The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1860.

exists for some relief. There are two very impon:
tant points which remain to be considered now that
the decrease in the epidemic has given the commit-
tees time for consideration, and the opportunity for
something more than meeting the claims of the day.
The questions were both of them of considerable
difficulty, though of great importance. They were
the measures to be adopted for the relief of the con-
valescents and the orphans, both classes now grow-
ing very numerous, and standing greatly in need
of help. With regard to those recovering from an
attack of the prevailing sickness it is manifest that
their case is often one of great hardship, as they
may be sufficiently restored to leave hospital or in-
firmary long before they are able to stand the con-
tinued exertion demanded from those who have to
work for their living, and still more for the support
of their families. At the same time it is necessary
to exercise some discretion in affording them relief,
since the committee feel bound to take care that the
liberality of the public is not directed to the increase
of pauperism. The truest charity is to help people
to help themselves ; and by assisting the recovery of
the really deserving poor many families may be
kept off the rates altogether, who would otherwise
be driven to the parish for relief. The Mansion
House Committee, after considering the matter, re-
solved to set apart the sum of £2,000 for the express
benefit of convalescents, and invited the attendance
11 and co-operation of the chairmen of the local com-
mittees at a discussion of the details. The meeting
was largely attended by representatives of the
local committees in the eastern districts, and from
the Northern, German, and Metropolitan Free
Hospitals. The Lord Mayor, in opening the pro-
ceedings, said that the disease having now materi-
ally subsided, the case of the convalescents pressed
for immediate action, aril that the committee
wanted to know from the local authorities-the num-
ber of persons in their various localities coming
within that category. It has been suggested that
convalescent hospitals should be erected ; but, how-
ever useful such institutions might be in themselves,
they would not be adapted to the present emergency,
in which time is everything. It was finally resolved
to make liberal grants to the various local com-
mittees for the express purpose of relieving conva-
lescents, leaving in every instance the money to be
applied at the discretion of the committees, who are
composed of the principal inhabitants of the infected
districts, and include members of all denominations.
The sums for this purpose yesterday amounted to
more than £1,200, and before the meeting broke up
the Lord Mayor said that they proposed to hold
another conference at an early day for the conside-
ration of the provision for the orphans. They had,
he said, only one object in view, to do the greatest
possible good with the money entrusted to their
care, and to do it promptly. This is the right spirit
to act in, and it is this energy, straightforwardness,
and impartiality of their dealings that have made
the efforts of the Mansion-House Committee so
, successful.

The case of the orphans is one that especially
demands thoughtful care. On the one hand, it is
not desirable to encourage dependence, or to relieve
the parish
.of its obligations ; but, on the other,
it is a manifest hardship to allow the
children of respectable, hard-working mechanics
and artisans to be brought up as paupers. In
spite of all theories every one who has any expe-
rience of the matter knows the difficulties which
beset the workhouse lad or girl on leaving school,
while every objection which is urged against the
effect of orphanages in unfitting the children for
contact with the world can be applied with equal
force against workhouses. The self-respect and in-
dependence of the better classes of the English poor
are admirable qualities, and many a working man
or woman of Mile-end or Spitalfields would be as
much shocked at the notion of their children
being brought up as paupers as those many
degrees above them in the social scale. It seems,
therefore, to be a case in which private benevolence
may well step forward when the children of such
parents are suddenly thrown upon the world by the
visitation of an epidemic whose virulence in these
poorer districts we must remember has been greatly
due to the public neglect. We are very glad to
find that the Lord Mayor's Committee and the
Bishop of London's Committee have resolved upon
apportioning a good sum to some provision for the
orphans. Dr. CLARK, physician to the London Hos-
pital, an indefatigable member of the Mansion-house
Committtee, bore testimony to the great service
which Mrs. GLADSTONE had done in relieving the
hospital of the charge of 28 convalescent children,
who had no homes to go to and no clothes to put on.
This benevolent lady has taken a temporary house
at Brighton, which must indeed be a marvellous
change to the poor little sufferers. Everything that
can be done for the relief and assistance of the
terrible distress which the cholera has left behind
it, like the swell after a storm, is being done, and
too much praise cannot he given to those
gentlemen who have given their time, their
thought, and their personal service to the cause.
They have the satisfactioc of seeing the good their
efforts have done, even though that satisfaction is
marred by the vast extent of the disasters which
they daily witness. It is not too much to expect that
those who from various causes are unable to give
personal assistance will continue to strengthen the
hands of those who are doing battle with pestilence
and famine by liberal pecuniary aid.

OORRESFONDEINICE FROM PARIS.

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

The Moniteur says in its bulletin—" They write
to us from Florence that peace is most ardently
desired throughout the whole of Italy. The assur-
ance which, thanks to the important intervention
of the Emperor that the interests of the country
would be protected, has excited the desire that the
termination of the present position should be as
prompt as possible. The population of the king-
dom, which was 23 millions of inhabitants, will now
be increased to 25 millions."
The Moniteur also publishes from the Vienna
Gazette the text of the treaty between Austria and
Prussia. You will probably have received it by
telegraph, but I give an analysis. The Emperor of
Austria acknowledges that the ancient Germanic
Confederation has ceased to exist, and consents to
the formation of two distinct Confederations.
Prussia is to become sole mistress of the two
Duchies ; but it is formally stipulated that if the
inhabitants of the northern portion of Schleswig
should freely express the desire to be united to Den-
mark, Northern Schleswig shall be given up to that
kingdom. The integrity of the Saxon territory is
guaranteed, as witness the cession of Venetia to
Italy, without any other onerous conditions than
the payment of the proportion of debt. This pro-
vision is in conformity with the information I have
already given. There is no mention whatever of
any indemnity, which, according to current report,
for some days was claimed by Austria for the con-
struction of the fortresses of the Quadrilateral. The
war indemnity is fixed at 40 millions of dollars, but
the gratuitous support of the Prussian army of
occupation up to the period of the definitive con-
clusion of peace is estimated at five millions. Aus-
tria abandons to Prussia the 15 millions of dollars
which, as she alleges, she has the right to claim
from the Duchies for the expenses of the war ac-
cording to the terms of the treaty Signed at Vienna
on the 30th October, 1864. All that remains to
be paid, therefore, is the amount of 20 millions,
which sum, it is said, is already on the way to the
Berlin treasury. Nothing is said in this treaty abou
the portions of territory which Prussia annexes to
herself in Northern Germany.
A pamphlet is spoken of as having just appeared
at Prague, which, it is sai3, has excited great sen-
sation throughout the whole empire of Austria. It
has been extensively distributed, and recommends
neither more nor less than the separation of Bohemia
from the rest of the Austrian monarchy. This pam-
phlet was of course seized by the authorities, but
it has been extensively circulated by clandestine

means.
The Constitutionnil states that Saf vet Pacha, after
having fulfilled with remarkable ability the func-
tions of Ambassador of Turkey in France, is about
to be recalled to Constantinople by his Sovereign,
who destines him to occupy one of the most ele-
vated and important offices in the kingdom.
The important labours of the General Council
have now commenced, and the public of Paris re-
gard them with little less interest than the progress
of foreign politics. At the opening of the Council
General of La Marne, M. 'de Royer, Vice-President
of the Senate, after alluding to matters of great
local importance, referred to the recent visit of the
Empress and the Imperial Prince to that depart-
ment. The assembly unanimously voted the fol-
lowing address to her Majesty :—" The recollection
of the visit of your Majesty and the Imperial Prince
to the Department of la Marne will never be effaced
from the memory of the devoted population of
Champagne. In the name of the whole population,
and under the impression of sentiments of affection
and devotion, the Council-General desires that the
first act of its session of 1866 shall be to convey to
your Majesty the homage of its respectful gratitude.
Allow us, Madame, to add the expression of our
good wishes and devotion to the Empercr, Empress,
and the Imperial Prince." When her Majesty was at
Amiens the same enthusiastic expressions of loyalty
and affection proceeded from the whole population,
and whether at Paris or in the provinces, the French
people take every opportunity of manifesting their
loyalty, regard, and devotion to the Empress, who
has gained the heart of the whole of France.
The Gazette de la Croix confirms the conclusion
of peace between Prussia and Electoral Hesse. in
consequence of the annexation to Prussia of Han-
over, Electoral Hesse, and the city of Frankfort, the
representatives of France in those States have been
authorised to leave their ports. M. de Reiset, who
represented France at the Governments of Hanover
and Brunswick, remains for the present accredited
at the latter Court, but will probably shortly return

to France.
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A deplorable resulthas attended the bull-fights at
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was about to place a hoop round his head. The
object of this hoop is to excite the animal. Cabrera
died almost instantly. Of course the event•created
deep sensation among the spectators. in France
the public is enlightened ; but if such an event had
occurred in Spain the regret would have been caused
more for the interruption of the amusement than
from sympathy for-the loss of human life.
The Journal des Debats states that M. Moustier,
the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, iu the room of
M. Drouyu de l'Huys, will not arrive in Paris till
the end of the month. The Emperor and the pub-
lic, however, have such confidence in the Marquis
de la Valette, who is fulfilling the duties tempo-
rarily, that no inconvenience will arise from the
delay.
Some lamentable circumstance has taken place
at Lyons, in consequence of the disappointment of
the public at the non-ascent of a balloon, under the
guidance of M. Eugene Godard. The weather
was so stormy that M. Godard did not think it
prudent to carry out his intention, and the crowd
behaved with great violence towards the police.
M. Godard contrived to escape, but the crowd were
sufferers from their own imprudence. Two per-
sons were killed and many wounded. The ad-
ditional cause of irritation was that there had been
a similar disappointment a few days previously.
The weather was exceedingly hot to-day, but it
is still very cloudy and windy.
A Cabinet Council was held to-day at St. Cloud,
at which the Emperor presided.
The illoniteur of this evening states that General
Lebceuf, the Comissioner appointed by the French
Government to arrange about the cession of Venetia,
had entered into negotiations with the competent
authorities at Vienna, and that there was no doubt
of a prompt and happy issue.
The treaty of the 24th August would' be carried
into execution as Loon as peace was concluded be-
tween the Cabinets of Vienda. and Florence.
The treaty of peace, signed at Prague on the 23d
August between Austria and Prussia, bad been rati-
fied ; the evacuation of Bohemia and Moravia had
been commenced, and would be completed by the
15th inst. The treaty comprises the principal
clauses of the preliminaries of Nikolsbourg.

L A TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AUSTRIA,
VIENNA, Sept. 6.

Major-General von Boring has left for Venice,
to carry out the transfer of Venetia to General

Lebcrauf.

The Austrian Gazette says that the negociationsfor
the solution of the Austrian constitutional question
have hitherto been conducted in reference to mate-
rial changes only. The question of the per-
sons to be entrusted by the Emperor -with
carrying these changes into effect has not yet been
discussed. When, therefore, the newspApers speak
of personal changes as impending or already effected,
these statements are simply based upon unfounded

conjecture.
The Neue Frondedlate asserts that a meeting of
the leading members of the German party in Austria
will take place shortly to discuss a plan for the future
constitutional organisation of the Empire.
The same paper adds that the principle which
will be adopted by that party will be that of per-
sonal union between Austria and Hungary.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF TIIE BREMEN.

SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 6.

The North German Lloyd steamer Bremen, from
New York on the 25th ult., has arrived with 57
sacks of mails, 69 passengers for this port, Havre,
and Bremen, and 257 bars of silver for London,
value $483,162.
On the Ist inst. she passed the British ship
James and Ellen, bound west, and the American
ship Cultivator, bound east.