The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EV.P.;NINGr, MARCH 15, 1866."!

ret larde T 1 it so much that the chief object of it has
be( mfr ustrated. It ought to have been passed with
de patcli, with stringent provisions for the move-
me At Qf cattle, As it is the Government have taken
they, whole resF,onsibility of the matter into their
'Pin hands, • tind if they do not make much more

progress tha, u they have hitherto done, and exercise
a little more discretion, they will incur just
censure, am 1 increase the odium that already rests
upon the4ol r their unwise and unmistakable conduct.
Precious time is being lost in not attending to most
important points connected with the traffic of cattle,
the cleanimg of railway trucks, &c. Mr. READ re-
marked that the history of tho cattle plague has
shown that " whatever interests might be represented
in the Government, but little weight was given to
the farming interest." This calamity, however,
affects all i•aterests more or less, and it is a subject
in which tl'ic whole community are concerned. One
thing is q'aite certain, that the cattle plague might
have been greatiy mitigated, if not altogether ex-
tinguished, if the authorities had acted promptly,
but they now seem to emulate the dog in the manger,
and to be unwilling to permit any one else to do that
which they have not effected themselves.

We are sorry to find that the Sabbatarians
yesterday afternoon achieved a decided victory, and
that after a manner most congenial to Sabbatarians
—by interfering with other people's business. It is
certainly a contemptible manner of legislating by
deputy for the Scotch members to decide upon what
is right and what is wrong for the inhabitants of
Ireland ! Yet such seems to be the case. A bill
enacting the very moderate provision that every
railway company which carries passengers six days
in the week shall be obliged to run one train each
way on Sundays, unless excused by the Board of
Trade, has been thrown out by a conclusive
majority. Last year 53 Scotch members combined
against it, and defeated it with some difficulty.
This year a more formidable opposition has pre-
sented itself, and has rejected it by 200
to 83. The consequence is, that while 32 out of
the 35 railways in Ireland run Sunday trains, the
remaining three do not, and as all other public
traffic on the roads has been stopped by the iron
highways the people in Waterford and Limerick
must remain in statu quo during 24 hours, whatever
urgent necessity, illness or business, may require
their presence at the other end of the useless line.
Taken in the religious aspect, it is clearly a case
for the Irish to settle, and the Scotch members have
no more right to interfere with the running of the
Sunday trains than they have to compel the people
of Limerick to attend the Kirk instead of the Mass.
Taken in a financial question it is simple nonsense
to pretend that running one train each way can
bring a company to ruin ; if so the clause of the
bill proviies exemption. In either case we can only
regret the triumph of intolerance and fanaticism as
calculated to do in every way more harm than good.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

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

The continued discussion in the Legislative Body
upon the subject of agriculture has no further in-
terest for English readers ; but yesterday M.
Forcade de la Roquette, Vice-President of the
Council of State, made some statements respecting
the cattle disease which are well worth translation.
Ile said that the contagious typhus which had
visited England and Holland with such disas-
trous results had not, with the exception of a
few isolated cases, yet reached France. English
legislation upon this subject deserved praise
upon certain points ; but there were omissions
and imperfections in it. England had had a cruel
experience of the disease, which had been propa-
gated with frightful rapidity. Out of 117,000
animals attacked with the malady 113,000 had
died, 20,000 had been slaughtered, and 43,000 were
now suffering from the disease. In France the
ravages of the disease had been arrested by the
energetic measures adopted. Belgium had not suf-
fered so much as England. Only 476 oxen had
been attacked ; but a new and unexpected incident
had arisen—the sheep had experienced the effect of
the disease. The malady at last reached France.
It was introduced by a cow which had been sold at
the market at Mons. Forty-three animals had
been affected with the disease. The value of these
animals was 14,000 f. The Minister then minutely
described the energetic measures which had been
taken to prevent the propagation of the disease,
and mentioned—what I was enabled to state several
days ago—that two professors of veterinary surgery
had been charged with the mission of inquiring into
the disease in foreign countries. It had been proved
by the investigations of scientific men that the
malady was eminently contagious, and spread
exclusively by contact. It had never manifested
itself spontaneously in the western part of Europe,
but had been brought from the steppes of Russia and
Hungary by animals labouring under the disease.
The remedy was, therefore, indicated by the nature
of the disease. It was to prevent contact with
animals affected by it. From September to Decem-
ber the measures adopted kept away the disease from
France, but in the latter month two gazelles, brought
from England to the_garden of acclimitation in the
Bois de Boulogne, had the germs of the disease.
Several of the animals there were attacked, 17 were
killed, and the disease was stopped. Thus upon
two occasions the typhus was successfully overcome,
and there was all reason to hope that the measures
adopted would preserve the country from the
scourge. The present was not the first time that
a contagious disease had manifested itself among
horned cattle. It was imported into France in the
last century, and also in 1814 by the allied army.
The Minister then discussed the question of indem-
nity for the loss incurred by killing animals. The
English Parliament awarded the half of the value,
and, under these circumstances, the French Govern-
ment admitted that a third was insufficient. The
subject, however, was under the consideration of the
Council of State, and full justice would be done
between all concerned. The proprietor whose animal
was killed was himself interested in the extinction
of the malady, and could not be considered as a
person who had no desire to be preserved from the
scourge. For him to claim the total value of the
animal destroyed was to go quite beyond the mark.
(That is true.) The Government, therefore, though
opposing the amendment which has this object,
promised to examine the question carefully with the
view of augmenting the rate of indemnity. This
declaration satisfied the Chamber.
The Theatre at Brest has been entirely destroyed
by fire. The fire occurred in the day time, after
rehearsal, and spread with such rapidity that, in
spite of the exertions of the firemen and the assist-
ance of the inhabitants, in a few hours the building
was only a heap of ruins. No personal injury was
sustained. Had the fire taken place at night no
doubt the consequences would have been serious,
for the theatre was badly constructed, and the mode
of egress very deficient. The theatre was built in
1780. It was insured for 180,000 f., but this sum is
very insignificant compared with the value of the
property deAtroyed.
There is great activity in the manufacture of
sugar from beet-root in France, and the quantity
manufactured is much on the increase. The quan-
tity manufactured during the month of July last was
226,061,180 kilogrammes, against 135,370,628
kilogrammes at the corresponding period of last
year, being an increase of 90,675,498 kilogrammes.
(A kilogramme is 21bs.) There was manufactured
in the month of January last sugar to the value of
44 millions of francs, against 14 millions in 1865,
and this with only 21 manufactories in activity. It
results from accurate tables that the total manu-
facture of the season will amount to, if not exceed,
250 millions of kilogrammes. The quality of the
plant was last year exceptionally good, and the pro-
duo of Augu between 7 and 8 per cent., which is

considered as a real phenomenon in France. By
improvement in the process a much greater quantity
of saccharine matter is DOW obtained than hereto-
fore.

Some of the restaurateurs of Paris have lately
been victimised by a clever thief. An individual
of distinguished manners and wearing a decoration,
after partaking of an excellent dinner, asks for a
newspaper, and, watching his opportunity, throws
the paper carelessly on the table, but so as to con-
ceal the spoons and forks. Thus he is enabled to
slip one or two of them into his pocket, and they
are not missed till the plate is counted late at night.
A very rich Swedish Prince is now in Paris, who
distinguished himself by various eccentricities. He
has driven an equipage in the Champs Elysdes which
attracted such immense crowds that he was obliged
to retire to his hotel. His carriage is a Norwegian
droiska, which is drawn by fourteen Norway dogs,
and the Prince drives them with great ease and
celerity.
In addition to the volcanic phenomena at the
Island of Santorin, accounts have just been received
in Paris of alarming and peculiar eruptions at
Mount Etna.

Although another candidate is announced for the
perilous honour of presiding over the Danubian
Principalities—the brother of the reigning Duke of
Hesse Darmstadt—yet the Presse of Vienna states
a singular fact, tending to show that the:Provisional
Government of Roumania is still determined to
have the Count de Flandre to rule over those pro-
vinces whether he will or not. They sent a despatch
to Baron Chazal, Minister of War for the kingdom
of Belgium, in the name of the army of Roumania,
thanking the Belgian army for its " fraternal sym-
pathy," and also expressing fidelity and devotion to
the Count de Flandro, our august Sovereign."
Baron de Chazal mildly and discreetly left the ex-
pression unnoticed, arid, in his reply to this strange
address, merely expressed his sympathy with the
Belgian army, and said he " sincerely desired the
prosperity of the Danubian Principalities."

The weather has been very fine and bright to-
day, but we have had occasional showers of snow
and sleet.

Dinner to General Sir Hope Grant.

Lieut.-General Sir James Hope Grant, K.C.8.,
was entertained last evening by the members of the
London Scottish Rifle Volunteer Corps at a dinner,
which was given in St. James's Hall, to celebrate
the appointment of that distinguished officer to the
post of honorary colonel of the corps, in which he
succeeds the late Lord Clyde. Upwards of 400 of
the volunteers and their friends sat down to dinner,
and the gallery was almost filled with ladies.

The chair was taken by Lord Elcho, lieutenant-
colonel of the regiment, Gen. Grant occupying the
seat of honour at the chairman's right hand.
Among the company present we also noticed Lord
Campbell, Admiral Bethune, Sir S. Donaldson, Sir
W. Fergusson, Colonel Colville, Sir R. Murchison
(who, as an hon. member of the corps, appeared in
the uniform of the regiment), the Hon. A.Kinnaird,
Col. Erskine, Hon. Major Anson, Col. M'Murdo,
Sir J. Henry, Col. Baker, and Capt. Roupell.
The band of the regiment played a variety of airs
during and after dinner.
On the withdrawal of the cloth the customaryloyal
and patriotic toasts were proposed by the CHAIRMAN.
Col. M'Mußpo, in responding for the army, called
attention to the fact that on the withdrawal of the
regular troops from the war in New Zealand the
task of terminating the war in which they had been
engaged had been left to the volunteers of that
country ; and he remarked that, although the sol-
diers who had been recalled regretted that they had
not been allowed to finish the work theyhad begun,
they were delighted to leave it in such good hands.
The gallant colonel next referred to the cliscipline,of
of the British soldier, and the patience he exhibited
under the sore trials he was frequently exposed to
through neglect and inattention to his comforts and
necessities, and glancing at the insufficiency of the
recruiting system in furnishing good men to the
army, the gallan t officer observed that, in his opinion,
the army would have been better recruited than it
had been if his suggestion that the pay of the soldier
should be doubled and a portion of it placed in a
savings bank until the expiration of his service,
when the accumulated sum should be given to him,
had been adopted.
AdmiraIERSKINE responded on behalf of the Navy,
and Col. EnsKiNE on behalf of the Volunteers.

The CHAIMIAN then proposed the toast of the
evening—" The health of Lieut.-Gen. Hope Grant."
(Great cheering.) He stated that his gallant friend
had descended from a very old family, whose name
had been mentioned in Scripture, but owing to the
use of the letter i instead of the letter r, the name
had been altered, the passage in which it occurred
reading, " Now there were giants in those days,"
when the word should have been " grants."
(Laughter.) In early life General Grant had
distinguished himself as
the best " golfer " in
Scotland, having won the St. Andrew's medal
by his skill in that pastime ; and not only was he
an excellent fiddler, but his violoncello had in fact
been the foundation of his fortune, for through the
recommendation Sir David Bruce had given him as
a good fiddler he had received his appointment of
aide-de-camp to Lord Saltoun, and the two went
fiddling out to China, where they made the Chinese
dance to a music that was entirely new to them.
(Laughter.) After this the gallant officer had dis-
tinguished himself in the Sikh war, and to the hon-
ourS gained in that campaign he subsequently added
the laurels he had achieved in the Indian mutiny.
At Delhi he protected the camp against the sepoy
mutineers. At Cawnpore he routed a body of the
insurgents and captured a number of guns, and ad-
vanced with Lord Clyde to the final relief at Luck-
now. He was subsequently engaged in hunting
down the mutineers in Oude. Lord Clyde had said
of him that he never made a mistake in the orders

he received, and was a man in whom he (Lord Clyde)
could place implicit confidence. (Cheers.) After
the repression of the Indian mutiny, General Grant
proceeded a second time to China, where he greatly
distinguished himself in the vigorous assault he
ordered upon the forts of Peiho, in the face of a
protest from his colleague the French commander-

,a-chief. (Cheers.) It was expected, on the retire

ment of Sir Hugh Rose from the chief command of
the army in India, that the appointment would have
been given to General Grant; but Lord Halifax
bestowed it elsewhere, and General Grant came
home to fulfil the duties of Quartermaster-General
at the Horse Guards, where he would doubtless
render efficient service to the army. _ _

The toast was received with full Highland honours.
Sir HOPE GRANT, on rising, was received with
loud cheers. He thanked the company for the
manner in which his health had been received, and
_ _ _ _

observed that when four years ago he had had the
good fortune to witness the evolutions of the Lon-
don Scottish Volunteers on parade he thought he
had never witnessed a finer body of men. He
had not been able to be with them on parade since
he had been appointed to the colonelcy, because his
duties at the Horse Guards were at present very
heavy, but he hoped to be able to inspect them in
the summer. He gave some interesting details of
his experience in the Indian mutiny, stating that
although most of the mutineers were very bad
characters, yet they were a very fine body of men,
and he gave a remarkable instance of fidelity on the
part of a sepoy, who, in a night attack, when Gen.
Grant had his horse shot down, proffered him an-
other he rode, the offer being made at the imminent
risk of his life. He refused to accept it, but laid
hold of the tail of the horse and was dragged out of
the melee ; and the next day when he offered the
sepoy a recompense in money it was refused. He
concluded by expressing his thanks for the honour
done him, and expressed his gratification at being
placed in command of so fine a corps of volunteers
as the London Scottish.
The toast of " The House of Lords" was then
given, and acknowledged
bLyotrhde Hon.
A
Campbell ;
Kainnd
House _
naird, M.P. Various other toasts were given, in-
cluding the health of the noble chairman and Lady
Elcho, and the proceedings terminated.

POLITICAL ON DIT.—It was rumoured in South
Shields on Tuesday that Mr. Ingham, M.P. for Sunder-
land, intended resigning his seat in favour of Nr. Henry
Fwawick, lately unseated.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

RE-APPEARANCE OF CHOLERA IN
EGYPT.

MARSEILLES, MARCH 15.

The journals of this city confirm the intelligence
that a quarantine of one month was established at
Malta last Monday for all arrivals from Alexandria.
They do not, however, explain the cause of this
measure, although a statement is made that cholera
has re-appeared in Egypt. The latest Alexandria
papers received here, bearing date the Bth inst., only
mention a total of 16 deaths.

ITALY.
FLORENCE, MARCH 15.

The Superior Council of Public Health has or-
dered a quarantine of seven days for all vessels ar-
riving at Italian ports from Egypt.
It is stated that Signor Carraciola Bella has been
appointed Italian Ambassador at Madrid, and Emile
Visconti Venosta at Constantinople.
Prince Napoleon left here this morning for Leg-
horn.

SPAIN.

MADRID, MARCH 14 (Evening).

It is rumoured that General Olano will replace
General Dulce in the Captain Generalship of Cuba,
General Cordova being appointed to the Director-
ship of Infantry, thus left vacant by General Olano.
General Messina, it is added, will re-assume the
post of Chief of the Staff.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE ALLEMANIA.
(Via Southampton.)

The Hamburgh and American Company's steamship
Allemania brings 199 passengers for Southampton, Ham-
burg, and Havre, and the usual mails. She also brings
$62,000 for France and $1,200 for Hamburg. Three miles
outside New York the Allemania passed the Hamburg
barque Eugenie bound west, and off Fire Island a French
steamer bound for New York. The first part of the pas-
sage she experienced westerly winds and snow storms,
subsequently changing winds, unsettled weather, and high
seas. The last few days northerly winds and fine weather.
NEW YORK, March 3 (Morning).

Numerous delegations have visited President Johnson
to offer him their support. Mr. Johnson, in replying to
them, reiterated his determination to continue his policy,
•
regardless of opposition or taunts. He spoke hopefully of
the future of the country, and believed that all would
come right, despite Southern secession and the extremists
of the Northern consolidation party, both of whom la-
boured equally to destroy the Government. By the early
restoration of the South its products would be brought
into commerce, thus extending the area of circulation for
the currency, whereby financial disaster would be averted.
The Senate has adopted the resolution of the re,:•oustruc-
tion committee, excluding the Southern representatives,
until Congress declares the rebellious States to be entitled
to representation, by 29 against 18 votes.

The New York Times represents the Cabinet to be en-
tirely united in favour of President Johnson's policy.

The United States Public Debt, on March 1, was
$2,820,000,000, being an increase of three and a-half millions
since last month.

Lloyd Garrison has delivered a public discourse, vio-
lently denouncing President Johnson, and charging him
with intending, if ho dared, to make a coup detat, either
by forcing the rebels into Congress at the point of the
bayonet, or by driving the Congress out of the Capitol.
The President, he said, ought to be tried by both houses
and dismissed from office.

The Republican caucus have appointed a committee to
inaugurate determined political measures against Presi-
dent Johnson's policy. The opinion gains ground that
the reconstruction committee will shortly report in favour
of the admission of the Tennessee members to Congress.
The Senate has adopted a resolution reiterating the re-
quest to the President for information regarding the Pro-
visional Governments in the South.

The military committee of the House of Representatives
have reported a resolution to disband the Southern militia
to prevent their reorganisation.
The House has postponed until the 10th of April the
consideration of the constitutional amendment empower-
ing Congress to legislate to secure to the citizens of each
State the rights of citizens of the several States. This is
considered a virtual defeat of the amendment.
A resolution has been introduced in the House, and re-
ferred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, declaring that
the employment of French troops in the further conquest
of Mexico would be a violation of the pledge made by
Napoleon in his recent speech to the French Chambers.
The House adopted the resolution, asking the President for
information regarding the extension of Juarez's term of
office.

Tho Committee of Ways and Means have reported a
bill to regulate trade with Canada.
The New York Herald says that Mr. Seward during his
trip to the West Indies concluded negotiations with Den-
mark securing to the United States the use of the harbour
of St. Thomas as a place of rendezvous for the Federal
fleet.

The suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland
has caused intense sensation in Fenian circles, and meet-
ings have been called throughout the country to determine
their course of action. Upon receipt of the intelligence
O'Mahony immediately issued a circular from the military
department, urging the people to be prepared for imme-
diate action, and look out for secret orders.
The Roberts' faction have also held a meeting. A large
Fenian demonstration will take place at Jones-wood, New
York, on Sunday next, to express sympathy with the
prisoners in Ireland, and denounce the suspension of the
Habeas Corpus Act. Another meeting will be held at the
Cooper Institute on Friday.

Al a Ministerial dinner in Canada Mr. M'Donald stated
that the confederation of tho provinces would be certain to
take place in a few weeks. He said Canada had now
2,000 well-drilled militia officers. Mr. Galt denied that
Canada was made subordinate to the United States in the
recent reciprocity negotiations, and recommended the cul-
tivation of trade with the lower provinces:of South America
and Europe. He also said that the enlargement of the
canals must for the present be postponed.
The Edinburgh, the City of Manchester, the Asia, and
the North America have arrived out.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, MARcH 3 (Morning).

Money tight. Gold, 134. Exchange on London, 1471 ;

ditto Paris, 383.1. Stocks slightly firmer. New York Cen-
trals, 914 ; Illinois, 1151 ; Erio, 86 ; 5-20 Bonds, 103 i.
Cotton slightly firmer. Mid. Upland, 44. Flour very firm.
Wheat good inquiry. Corn slightly firmer. Provisions
and coffee steady. Sugar and molasses steady. Petroleum
dull. Crude, 28 ; refined, 45.
NEW ORLEANS, F. 27.
Cotton, 45 to 46. Three days sales, 8,000 bales.

MEXICO.
Advices received here via Havannah stata that the Impe-
rialists captured and sacked Alamos on Feb. 7th. The
town was defended by the Liberals for 7 hours. The Im-
perialists continued successful in different parts.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, March 14, Three o'clock.—The market
closed at the following quotations :

41 per Cents 97 50
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 69 60
Do. end month 69 70
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month
Bank Shares 3600
Credit Foneier
Italian Loan 6l 80
Do. end month 6l 70
RAIL

Roman '—
Ottoman Fives —
Mexican Loan 4B 50
Do. Bonds 307 50
Russian
Austrian__

Spanish Threes
Home Debt

Deferre,

'AYE.
Cash.

Ac it.

..• _
▪ - •.. 882 50
••• - - 1140
..• ▪ •.• 910 -
••. 558 75

Orleans .........................
Northern .......................
Lyons and Mediterranean.
Southern
Western
Eastern ............
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

- - ... 548 75
- - ... 138 75
- - ... 408 75
- - ... 417 50

175 -
230 -
97 50
117} 50

We would remind the patrons of the Newsvendors
Benevolent and Provident Institution (president, Charles
Dickens, Esq.) ;,that W. T. Torrens, Esq., M.P., will
take the chair at the annual dinner, to be held on the 20th
inst., at the Freemasons' Torun.