The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-20 00:00:00

THE" SUN, LONnON, IVES Y EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1866.

out. No amendments were made, although
several were proposed and two carried to a division.
A large majority was in favour of the stringent
measures proposed for the extirpation of the
disease, and Lord GRANVILLE explained that this
being merely a temporary measure, it was better to
agree to the proposals of the bill rather than to lose
more time in discussions and alterations.
In the House of Commons Mr. HUNT'S Bill was
considered in committee, and the hon. member
explained the exceptions to the general prohibi-
tion of removing cattle that the bill allowed.
Beasts that are taken from one farm to another may
be taken along the high road for 200 yards, those
landed at a port may be taken to a slaughter-house
five hundred yards, and exceptions will be made in
favour of calves, working oxen, and milch cows for
sea-going vessels. After the 25th of March
sound cattle may be removed at a change
of tenancy, under the permission of the
local authorities, and for a certain time in
each quarter to stock farms at any time after the
end of next April the operation of the bill may be
suspended by Order in Council. On the whole these
seem very fair propositions, and this measure of
Mr. HUNT'S meets many of the objections, and
supplies many of the deficiencies of the Govern-
ment measure. The hon. member has evidently
had considerable knowledge of the circumstances
of the case, and made his plans in conformity with
the exigencies of the occasion. The public are much
indebted to him for the pains he has bestowed upon
the matter, and the House of Commons has evi-
dently appreciated the merits of his proposal from
the outset. Some slight changes were made during
the progress of the committee, bat they do not
materially affect the purpose of the bill. Mr.
HUNT explained the necessity that existed for
making " stringent provisions," lest beasts should
be smuggled at night from place to place, and
therefore clause 29 was allowed to stand, although
a humorous objection to it was made to by Mr.
BULLER, who declared that it was impossible to
pass it as it stood : " the justices would have a
direct personal interest in seizing a beast driven
on the road--they were authorised to dispose
of it as they thought fit—they might even eat i

The unanimity with which for the most part these
bills for the prevention of the spread of the cattle
plague have been received by Parliament must be
an unanswerable argument in favour of those who
have all along declared that the Government had
been too supine in the matter. Had they long ago
adopted a decisive course the sanction of Parliament
would not have been withheld from their efforts
to promote the well-being of the community by
arresting the progress of the disease. Sir GEORGE
GREY last night again dropped hints as
to the advisability of leaving some matters
to be settled by the local authorities, and
Mr.IH. DUNCOMBE very properly observed that such
a course was not consistent. " From our experience
of Courts of Quarter Sessions, he would say they
very much objected to taking charge of such mat-
ters; they objected to the Government shifting the
responsibility from their own shoulders and placing

it upon those of country gentlemen." This has
been a great mistake from the outset, and had these
stringent resolutions been made earlier, by this time
the cattle plague would cease to exist, for it is con-

spicuously a case in which the greatest speed was
required in order to stop the ravages which have
now increased to a point that baffles science and
defies skill.

CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN C 0 RRES P ONDENT. )
PARIS, Monday Evening.

The reply of the Emperor to the address of the
Senate presented to him yesterday at the Tuileries
has created much satisfaction in Paris, and has had
a favourable effect at the Bourse to-day. The
Emperor commenced by characterising the address
as an eloquent commentary upon his speech. " You
desire, like myself," says the Emperor, "the rational
and progressive development of our institutions, the
amelioration of the condition of the greater num-
ber and the preservation intact of the National
dignity and honour. This award is a strength."
The Emperor proceeded to say, "My Government
is not stationary. It progresses and it wishes to
progress, but upon a sure foundation, capable of
supporting power and liberty. Let us call to our
aid piogress in all its forms, but let us build stone
by stone that great pyramid which has for basis uni-
vcrsal suffrage, and for summit the civilising genius
of France." Never was a Royal Speech received
more cordially and more enthusiastically by those
to whom it was addressed, and never probably did
the metropolis of a great empire sympathise more
deeply or more cordially with the sentiments of its
chief than Paris does upon this occasion.
The Constitutionnel says :—" The Emperor, as it
is well known among the people as at the Institute,
has the gift of expressing many thoughts in few
words. This reply to the Address of the Senate
_ _ _

affords a new proof of that faculty so powerfuland
at all so times so rare. The great political prin-
ciples, generators of order and consequently of
liberty, are affirmed in the Imperial allocution, and
affirmed with a force of thought indicative of the
statesman and the philosopher, and at the same
time with a clearness and simplicity to be under-
stood by the most humble citizen. The love of
liberty is manifested in every word of the Em-
peror."

King Victor Emmanuel, in accordance with the
last wishes of his son, Prince Oddone, has ordered
that the municipality of Genoa shall have immediate
possession of the valuable objects of art which
adorned the Prince's private study.
Financial affairs improved considerably last week.
The absence of political news and the abundance of
money contributed naturally to this result. For
some weeks past there has not been such an im-
proved feeling upon the Stock Exchange of Paris.
A short time ago the Minister of Agriculture and
Commerce sent a written communication to the
Academy of Medicine, the object of which was to
ascertain from that learned body their opinion upon
two points relative to cattle. First, whether it was
desirable to vaccinate cattle; and secondly, whether,
if they should be of that opinion, an establishment
ought to be provided for that purpose. The Academy
of Medicine has just given an affirmative answer to
both these questions.

There is perhaps no capital in Europe where so
many institutions exist to succour the poor and
aricted as in Paris. The establishments for the
education and care of children are also admirably.
conducted. I shall take an opportunity of de-
scribing these institutions. In the mean time I will
say a few words about the establishments which
exist in almost every commune, where the mothers
of infant children may place them in perfect com-
fort and security while they go to their work. The
name given to these establishments is a Creche or
Manger, derived from the fact of the infant Saviour
having been placed in a manger. A child is taken
in here from 11 days to three years of age. The
mother takes the child in the morning after having
suckled it, returns for the same purpose in the course
of the day, and takes it away in the evening. The
babies are placed in a well-aired comfortable
room, under the care of experienced nurses
and superintended by a responsible directress.
For all this the mother pays 20 centimes,
or four-fifths of a halfpenny a day. A surgeon
comes every day, and every attention is paid
to cleanliness. Gymnastics ate used, and the chil-
dren are taught to walk. When visitors inspect
these establishments they sometimes make entries
in a book devoted to the purpose, and record their
opinions of them. Here is a specimen of one of the
entries :---‘4 A. mother whose child had died shed
torrents of tears over its empty cradle. Her con-
. fessor, desirous of consoling her, said God ordered

Abraham to sacrifice his son, and Abraham was
about to obey.' Holy father,' replied the woman,
' God would never have asked such a sacrifice from
a mother.' (Signed) MATHIEU, Doctor of Medi-

tine."

Thousands of ladies support these establishments
by their attendance and by pecuniary assistance.
The names of many charitable titled ladies appear
in the records. It was not till 1846 that these
establishments were generally founded. In 1851, at
a meeting of the Societe des Creches, at which M.
Dupin, the President of the National Assembly,
presided, an English lady, Mrs. Holland, who was
present, expressed her surprise that no such esta-
blishment existed in England, and said that on her
return home she should direct public attention to
the subject.

The Journal des Debats translates the following
from a German paper :--" An address from a few
members of the Equestrian Order of the Duchies
was recently presented to M. Bismark. Twenty
persons signed the address, at the head of whom is
M. Scheel Plessen. They demand the union of
the Duchies with the Prussian Monarchy, on the
condition that the peculiar or private institutions of
the country useful to the public should be preserved,
and probably among them, as of first importance,
the Equestrian Order, of which they form part.
This document was inserted in the Moniteur Prus-
sien, because of the excellent sentiments it expresses.
That journal, however, abstains from publishing the
petition of the citizens and rural deputies of the
ancient Diet of Schleswig, which demanded the
convocation of the representatives of the Duchies."
The Orleans Railway Company have just opened
the section of the direct railway between Paris and
Tours, which will prove of great utility, as formerly
the communication was often interrupted by the
inundations of the Loire. This section is 145
kilometres in length. Its point of departure is Bre-
tigny, between Paris and Orleans, at 30 kilometres
distance from Paris. The section between Vendome
and Tours, which will complete the entire line, will
very soon be opened for traffic.

If fashionable gossip can be relied on, the Duke
d'Ossuna, a Spanish grandee of the first water,
whose marriage has been talked of a dozen times,
is now really about to be united. It is not, how-
ever, to the young English lady known at St.
Petersburg as Lady Clementine, but to a princess,
the Princess of Salm-Salm, who is 23. The duke is
25 years older. The duke takes the title of Spanish
Ambassador at the Court of St. Petersbutg,
although there is only a Spanish Legation at that
Court. lie is very rich, so much so indeed that he
will not accept the salary of £4,000 a year allowed
by Spain to the individual who fills the post he
occupies. The duke leads a very luxurious and
expensive life. The princess is of very aristocratic
family, so that, in this respect, the alliance is suit-
able.

Mr. Worms' System of Cure of the Itln

derpest.

.46_ -___

In order to discover the disease, the animal's
mouth should be opened, and the breath smelt. If
the breath be at all offensive, the medicine should
be given without a moment's delay. It is also ad-
visable to examine the dung, which, when the ani-
mal is affected, becomes peculiarly offensive. After
the medicine has been administered, the animal
should be kept warm, and the stable or shed well
ventilated and disinfected with chloride of lime. All
infected animals should at once be separated from
those in good health.

Take a pound of small red pickling onions, and
a pound of garlic, peel them, put them together into
a mortar, and reduce them to a fine pulp ; to this
pulp add a pound of ground ginger, and mix
thoroughly.
Take three-quarters of a pound of assafcetida,
pour sufficient water over it to cover it, then allow
it to boil till no sediment remains, carefully remov-
ing all hard portions. Pour this decoction of assa-
fcetida over the pulp of onions, garlic, and ginger,
and stir the whole mass thoroughly. Add to this
eight quarts of rice water, and allow it to cool.
This is sufficient for fourteen full-grown animals.
To a full-grown animal - pint.
To a Heifer
To a Calf
In very bad cases half the above doses should be re-
peated every 12 hours.
Two or three hours after the dose has been ad-
ministered, give the animal (if full-grown) four to
five pints of rice gruel, to a heifer or calf two to
three pints ; add a little salt to make it palatable,
and drench with it if the animal refuses to drink.
The animal is to be fed, during two days, three times
a day with thick rice gruel, and at each meal may
have a handful of sweet hay. Should the animals
be accustomed to roots, they may, on the third day,
have a quarter of their illowance in two meals with-
out rice ; on the fourth day, half their portion, and
so on.

Should the animal's mouth be sore, wash it with
a pulp made of the rind of Seville oranges boiled.
Should the animal's bowels be confined after twelve
hours, and the stomach swollen, administer to a
full-grown animal, half a pound ; to a heifer or calf,
a quarter of a pound, of fresh unsalted lard, made
into boluses.

Sufficient stress cannot be laid on the necessity of
administering the medicine the moment the breath
is tainted.

27, Park-crescent, London,
Feb. 12, 1866.
N.B.—The dose to o. cow in calf should be the
same as a heifer.

The assafcetida ehould be boiled in a covered
saucepan over a slow Ere.

TO TIIE ED:TOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Finding from the experience I have recently
had respecting my treatment of the rinderpest in
this country that, owiag probably to the difference
in breed, the greater richness of food, and the dis-
similarity of climate, the animal can bear a much
stronger dose of my medicine here than in Ceylon,
I beg to make the following alteration in the quan-
tities prescribed, and shall feel obliged by your
giving publicity to it

Increase the quantity of onions and of garlic each
from one pound, as previously stated, to two pounds;
the ginger from one pound to one pound and a half ;
and the assafcetida from three quarters of a pound
to one pound and a quarter.

Should the animal suffer from scouring, adminis-
ter the following mixture (for a fulltgrown animal) :
—One dessert spoonful of laudanum, and one wine
glassful of tincture of catechu in about a pint of
thick rice gruel.

Apologising for troubling you, I am, sir, your
obedient servant,

MAURICE WORMS.

27, Park-crescent, Feb. 19.

ALEXANDRA THEATRE.--ST. MARTIN'S HALL.—
Last night the members of the 2d Surrey Artillery
Volunteer Brigade gave an amateur dramatic entertain-
ment here, in aid of the prize fund of the corps ; the pieces
selected being a couple of farces—viz., "A Rough Diamond"
and "Turn Him Out"—and the romantic drama "Ruy
Blas." Of course, criticism on such an occasion is entirely
out of place ; but a word of advice may perhaps lead the
talented members of the corps on a future occasion
to select pieces more suited to their abilities. The
"Rough Diamond " was excellently well acted
throughout, the leaders, of coarse, bearing off the highest
honours. Miss Howard, as Ilargery, acted with such
spirit and vivacity, that we fear the mimic conquest she
made in the drama was not the only one she achieved
amidst the gallant spirits of the 2d Surrey Artillery-
Cousin Joo was excellently well represented by Sergeant
Strong. Ho showed a stage tact seldom witnessed at
amateur performances, and by his humour ho provoked
universal laughter; his comic singing of the ditty
"Cock Robin" contributing much to heighten the re-
sult. The other characters in the piece were all well
sustained. Ruy Blas was not such a great success; it was
too much for the amateurs. Their forte is entirely comedy,
and on their next performance we would suggest the trial
of such pieces as " The Rivals" or "School for Scandal,"
as Mr. Hall would find himself more at home in such parts
as Faulkland and Joseph Surface. The pieces were excel_
lently put on the stage, and the whole of the artistes were
well up in their pads. The hall was well filled, and the
audience was exceedingly liberal in their applauses.
THE PIRATE SEJIMES.--It is reported from Wash-
ington that there is a sudden hitch in the arrangements for
the trial of Semmes, and a doubt is now expressed whether
he will be summoned to appear before a court-martial.
Judge Hughes, his loading counsel, has remonstrated
against this mode of trial, and, being a personal friend of
the President, it is said his remonstrance has had effect.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AUSTRIA.

PESTH, FEB. 20.

The deputation of the Croatian Diet commissioned
to present to the Emperor an address in reference
to the union of Hungary and Croatia is expected
here to-day. The deputation will be received by
the Emperor the day after to-morrow in the Castle
of Buda.

FRANCE.

PARIS, FEB. 20.

The Minister of Agriculture has sent M. Delpech
professor of medicine ; M. Raynal, veterinarian
and M. Alfort, to Germany, to examine and report
upon the trichium disease prevalent in pork.

ADDRESS OF THE CORPS LEGISLATIF.
PARIS, Feb. 19.
In to-day's sitting of the Corps Legislatif the
following draft of the address, in reply to the speech
from the throne, was read by the President Count
Walewski :
" Sire,—The Corps Legislatif is happy to con-
firm with your Majesty the more general tendency
to settle foreign difficulties in a peaceful way.
Strengthened by your interviews with various
sovereigns, and by the amicable meeting of the
English and French fleets, this tendency is a fresh
pledge of that peace whose preservation responds
to the necessities of the people, grants the desire of
France, and does honour to the wisdom of her
Government.
" We have always shared with the Emperor the
firm hope of seeing a reconciliation effected between
the Papacy and Italy, necessary to :their interests,
to the peace of Europe, and to the tranquillity of
consciences. The convention of the 15th Sept ,
loyally carried out, will afford a new guarantee of
the temporal sovereignty—(very good, very good.)
—whose maintenance is indispensable to the inde-
pendent exercise of the spiritual power of the Holy
Father. (Renewed approval.)
" The country has received with satisfaction
the assurance that our expedition to Mexico ap-
proaches its close. Led to Mexico by the imperious
duty of protecting our fellow-subjects against hate-
ful violence, and of seeking the.redress of injuries
only too real, our soldiers and sailors have worthily
fulfilled the task your Majesty entrusted to their
devotion. This expedition has once more testified
in these distant countries to the disinterestedness
and power of France. (Very good, very good.)
The people of the United States, so long acquainted
with the loyalty of our policy, ought not to take
umbrage at the presence of our troops upon
Mexican soil. To desire to subordinate their
recall to other convenience than ours would
be to make an attack upon our rights
and our honour. (Approbation.) These,
Sire, are in your keeping, and the Corps Legislatif
knows that you will watch over them with a solici-
tude worthy of France and of your own name.
" Tranquillity at home has enabled you to visit
Algeria--whose wants cannot be too maturely
studied—and to give it a new proof of your sympa-
thies. Your absence afforded the Empress an op-
portunity of exercising those rare and noble quali-
ties that add to the brilliancy of the throne and to
the security of the country. (Renewed approval.)
" In the midst of this calm millions of electors
proceeded with the fullest liberty to the renewal of
the municipal councils. This vast movement of
public opinion testified to the spirit of order reign-
ing among the population, and your Government
has only had to make exceptional use of the neces-

sary and conservative right secured to it by the
constitution. (Very good, very good I)
" The law upon coalitions, the bill relating to
co-operative societies, and the facilities announced
to promote their development, open an experimental
era worthy of our common solicitude. The assis-
tance of the Corps Legislatif will never be wanting,
Sire, when you may have to reconcile measures
suggested by the interest of the working classes with
the necessities of public order.
"The inquiry destined to confirm and :throw
light upon the wants and wishes of agriculture will

be received in the rural districts as among ourselves,
with a sentiment of the most lively gratitude. We
are certain of responding to your Majesty's inten-
tions, by expressing the hope that this inquiry will
be carried out in all the departments in a manner
permitting the various interests to display themselves
with the fullest liberty. The agricultural popula-
tion, so laborious, so unassuming, and so profoundly
devoted to the Empire, will lay before you, Sire,
with confidence, the sufferings they experience and
the relief they hcpe. (Approval.)
"We congratulate ourselves with your Majesty
upon the improvement in our finances, and we shall
examine the Bill relating to the Sinking Fund
with the attention so important a subject com-
mands.

" The savings effected in the public service re-
spond to a wish frequently expressed by the Corps
Legislatif, but at the same time, as guardian of the
interests of the army, the Emperor has been obliged
to take them into consideration, in order not to
weaken our military organisation, and to discharge
the debt contracted by the country towards those
by whom it has been valiantly served.
" These savings have rightly left untouched the
resources devoted to public works. Agriculture,
commerce, and manufactures attach the greatest
value to the extension and perfection of all the ways
of communication.

" Education also ought to preserve intact the
credits devoted to it. Primary instruction has not
ceased to make praiseworthy and constant pro-
gress, thanks to the active and simultaneous efforts
of the state, the communes, and the families. By
more and more supporting this triple affiance we
shall succeed in realising the wish common to your
Majesty and to the Corps Legislatif, and in daily
reducing the already limited number of children
deprived of the benefit of education.

" Peace abroad, order and activity at home,
attest at once the salutary initiative of your Go-
vernment, and the confidence of the country in
the stability of our institutions, whose founda-

tions rest upon the free and solemn vote
of the French people. This stability is
by no means,' irreconcileable with the wise pro-

gress of our liberties. You have already proved
this, Sire ; and the past answers for the future.

To develop institutions, to secure labour and credit,
to strengthen public morality, to consolidate re-

ligious principles, without which the best laws
remain inoperative—this is the fruitful work with
which your Majesty associates the great powers of
the State, and which draws closer and closer the

ties uniting France to your person and your

dynasty." (Loud applause.)

BOURSE, Feb. 19, Two o'clock.—The Bourse is
thinly attended to-day, and there is very little busi-
ness doing. Quotations, however, show little or no
variation. Threes, for the Account, are unchanged

at 69f. 15c. Italian Fives are quoted at 60f. 90c.,
or 7ic. lower. Credit Mobiiler Shares are If. 25c.

ower—at 673 f. 75c. In the Railway Market Aus-
;rian Shares lose sf.—to 401 f. 25c., and Lombards

3f. 75c.—to 397 f. 50c.
ket has closed on the foil,
II per Cents 9B 95
Do. end month —

Three o'clock.—The mar-
ming quotations :
Roman 69
Ottoman Fiver 38 75

3 per Cents. 69 10
Do. end month 69 121
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month
Bank Shares 3690
Credit Fonder 1327 50
Italian Loan 6O 80
Do. end month GO 90

Mexican Loa ins 47
Do. Bonds 3OO
Russian —
Austrian •
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred

Acct.
868 75
... 1115 -
- ~. 882 50
... 553 75

- - ... 570 -
_. - ... 542 50
- - ... 150 -
- - ... 400 -
- - .. . 395 -

- - ... 170 -
- - ... 222 50

113 75