The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-21 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Monday Evening.
The Siecle comments thus upon the proceedings
of the King of Prussia :

" With a single stroke of the pen this great
Monarch Prussiunizes four independent States of
Germany, the Kingdom of Hanover, the Electorate
of Hesse, the Duchy of Nassau, and the city—
formerly free—of Frankfort. This is the needle-
gun applied to diplomacy. These are the brutal
proceedings of war, which survives the war, and in
full peace overthrows the principle of nationalities,
and that of popular Sovereignty. Patience !
Principles die hard.

"The excellent King foresees clearly that the
greater portion of the annexed will not at first be
very delighted with this measure, but do those large
children of peoples know exactly what is good for
them ? Is it not necessary to provide for their
happiness, in spite of themselves? No doubt they
will complain a little ; but in the long run they will
become accustomed to their new situation, and will
finish by acquiring a taste for it. It will be seen

that hereafter they will thank King William, that
good father, for having acted with gentle violence
against them. Besides, M. Bismarck declared to
the Prussian Parliament, iu presenting the project
of law for annexing to Prussia the four States which
were formerly independent, that the King will act
with discretion, he will adhere to forms, and, with
the aid of some regiments, he will compel those new
Prussians who are fools enough not to appreciate
their own happiness to hear reason.

" Vanquished in Prussia, will the principle of na-
tionalities and popular sovereignty be more fortu-
nate in Italy ? Will the populations of Trentin be
consulted upon the question of ascertaining whether
they wish to become Italian, or if they would prefer
to remain under the domination of Austria ? The
future will inform us. That question, to be solved
in one way or the other, will remain the Roman
question with which the political world rightly be-
gins to be occupied. The termination of the Con-
vention of the 15th September approaches, and
there is no doubt, whatever may be said at Rome,
that the clauses of that Convention will be faith-
fully executed as well by France as by Italy."
A letter from Frankfort announces that two
wretches have arrived there among the wounded
from llanau, who were arrested at Bischoffsheim
while in the act of robbing the dead and wounded
on the field of batile. These ruffians cut off the
fingers and ears of the dead in order the more easily
to become possessed of their rings and ear-rings.
Five of them were so employed when discovered,
but they ran off. Two were shot during their flight ;
the other escaped. The two prisoners, well chained,
have been taken to Coblentz, where they will pro-
bably be shot. When taken into custody they had
in their possession 14 watches and about 500 silver
dollars.

An attempt at assassination has been made by a
pupil of the seminary of Bonne Esperarre at Mons,
aged 20. He had been expelled from the school for
misconduct. On Thursday morning he returned to
the school, and said he wished to have a confiden-
tial interview with the Abbe Sporeg, Professor of
the College and Director of the Normal Seminary.
He began a conversation with M. Sporeg, and while
the latter was listening to him with affability and
attention he suddenly drew out a pistol and dis-
charged it at him. The ball struck his forehead, but
fortunately did not penetrate the brain. M. Sporeg
was able to leave the room, but the assassin followed
him and struck him on the head with his pistol. He
ran off, but was arrested. The wounds are serious,
but it is hoped will not prove mortal.

The Journal du Havre has a mysterious account
of the finding of two bodies, one that of a man of
from 40 to 45, the other of a woman about 26.
They were found in a boat on the Seine, near the
old abbey of Grestain. The boat has the word
Havre on the stern. It is supposed that they were
murdered, and many conjectures are in circulation
at Havre on the subject. The police are endea-
vouring to obtain some clue to the mystery.
M. Cordier, clerk to a stockbroker, was rather
badly served in return for a good action during the
fete. A child was knocked down, and would have
been trampled on, but M. Cordier, who is a power-
ful man, succeeded in extricating him, and carried

him on his shoulders out of the crowd. After
doing this he almost immediately perceived that
while his bands were engaged and his attention was
diverted towards the child, some heartless ruffian
had robbed him of his purse and his watch.
Not the least of the celebrities of Paris is a street
astronomer, M. Billault. He is generally to be
found in the evening in the Place Vendome, where
he fixes a splendid telescope, said to have cost a
thousand pounds. On the pavement he draws with
chalk a sort of programme of what is to be seen
during the evening. This is artistically executed in
white and black, and there is sometimes much wit
in the title he gives to the spectacle of the evening.
The price for a peep at the moon or any of the
planets is half a franc or fivepence, but, with a view
to extend a taste for science among the working
classes, he will allow a poor man to look at half
price. One evening the Abbe Moiguo, who is
equally noted for religion, science, and amiability,
arrived in the Place Vendome. The announcement
on the pavement was, " This evening the comet is
visible." " What," said the abbe, " have you seen
a comet up there?" " Yes,Monsieur l'Abbe," said M.
Billault, " look through the telescope for yourself."
The erudite priest mounted the ladder for the pur-
pose. He saw the comet perfectly, and said, " But
the Observatory is not aware that there is a comet
in Paris. When you discovered it in your obser-
vations upon the clouds, why did you not give them
notice?" " The Observatory," replied M. Billault
with a smile, "is in competition against me." At
night M. Billault shows the moon to the Parisians
when she is to be seen, and in the day he exhibits
to them the spots in the sun. On some occasions
he makes a good deal of money, for instance
during an eclipse. He is no vulgar man, but de-
scribes the planets scientifically and wittily. Some
of his pavementary illustrations, if I may be allowed
to coin the word, are very quaint and remarkable,
and I think a little notice of this astronomer is
not inappropriate, at all events in The Sun, upon
which he bestows so much time and attention.

La Liberte, remarking upon the project of law
for the annexation presented to the Prussian Cham-
ber, says in reference to the first article, which has
the words nous prenons—we take—" We take—that
is candid, that is sincere--there is nothing hypocri-
tical about it. We take. But this right of Prussia
is the right of force, and this right of force may to
morrow be that of France. What will vanquished
Prussia then have to oppose to her ? What can
she reply to France, saying in her turn, We take?"
Prince de Metternich has resigned his post as
Austrian Ambassador at Paris, and will only re-
main here until his successor shall be appointed.
Mdlle. Constance Braschi, a descendant of Pope
Pius VI., has been married at Rome to Count
Zucchini.

It is not the Prince Hohenzollern who was at
Paris last winter who has died from his wounds at
Sadowa, but Antoine de Hohenzollern, third son of
Prince Charles Antoine de Hohenzollern and the
Princess Josephine of Baden. Prince Leopold, who
was at Paris, is the eldest son.

Last evening, just after my letter was posted,
there was a storm of thunder and lightning which
lasted till about seven o'clock. It was not very vio-
lent, but the rain formed a sort of mimic torrent in
the streets and suburbs. To-day it has been warm
and agreeable, but with dark clouds and occasional
slight rain. It was a pleasant day.

The libretto of " Don Carlos" has been read at
the opera, and the rehearsals will shortly take place
under Verdi's personal direction. It will be recol-
lected that M. Faure, who was to have played a
principal character written for him, has died since
the opera was commenced.

EXTRAORDINARY-- CASE.—On Monday, the 23d
ult., Christina Macarthur, residing with her parents at 13,
Holmscroft-street, Greenock, while amusing herself on a
stair at tenement 28, Ann-street, got, unobserved, outside
of the rail, and in attempting to get over upon the roof of
a cellar fell headlong to the paved court below, a depth of
some 18ft., striking her head heavily. She was picked up
by Mrs. Vosper, a neighbour, to all appearance lifeless.
Dr. who resides nearly opposite, was immediately
in attendance, and from him we gather the following par-
ticulars :—" I found the child utterly motionless and breath-
less, and to all appearances dead. Her head was twisted
beneath the loft shoulder, and almost reversed on thebody.
I began to examine whether, and if so, whereabouts the
skull alight be fractured, when Mrs. Vosper, who had the
child in her lap, told me the neck, not the head, was broken,
and that, therefore, medical aid was useless. I saw at once
that the relation of the neck with the head was unnatural,
and, instead of waiting for a nice diagnosis, proceeded touso
means of reduction. With this object I supported the back
with the left knee, took a grasp of the head, and began to
pull gradually and pretty strong. I had not pulled much
when the patient's eyes opened, and an attempt was made at
breathing. As a physiological test of the nature of the in-
jury I ceased pulling, when immediately every phenomenon
of life ceased as before. I then pulled strongly, and the
parts came to the natural position with a snap, exactly as
occurs after the reduction of displacements, but not so
audibly. Immediately the eyes opened, and shortly after-
wards gasping took place, and in a minute or so breathing
was established. The child was then carried upstairs, while
I continued to keep the head and neck steady. We placed
her on a hard, narrow bed, and in the best position possible,
by means of pillows. Mrs. Vosper undertook to remain
beside her to guard against any movement of the head.
Tho head, however, was disturbed during the night, and
convulsions supervened, which ceased, however, as soon
as the head was kept steady by the hand. Then came
vomiting of dark matter, followed by much heat and much
disturbance. I caused tho neck to be well leeched, and a
counter irritant to be applied to the epigastrium, on which
the convulsions disappeared. To secure rest laudanum
was administered, after which the patient slept. During
sleep heat was kept down by means of iced water applied
to :the head. Next morning the patient appeared more
lively ; but the least movement produced distortion of the
features and a minor convulsive movement. She was quite
sensible, but could neither articulate nor swallow. To-
wards mid-day she could articulate most words, but was
deficient in pronouncing linguals. A few hours afterwards
she could both swallow and speak. As there was much
disturbance of both cerebral and respiratory organs .1 gave
her ten grains of calomel, which soon settled her down.
The child's neck is still distorted to the right side, and for
this a stay support is being made ; the child is progressing
favourably."—North British Mail.

EXHIBITION OF STOLEN GOODS.—On Monday
night last a cabman was invited by his fare to take some-
thing to drink in a publichouse in the Southwark-bridge-
road. On returning to the cab the fare found that his
carpet-bag had been taken away. A police-constable was
called, and Robinson, 48 P, traced the bag to a boy named
Thomas Shea. The police at once went to the house where
he lived, and found him. He acknowledged that he had
taken the bag, and sold it in the Waterloo-road for 6s.
He went with the constable to a tobacconist's shop in the
Waterloo-road where he had sold the bag. The constable
knocked at the door and was answered by a woman, who
inquired out of the window what he wanted. The con-
stable, thinking it very strange for a tobacconist to buy pro-
perty, and having an idea that there was more inside, told
the woman he had gone there to find a girl who had
been taken away from her parents. The woman not
knowing the real object of the constable told him there was
no girl there, and also said he might go in and see. The
constable went in and the first thing he saw was the missing
carpet-bag. He at once took the woman and a man (who
gave his name as Evans) into custody, and afterwards made
a minute search of the house, where he found an enormous
quantity of stolen goods. With the assistance of Gibbs,
345 P, the whole of it was taken to Carter-street police-sta-
tion, where it has now been arranged and remains for the
inspection of those of the public who have at various times
lost property. Some of it has been already identified, and
is said to have been stolen as long back as 18 months. A
correct list of the property has just been completed. Among
the most valuable of the articles are the following :
Four gold and 14 silver watches, 11 gold rings, one pair of
worked ear drops, six broken earrings, 14 brooches, one
heart set with brilliants in silver, one red coral brooch,
(carved), six bracelets, 13 chains, of which three are Albert,
eight rings of various descriptions, a silver medal (soldiers)
engraved "Stephen Poletti," seven silver and a large num-
ber of electroplated spoons, sugar-tongs, tea and coffee-pots,
93 pencil cases-72 silver and 21 gold—many of which aro
set with single rows of turquoise ; 48 knives, pen and table;
12 scent-bottles (silver tops), seven papiermache boxes,
three of which have a dog painted upon the lid, and
are a set of much value ; about 100 jet and imita-
tion brooches, and about 100 ladies' gilt waist buckles;
a Chinese workbox ; a largo quantity of Berlin wool, two
dozen gilt cord hair-nets on rollers; large quantities of
dimity and carpeting, a large marble timepiece, 44 pairs of
ladies' boots, a large quantity of Slitiss bronze figures, 11
pieces of'cotton prints, four muslin curtains, two pieces of
silk velvet, 18 pieces of Alpaca (uncut), 33 silk scarves,
33 silk neckties, ten silk handkerchiefs, two silk umbrellas,
six table-covers, 29 pockethandkerchiefs, 17 waistcoats, a
number of silk dresses (some apparently of Indian make),
a very costly and handsome shawl of muslin inlaid with
white satin and crotchet chain, a quantity of black silk
veils, 15 dozen unfinished habit shirts, 16 ladies' white
petticoats, a number of Prayer-books, 14 elastic shirts, and
three black silk mantles. There are besides miscellaneous
articles too numerous to mention, but which may be seen
on application tQ Inspector Dann, at the Carter-Street
police otation.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(RELTTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AUSTRIA AND ITALY.

VIENNA, Aug. 21.

The Vienna papers of this morning announce that
the settlement of the Venetian question in principle
will be effected at Vienna, and that General Mena-
brea is expected to arrive here in the capacity of
Italian plenipotentiary.

It is added that the definitive negotiations for
peace between Austria and Italy will probably also
be conducted at Vienna.

MILAN, Aug. 20.

News received here from Trent states that Genera
Kuhn, the Austrian commander of that district,
ordered the municipalities of Trent to give a public
fete on the occasion of the birthday of the Emperor
Francis Joseph.

The municipality, however, declined to obey with-
out written orders to that effect from the Austrian

authorities.

SPAIN.

MADRID, Aug. 20, Evening.

A decree of the Minister of Finance has been
published, ordering the governors of the provinces
to accelerate the alienation and liquidation of the

national property.

AMERICA.

(BY ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 18.
President Johnson ignores the blockade of Mata

moras.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW Yoiu Aug. 17 (Evening).
Gold, 150 D Exchange on London, 1591 ; 5-20
United States Bonds, 1101; cotton, 34k.
VALENTIA, Aug. 21.
A telegram from Newfoundland announces that
the communication on the land lines recently inter-
rupted has been restored.

FRANCE AND BELGIUM.

PARIS, August 21.

The Moniteur of this morning, alluding to the
analysis of a letter recently published, and alleged
to have been addressed by the Emperor to the
King of the Belgians, says :—" This intelligence is
erroneous. Although it is true that the French
Minister for Foreign Affairs has informed the Bri-
tish Government that France would not demand
the fortresses of Marienburg and Philippeville,
which are in the hands of a neutral Power, it is
not correct that the Emperor has written to the
King of the Belgians."

PARIS, Aug. 20.—Two o'clock.—The market
opened firmly at, in some cases, a slight advance on
Saturday's prices, and some considerable purchases
have had the effect of producing a still further im-
provement. This, however, does not apply to all
Securities, as French Threes were done at 69f. 5c.,
or sc. lower ; Italian Fives at 52f. 90c., or a rise of
35c. ; Mobilier at 646 f. 25c., or 3f. 75c. higher ;
Comptoir d'Escompte at 870 f., or sf. lower. Credit
Foncier were unchanged at 1,302 f. 50c. A little
more animation has been visible in the Railway
Market, more especially in Lombard.

Three o'clock —The
scarcely any alteration, a
41 per Cents 9B 50
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. _ 69 171

iarket has closed with
follows :
Bank Shares 3550
Italian Loan 52 70
Do. end month
52 85

D. end month 69 Oo
Credit Mobilier 643 75
Do. end month

➢iexican Loan 2B
Do. Bonds 172 50
Spanish Threes

Credit Foncier 1300
Do. end month 1303

Home Debt --
Deferred

RAILWA.YB.

For Account.
Orleans
Northern 1135
Lyons and Mediterranean —
Southern 535
Western 560
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 3BB 75
North of Spain lO2 50
Saragossa —
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

The CANNON-STREET RAILWAY STATION.—The
station, now that it is cleared, presents a very imposing ap-
pearance, with its spacious platforms and its six rows of
handsome globular lamps. The segmental roof is wider in
a single span and longer than the roof of any other building
in London. At the inner corners of the station there are to
the right the station master's offices, and adjoining them the
bullion office. At the opposite corner there are spacious
refreshment rooms, the neat booking office for local traffic',
and Messrs. Smith and Sons bookstall, at appropriate dis-
tances on the edge of the wide cross platform at the inner
end of the station. The principal booking offices and waiting
rooms, with the entrance and exit to and from the station
platforms are, as at Charing-cross, on and through the
ground floor of the hotel, which at Cannon-street is reached
by a long range of easy steps, the breasts of which are of
strong glass, by which light roaches the basement. The
nine lines in the station aro reduced to five lines iu
crossing the bridge. On reaching the Surrey side the
line curves to the loft continuously till it reaches the
straight for London-bridge. The Charing-cross branch
strikes off to the right at the fork and describes Hogarth's
line of beauty—an easy ogee curve. The junction is close
to Barclay and Perkins' brewery, which is to the right
coming outwards, and passes close to some ancient villas,
such as a few left in Southwark were once surrounded
by orchards and lawns, in the days when the Bishop of
Winchester bad his palace in the locality. At the junction
an additional line is added, giving three lines each way to
Charing-cross on the one hand, and to London-bridge on
the other. Engine-sheds, turntables for engine and tender,
sidings, and other conveniences occupy a large space near
this junction. The first rehearsal on Tuesday was superin-
tended by Mr. Eborall and Mr. Knight. The train, after
discharging its passengers on the High Level at London-
bridge, at 9 30, passed on to Cannon-street station, which
it reached in three minutes. The empties which have
hitherto run into London-bridge low level will now, until
run on for practice to Cannon-street station,
the opening,
and returning to London-bridge at their appointed times
take up their passengers there.—Railway News.
MODERN POPULAR SONGS.—The decline and fall
of the popular song has been sudden and rapid.
Loss than twenty years ago we were still singing My
Pretty Jane, the Maids of Merry England, and Phillis is
my only Joy. We rarely hear songs of this character sung
now, and there are no new songs of the same class to take
their place. The successor of My Pretty Jane was the
Ratcatcher's Daughter ; of Phillis, Naughty Jemima
Brown. My Pretty Jane was a foolish thing to be sure,
but if we did press her to meet us—meet us in the willow
glen when the bloom was on the rye (for no par-
ticular reason, at that floral season, except that she
was "shy"), she did not outrage our feelings by
taking too much to drink and cutting away with a chap
that drives an ugly donkey-cart. Phillis was a
very different young woman from Jemima Brown. She
was faithless, it is true, like Jemima ; but she was faithless
"as the winds and seas," not as a pair of sixteen-shilling
trousers made not to sit down in. The pretty, pleasing
(though foolish) sentimental ballad has almost entirely
disappeared, and instead of celebrating woman's loveliness
and grace, we sing of her ugliness and disgrace, with
" Now, then, all together," and she stabbed herself with
the carving knife, and a right fol do riddle 10l de ray.
Murder and suicide have become exceedingly comic in
these days. The carving-knife and the waterbutt are the
modern dagger and bowl, and their mortal effects aro in
variably celebrated in a chorus of jubilation.—Dickens's
" All the Year Round."

WINCHESTER COLLEGE. —An election to aFellow-
ship of this college will be holden on Thursday, Sept. 27
prox. By the ordinances of the Oxford University Con.-
rnissioners it is provided that—" Tho preference given by
the original statutes to those who are or have been Fel-
lows of New College shall be extended alike to the master,
usher, and assistant-masters of the school of Winchester
College for the time being, and to those who should have
hold any of the said offices." No candidate is eligible un-
less ho is in priest's orders.
CHOLERA.--It is important that the public should
be acquainted with the best means for preventing
the spread of this pestilence. The leading medical autho-
rities recommend the use of MCDOUGALL'S DISINFECTANTS
as the cheapest and most efficient. They combine the
good effects of Carbolic and Sulphurous Acids, the disin-
fection being permanent, and not temporary only, as is the
case with mere deodorisers, such as Chloride of Lime, &c
Messrs. MCDOUGALL will forward "Suggestions for the
Prevention of Cholera " on application at their deptits:
London, 11, Arthur-street West, Loudon-bridge Man-
chester, Riga-street, Shuttehil