The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-26 00:00:00

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It appears that we are not yet quite out of danger
with respect to the cattle plague, and that unless
great care and caution are exercised there will be
reason to fear a renewal of its fearful ravages. We
recommend the attention of all concerned to the
letter of Mr. HuDsoN, a Norfolk agriculturist of
eminence. He states that it will be most unwise to
permit the markets and fairs to be opened for six
mouths yet, as although the cattle plague seems to
be "stamped out,"" so sure as we open the markets
and fairs we shall again suffer from the horrid
disease." The reason given for this fear is that many
unprincipled men will be sure to send foreign cattle
into this country, and thus the plague will be
spread through the land anew.

This seems likely enough, and surely after all that
we have suffered from losses and otherwise in con-
nection with this evil it will be better and wiser to
go too far in the other direction, and to err on the
side of over prudence rather than to alter the wise
restrictions until lately in force to be removed too
soon. The orders of the Privy Council are not
being attended to as they ought to be, and
we hope that the attention of the au-
thorities will be drawn to these infractions.
It would, in truth, be a deplorable calamity if the
disease again broke out among us, and the best in-
terests of society call for the same care that has
been taken during the past year to be taken for
some months to come, or the consequences may be
too disastrous to estimate. In point of fact more
danger is often incurred at the time when the more
immediate symptoms have subsided than at any
other period, and let us not fall under such a fatal
error as to relax cautions when and where they are
so imperatively called for as in respect to this epi-

demic among cattle.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Sunday Evening.
The papers are still occupied almost exclusively,
I might say entirely, with the subject of Mexico,
for they abound in news and conjectures respecting
it. The opinion most in credence seems to be that
the Emperor Maximilian has not abdicated. Some
of the papers, indeed, even disbelieve the report
that he has left the Empire.
Ihe Journal des Debats says :—" Persons whom
we have reason to believe to be well-informed
affirm that Maximilian is determined to leave
Mexico, and, indeed, that he is now on his way to
Europe. We give this news, however, under the
most express reserve, although it conies from a source
which inspires us with confidence."
1 he Pati ie seems to disbelieve the report.
The Avenir National asserts that the Emperor
was detained at Orizaba, and that the French troops
instead of preparing for departure had received
orders to concentrate themselves, and to fortify
their positions upon several points.
On the other hand, the Messager Franco-America 71
states positively that Maximilian only took the re-
solution of returning to Mirama upon learning that
General Castelnau had not only received orders to
embark the French expeditionary corps, but also to
send home the officers, sub-officers, anal soldiers
who had entered the Mexican army. Marshal
Bazaine, it says, strongly urged the Emperor to
change his resolution to depart, or at all events that
he should defer his departure until the Marshal
should be able to confer with General Castelnau
upon the subject.
The inauguration of the railway from Ciudad
Real to Badajoz, which establishes a railway com-
munication between central Spain and Portugal,
has just taken place with great solemnity. The
Ministers of the two Governments of Spain and
and Portugal were present at the ceremony. At
the banquet which followed toasts were reciprocally
drank to the health of her Catholic Majesty and his
Most Faithful Majesty.. The speeches made upon
the occasion bore testimony to the benefits which
would result from a rapid mode of communication
between the two kingdoms, by developing their
mutual prosperity and advantage.
In Russia, also, there is an increasing develop-
ment of railway communication. The line from
Roustchouk to Varna has just been opened. Trains
starting twice a-day connect the extreme points of
the line, and the arrival at Varna corresponds twice
a week with the departure for Constantinople of an
Austrian Lloyd steamer.
The Spanish Government has appointed a Com-
mission, the President of which is M. Benavides, for-
merly Minister of Foreign Affairs, to examine with

scrupulous attention the question of money circula-
tion, and particularly with the object of ascertaining
if it be advantageous for Spain, who has already
adopted the metrical system, to adhere to the mone-
tary convention concluded on 23d December,:lB6s,
between France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy.
There are some difficulties in reference to this im-
portant question as regards Spain arising from frac-
tional differences in the value of Spanish coins, but
the belief is that the obstacles are not insurmount-
able.

The total amount of the subscriptions for the re-
lief of the sufferers by the late inundations in France
now reaches 3,221,155 f.

, - -
Baron de Barante, a member of the French
Academy, died yesterday at the age of 84, at his
chateau near Thiers. In his time he played an im-
portant part both as a diplomatist and a politician,
but perhaps he acquired more fame as historian.
The last work of M. Barante was "L'Histoire de la
Vie et des CEuvres de Royer Collard." The Baron
was married in 1814 to Mdlle. d'Houdetot, and the
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Leech of Paris, Gavarni, is also dead. Gavarni was
65. His real name was Sulpice Paul Chevalier.
Forsorne years he had been a hypochondriac, the sole
cause of which is stated to be that be had been
compelled to leave the house belonging to him at the
Point du Jour, near Auteuil, it being required for
the construction of the Circular Railway. At first
Gavarni was engaged in mechanical pursuits, and
he only began his labours with the pencil in 1834,
when he made drawings of the fashions. The
Chevalier assumed the name of Gavarni after a visit
to the peaks of the Pyrenees known by that name,
manners village of
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Les Fourberies des Femmes,"
" Londres et les Anglais," "Le 3uif Errant," and
" Le Diable it Paris."

Madame Gassier, the celebrated Spanish singer,
has just died at Madrid of a nervous affection. She

was 45.

Baroness Volant lately left a valuable bracelet in
a hackney-carriage, but the coachman was honest
enough to take it to her house witholit delay. The

will cease to receive the pay hitherto granted to
them. How people can persuade themselves that
such a state of things as this is likely to be con-
ducive to the cause of nationality we are at a loss
to imagine, and how these States in question can
possibly gain anything by being absorbed in
the Government of Prussia it is difficult to conceive.
It is the same in everything, civil as well as mili-
tary ; Prussia is to ride rough-shod over old cus-
toms, old laws, and old institutions, and will never
rest satisfied until she has everything in her grasp.
Unfortunately, many events are taking place that
seem to divert the notice of some Powers from the
acts of the Berlin Government. Russia's attention
is taken up in a great measure by the Eastern ques-
tion just now, and by other matters more or less
relating to it. The Journal de St. Petersburg alludes
to the attitude recently assumed by the Government
of the CZAR respecting the Danubian Principalities,
and states that all the acts of the Imperial Cabinet
have been strictly in accordance with justice, and
that Russia has sacrificed neither her dignity nor
her interests as regards the establishment of Prince
CHARLES.

Baroness's servant was so delighted with this trait
of honesty that he hazarded a bon mot, and said if
this good fellow had not brought the bracelet back
my mistress would have changed her name. In-
stead of Volant, she would have been Vole's."
Last week there was some serious play at one of
the Paris Clubs between a rich young Russian and
a Turkish lord. On the first night of the play the
Russian lost 150,000 f. The next day he won back
20,000 f., but on the following night he not only lost
the 20,000 f., but nearly 250,000 f. in addition. The
Russian then gave in, having suffered a net loss of
480,000 f. On each of the three days the gamblers
played for 12 hours.

A Toulon paper speaks of an educational pheno-
menon in that town. It is a little girl not three
years old, named Eugenie Colombe. This child
can not only read and write well, but she has suc-
cessfully passed through a searching examination
upon the principles of the Christian religion, French
grammar, geography, history, and the four rules of
arithmetic. She can also discuss scientific subjects.
This astonishing child began to talk at the age of
four months. In confirmation of this account, it is
stated that the child has been presented at the
Alaritime Prefecture of Toulon.

A discovery interesting to archaeologists has been
made during the demolition of the old jetty at
Havre, a large square stone, on which are engraved
a crown of laurel and an inscription to the effect
that the stone was laid on the 17th of June, 1669,
by the representatives of his Majesty Louis XIV.,
King of France and Navarre, and during the Minis-
try of La Ville de Grace of Monseigneur de St.
Agneu.

The Turin Gazette announces that Prince de
Monaco, through the medium of his ambassador,
M. Naldini, has offered to the Pope his capital as
an asylum, should his Holiness decide upon leaving
Rome.

The Madrid Gazette, in its account of the bap-
tism of the infant of Dona Marie Christine and
Don Sebastian, says that the Royal infant received
27 names, the first of which is Alfonso and the last
Todoslos Santos (all the Saints).

The Lille people seem rather facetious, and they
have another word to say about M. Rousseau, who
complained that his wife was alive from a " deplor-
able mistake." An inhabitant of that town writes
to the editor of a Paris paper to inform him that M.
Rousseau "is beginning to recover from his grief
and
The
he disappointmentweather
yesterdayat no
was magnificent. Thet being a widower."
sun was bright all day, not a cloud was to be seen.
All Paris was out of doors. During the night it
changed to wet, and to-day there has been a violent
wind, with occasional rain, hail, and a slight inter-
mixture of snow. At post-hour it was still stormy
and desolate.

LA TEST INTE,,,iI LIGMTUE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

CHINA AND JAPAN.
(Via Trieste.)
SnANGHAI, Oct. 9.
Disturbances are reported to have taken place
among the Chinese soldiers at Nankin. The Vice-
roy beheaded 54 of them, who were caught robbing
the inhabitants.

The murderer of the captain and other persons
belonging to the Lubra have not yet been dis-
covered. The foreigners in Hong Kong have me-
morialised the Secretary of State for the Colonies
upon the subject.

Two tea ships, the Westminster and J. E. Boyd
have been wrecked.

Advices received here from Japan announce that
the death of the Tycoon took place in September.
His successor has been appointed, and it is be-
lieved that he is favourable to foreign trade.

The civil war was supposed to have terminated.
Prince Choisu dictated his own terms, and it was
believed they would be accepted. He has retained
the command of the Straits of Simouosaki.

RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 25.

The Ministry of War has ordered the conversion
of 162,000 muskets into breech-loaders. The work
is to be executed at St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kiew,
Odessa, Wilna, and Warsaw. Tenders will be re-
ceived by the Artillery department of the War
Ministry up to Dec. 9.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Nov. 26.

The committee appointed by the Lower Austrian
Diet has adopted the draft of an address to the
Emperor, requesting his Majesty, in respectful
terms, to convoke the Diet.

ROME AND ITALY.

FLORENCE, Nov. 26.

Signor Vegezzi will shortly proceed to Rome upon
a mission from the Italian Government.

The candidates returned in the elections that have
,aken place up to the present time in Venetia belong
,o the Moderate party. .

HUNGARY.
PESTH, Nov. 24 (Evening).
M. Mailath left yesterday for Vienna.

It is believed that newspaper reporters will be
allowed to be present at the sittings of the Com-
mittee upon Common Affairs.

PEST; Nov. 25.

Upon the proposal of M. Deak, the party under
his leadership, have resolved that in the Address of
the Diet in reply to the Royal Rescript, the Em-
peror shall be urged to restore, without delay, the
laws of 1848, leaving the settlement of common
affairs to the Committee appointed to consider that
question.