The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-27 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM. PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Thursday Evening.
The Itioniteur, in the course of an explanatory
article relative to the position of affairs, says that
" the conditions upon which the Emperor offered
his good offices are Low well known. Austria was
resolved to abandon Venetia, and thus disappeared
the point of contest for which Italy took up arms.
On the other hand, Prussia obtained advantages
equally important and rapid, and in the North as
well as in the South the moment had arrived to ap-
peal to the pacific sentiments of the Courts of
Vienna, Berlin, and Florence. The French Go-
vernment relied upon the influence of its advice and
the spirit of moderation of the three Cabinets to
attain the object which it had in view. Its expec-

tations have not been disappointed. France will
maintain the same character of amicable mediator
-in the deliberations which are about to commence,
and she will continue to employ her influence to
facilitate the work of pacification, in which she has
invited the belligerents to participate.
" Austria did not accept without painful hesita-
tion the bases of the peace implying her withdrawal
from the tlermanic Confederation. The recollec-
tions which connect that Power with Germany are,
in fact, the most ancient in her history. Neverthe-
less, to judge from the language of the press, the
impression of regret caused by this sacrifice was not
the same in all the provinces of the monarch indis-
tinctly. Opinion has been divided there for many
years in regard to the best course to be adopted
with the Germanic elements which have hitherto

had preponderance in the constitutional organisa-
tion, but which are not predominant if the extent
of territory and amount of population be considered.
The Austrian Government has itself acknowledged
that to strengthen its authority in the interior, and
to establish a real cohesion between so many peoples
differing by nationality, it was necessary to adopt
the idea of a just balance, and the work of conci-
liation undertaken by the present Ministry in
Hungary has no other object. Adopting
this view, several organs of public opi-
nion think that Austria ought to extract
from herself the conditions of her strength and
her prosperity, and that being less engaged with
the affairs of Germany, relieved besides from the
costly burthen of Venetia, she will be more free
to develope the immense resources contained in the
greater portion of the Eastern provinces of the
Empire.

Besides this, it results from a conversation
which M. Bismarck had at Brunn with a former
member of the Austrian Reichsrath, and which ex-
cites much attention at Vienna at this moment, that
the Court of Prussia does not oppose in principle
the proposal that Austria should connect herself by
reciprocal treaties with the Governments of
Southern Germany."
There was a Cabinet Council held at St. Cloud
yesterday, at which the Emperor presided.
The place of meeting for the Plenipotentiaries to
arrange the conditions of peace is not yet fixed.
Should it not be at Paris, France will be represented
wherever it may be by M. Benedetti, who, however,
will be present at the deliberations simply in the
character of a mediator, and will not interfere in
drawing up the protocols.
Almost all the German papers received in Paris
to-day seem to have a sort of regret at the idea of
peace. The Ost Deutsche Post considers that the
principle of Austrian unity is destroyed, the troops
discouraged, and that the defeat in the struggle is
not sustained by the Hungarians, the Poles, or the
Bohemians, but by Austria. In conclusion, it says,
" Let us assert without equivocation such a peace
may be imposed upon us, but it cannot be main-
tained. From the moment of the signature of the
treaty of peace, the only thought will be to begin
the war again and to make the necessary prepara-
tions."

Russia is also discontented. The 211oscolv Ga-
zette, in a semi-official article, says that Russia is
menaced. " Strong and united Germany approaches
nearer anda nearer to our frontiers, and threatens to
take possession of the only sea which insures our
communications with the universe."

It appears that at present Bavaria and the
Southern States of Germany are not included in
the suspension of arms. Prussian troops in great
numbers have entered Hof, in Bavaria, on the
railway from Dresden to Frankfort. The Bth
Federal Corps has joined the Bavarians near
Wurtzbourg.
A letter from Ferrara says :—" The battle of
Lissa was the first naval battle in which the newly-
invented ships have taken part. In this point of
view it must be interesting to men of the naval
profession particularly. As to the Italian navy it
made a glorious debut. The Austrian fleet retreated
towards the island of Lesina. There was every
reason to believe that it was too much disabled to
regain the port of Polo." Lissa is one of the prin-