lost another great ornament. M.
Watelet, the eminent landscape painter, has just died
at the advanced age of 86. He is almost forgotten
to the present generation, but his works attest his
genius. M. Watelet was the first master of Paul
Delaroche, whose paintings have served to invite the
emulation of the leading artists of the day.

Much sensation was excited in Paris about a
month ago by the murder of a woman named Gal-
fillet, who kept a wine shop at Bicetre. She had
been murdered with a chopper, and her body was
found in a field between Bicetre and Villejuif. There
were various indications in regard to her assassin,
who returned to the shop to wash his hands and to
take away all the money he could find there. The
police set on foot inquiries about him, and sent round
his photograph to the various stations. On Wed-
nesday a policeman saw au individual come out of
a barber's shop on the boulevard de la Glaciere, and
he instantly recognised the suspected individual, a
man named Bussiere. He denied that his name
was Bussiere, but afterwards admitted the fact. On
being searched a double-barrelled pistol was found
upon hid'. Both barrels were loaded. He had also
gunpowder and bullets. On being interrogated by
the Commissary of Police, Bussiere confessed that
he had committed the murder. He said he had
lived several years with the murdered woman Gal-
linet, but they often quarrelled because she refused
to supply him with money. What irritated him
most, he said, was that the woman had lately re-
ceived the visits of a soldier in garrison at Bicetre.
On the day when the crime was committed Bus-
siere says he took the woman for a walk in the
country, and he again begged her to give him
some money. She said she had no money for
him. This refusal so enraged Bussiere that he
knocked his victim down with his fist, and then
threw himself upon her and strangled her. When
the crime was first discovered a dog in Gallinet's
room had been killed, no doubt because it wished
to prevent the assassin from ransacking the furni-
ture. When questioned at the time about the death
of the dog, Bussiere said no doubt the soldier had
killed it with his sword. Bussiere, who is a man of
great strength and powerful frame, has been very
violent since his arrest, and it has been found neces-
sary to confine his arms with a strait jacket.

A man named Mathias, well known in the sub-
urban wine shops, who made a good deal of money
by singing, ani by giving a melancholy account of
his having lost a leg in consequence of a fall from a
house, when he was employed as a bricklayer, died
a day or two ago. A curious discovery was made
at his lodging. He wore a wooden leg to excite
commiseration, but both his legs were perfect, only
one of them was turned upwards in a peculiar man-
ner, fastened with a strap, and could not be per-
ceived. His famous wooden leg, which brought
him so much money, was by the side of the bed on
his trunk. For ten years he has carried on his
begging trade with his supposed wooden leg.
The trichinose, a disease among pigs, has un-
doubtedly existed in France. The fact was sup-
pressed, as far as possible, to prevent alarm, and to
avoid injury to a trade which causes the expendi-
ture of immense sums of money. A pork shop-
keeper in the Faubourg du Temple, named Pouce-
let, has been charged at the Correctional Police-
office with selling sausages and other preparations
of pork which were diseased and unfit for human
food. A girl, eleven years old, died in six hours
after eating some of this pork, and fifteen persons
became seriously ill, and were attacked with vomit-
ing and bowel disease. The ejected matter was skil-
fully analysed, and the chemists stated that micro-
scopic examination proved that there were small
worms or insects in the pork. The defendant
pleaded that he was not aware the pork was un-
wholesomehe could get. The Court took his view, and dis-
injury to the
, and that he had bought the best meat
missed the complaint. The alarm has caused such
of it at a great loss,
of
trade that he has disposed

The heat has been intense to-day► somewhat more
so than yesterday, Last night there was a good
deal of lightning, but no thunder or rain,

A few French statistics of some interest selected
from recent official returns aro cited by a Paris corres-
pondent. Thirty millions of bottles of champagne are, it
appears, annually sold,
and are thus distributed :—Africa
consumes but 100,000 of these ; Spain and Portugal,
300,000; Italy, 400,000; Belgium, 500,000 ; Holland, as
much; Germany, 1,500,000; Russia, 2,000,000; France,
2,500,000 ; thirsty England, 5,000,000 ; India, ditto ; North
America, 10,000,000 bottles. These figures refer to the
consumption of wine really grown in the champagne
country. Three hundred and thirty political papers are
published in France, of which 63 are printed in Paris and
267 in the departments ; 703 non-political papers are daily
printed In the metropolis, and 604 in the departments,
besides the political organs above enumerated. Another
batch of statistics informs us that during the past year
93,279,721 individuals hays travelled in Paris by omnibus,
of whom 53,814,766 occupied inside seats, and 39,464,955
preferred the outside.

Virgo's xotal Docioit?--1.10111501113 PILLS•

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE WAR IN GERMANY.
FRANKFORT, June 23.
Yesterday the Federal troops occupied Giessen.
The traffic on the Railway between that town
and Wetzland is suspended.

BREST, June 23.

The Criminal Court of this town has given judg-
ment in the case of the Fwderis Arca, guilty of
mutiny and murder.
Lenard, Villic, Carbuccia, and Thebauld, have
been condemned to death. The other prisoners
were acquitted.

PRAGUE, June 22 (Evening).

The Prussians have marched towards Bodenback,
but their advance was arrested by the obstacles
which had been placed in their line of march. They
left on one side the Saxon fortress of Konigstein.

HUNGARY.
PESTH, June 21.
The Hungarian Diet will shortly be prorogued
for a few months.

OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL.
MALTA, June 22.

The Avoca, from Southampton on the 12th inst.
arrived here on the 21st at 7 a.m., and left at 4 p.m.
for Alexandria.

The Massilia, from Marseilles, 20th inst., arrived
to day at 4. p.m., and leaves at 11 p.m. for
Alexandria.

MALTA, June 22, 3.20 PM.

On receipt of official information of the declara-
tion of war between Italy and Austria the Com-
mander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean sent her
Majesty's ship Psyche to communicate with Ad-
miral Persano, and to request his good offices in
respect to British life and property in his operations
in the Adriatic, and a British vessel of war will
probably be present during any such operations.
PRAGUE, June 22.

The Prussians have passed across the heights
of Holledorf, where they had an encounter with
the Saxon troops. They have seized 12 locomotives
in Plauen.

VIENNA, June 22.

Nothing authentic is known respecting the nature
of the communications made by the French Am-
bassador to Count Mensdorff.

The Nieue Freie Presse asserts the following to
be an analysis of those communications :
" There is no sort of agreement between France
and Prussia or Italy whereby France could be com-
pelled to take part in the war. She has preserved
her full liberty of action, and, as regards the Italian
question, she will not abandon her present reserved
policy as long as the existence of the Italian king-
dom in its present limits is not menaced by an
Austrian Victory. If Austria will undertake that,
in the event of her successfully repelling the Italian
attack and marching into Italy, she will advance
no further than Milan, France will not only not
interfere, but will, during the negotiations for
peace, assist in bringing about a definitive settle-
ment of the relations between Austria and Italy,
and the conclusion of a durable peace. She will
further propose that Italy shall pay Austria an
adequate indemnity for the latter's renunciation of
the fruits of victory."
Herr Sterger, the Swiss Charge d'Affaires at this
Court, is dead.

GREECE.
PARIS, JUNE 23.
Advices received here from Athens, state that
the Roufous Ministry has tendered its resignation.

THE PRINCIPALITIES.

BUCHAREST, JUNE 22.

Prince Charles of Hohenzollern has issued a pro-
mation, calling for volunteers to join the army, as
military action for the defence of the country will
soon become necessary.