The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-18 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROJI OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Monday Evening.
The Moniteur states that private despatches from
Vienna announce the arrival in that city of Baron
de Werther, the Representative of Prussia, at the
Austrian Government. They appear to be satisfied
at Vienna with the appointment of this diplomatist,
whose conciliatory spirit inaugurates the resumption
of the diplomatic relations between the Courts of
Vienna and Berlin.
The Siecle contains an elaborate article upon
foreign politics, and examines closely the relative
position of Prussia and Austria. Referring to Elec-
toral Hesse, it says :—The Electorate of Hesse is
often confounded with Hesse Darmstadt. It is to
the latter that belongs our ancient department of
Mont Tonnerre, and its chief town Mazene. Elec-
toral Hesse, now annexed to Prussia, formerly
played a considerable part in foreign diplomacy.
She was for a long time the Switzerland of Ger-
many, like her furnishing soldiers for all the world.
She particularly furnished them to England during
her war with America ; and the payment of nearly
100 millions, which the Landgrave Frederic IL re-
ceived for the supply, laid the foundation of the
great financial fortune of the Princes of Hesse.
" The Hessians then were the best troops of Ger-
many. They distinguished themselves in the wars
of the Empire ; and William IX., who was the first
to assume the title of Elector of Hesse, under the
name of William 1., thought proper to solicit, in
1815, from the Congress of Vienna, the title of
King, like his colleague of Bavaria. He did not
obtain it, and his deep resentment at the refusal
has been manifested on many occasions by all the
Princes of his family. The Duchy of Nassau, which
also disappears, had for its capital Wiesbaden, a
a place so loved by diplomatists. Nassau has given
Emperors to Germany and Kings to the Nether-
lands. The Nassau Orange branch, which now
reigns in the Netherlands, obtained the right in
1839."

The funeral service upon the remains of Leon
Gozlan took place yesterday at the church of St.
Eugene, and was attended by a host of distinguished
men of letters. At the cemetery of Montmartre
two affecting speeches were made, one in the name
of the Society of Men of Letters, and the other on
the part of the Society of Dramatic Authors, of
whom M. Gozlan was President.

A few days ago there was an affecting and impos-
ing ceremony at &lain Cantales (department of
Cantal). The Abbe Prat, born on the 27th of
January, 1784, and appointed curate of that town
on the Ist of July, 1816, celebrated the 50th year
of his curacy. All his parishioners and numbers of
clergymen from the neighbouring communes, by
their presence, did honour to the good old man of
83, who is still hearty and vigorous and full of
his ministry.

The earthquake very n early led to a great calamity
at Blois. A great many packets of lucifer matches
were thrown from the shelf by the shock, and if
prompt assistance had not been at hand there would
have been disastrous consequences. The flames from
the matches set fire to other inflammable articles,
and the value of those destroyed. is estimated at
3,000 f.

Lamirande, the cashier of the Bank of France at
Poitiers, who is accused of frauds upon that Bank
to the amount of 700,000 f., has arrived at that
town under the care of the police to take his trial
at the next assizes there. When the prisoner first
reached Paris he protested against the means em-
ployed to procure his extradition from Canada, and
he has since written to his counsel, M. Lachaud,
which he renews his protest. Before his letter to
his counsel, he also addressed a similar protest to
the English Ambassador at Paris. The substance
of the protest is that the law allows an appeal
against the order of extradition, but that he was
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availing himself of the privilege of appeal.
He claims to be sent to England, not to
be set at liberty, but only to carry out the
proceedings which were interrupted at Mon-
treal by force. He also says that ho is ready to sub-
mit to the jurisdiction of an English court of jus-
tice. Lamirande, besides this, has sent to the
Director of the prison, at the Prefecture of Police,
a protest against the means employed to bring him
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back to France, and requests him to transmit his
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various
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compectoenunt authority.connected
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culated to excite public curiosity in the highest
degree. The prisoner is a member of one of the
Vienne.
most honourable families of the department of

I have collected some additional particulars of
interest relative to the earthquake. At Boulogne-
sur-Seine in some houses the boards were raised,
and the beds rocked, and the noise of the crockery
and glasses was heard, just as is the case when a
vessel pitches at sea. The shocks were given with
different degrees of violence in the various loca-
lities. In some places they were scarcely felt.
In others they were very violent. At Tours
the phenomenon lasted 14 seconds, and was accom-