The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-06 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Sunday Evening.
The Moniteur announces that, according to its
correspondence from Berlin, the negotiations for
peace with the Southern States of Germany will
commence in that capital immediately. 'The Minis-
ters of Foreign Affairs of Bavaria, Wurtembourg,
the Grand Duchy of Baden, and the Grand Duchy

of Hesse Darmstadt are about to meet in tha

capital.
The Prussian troops are beginning to evacuate
Lower Austria in order to repair to the line of
demarcation fixed by the armistice.

The Memorial Diplomatique, which may be con-
sidered as the authorised representative of the Vienna
Cabinet, states that the cession of Venetia will in-
clude the territory of the ancient Lombardo-Vene-

[an kingdom, possessed by Austria in pursuance o:

the Treaty of Zurich. The preliminaries of peace
signed at Nikolsburg, July 26, between Austria and
Prussia, maintain the integrity of the Austrian

Empire, Venetia excepted.
The fact mentioned in my letter of Friday of the
occupation by Prussian troops of the towns of
lleidelberg and Mannheim in the Grand Duchy of

Baden and of Wurtzbourg and Nuremberg in the

kingdom of Bavaria, the Moniteur says, " produced

some astonishment." The reason to which it is to
be attributed is that each of these States of the

South of Germany having negotiated separately at
Nikolsbourg for an armistice and a suspension of
arms, the orders to stop hostilities could only be
transmitted successively by the Prussian military

authorities to the commanders of the troops in the
field.

It is stated that the Grand Duchy of Baden has
declared that from this time it withdraws from the
Germanic Confederation, the last representatives of
which are still sitting at Augsburg. A private
despatch a2so announces, says the Moniteur, that the
Ministers of the different Powers, who had followed
the Diet when it abandoned Frankfort to repair to
Augsburg, have quitted the latter city.

The announcement is made that the Universa;
Exhibition *of the Fine Arts will open on the Ist of

April, 1867, and close on the 31st:of October of the
same year, at the Palace of the Champ de Mars.
The exhibition of the works of living artists will
take place from the 15th of April to the sth of
June, 1867, at the Palace of the Champs Elysees.
At the former exhibition works executed by French
artists since the Ist of January, 1866, and which
did not form part of the exhibition of thaeyear,
will be admissible. Such works must be sent to
the Palace de l'lndustrie, in the Champs Elysees,
before the 15th October next. The number is not
limited. All the works destined for the Universal
Exhibition of the Fine Arts will be submitted to the
examination of a jury,
'The Imperial Commission has made arrange-

inents respecting the catalogue of the Great Exhi-
bition. It will be in 12 numbers, but each part
may be had separately. Thus visitors will have the
facility of purchasing at a moderate price such por-
tion as may relate to products in which they are
most interested.

The Government of Baden, which has notified
its secession from the Grand Duchy of the Germanic
Confederation, has taken the direct command of
the fortress of Rastadt, which heretofore depended
on the Federal power.
There was a Council of Ministers yesterday at St.
Cloud, at which the Empress presided. Shortly
after the Council the Imperial Prince, accompanied
by General Fleury, left Paris to join the Emperor
at Vichy. The Prince was received with very great
enthusiasm.

The Government has suppressed the newspaper
called the Courrier du Dimanche. The Minister of
the Interior, in his report to the Emperor justify-
ing this step, quotes a very dangerous and virulent
article, in which France is represented as despoiled,
overthrown, and rendered more brute-like every
day. The Minister also states that the Courrier du
Dimanche had previously received eight warnings,
two suspensions, and one legal condemnation for
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cis a toiiinvgerhlye man,
and contempt against the Govern-
ment. The measure will be applauded by every
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mischievous
oiunseffect. Franceect. thislt style of f
writingreedom
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of the press when the press circulates documents
tending to humiliate the country and insult the
Government. As the Minister of the Interior justly
says, " Such language constitutes a systematic mis-
representation of men and things."
M. Villemain, the Secretary of the French
Academy, has for some time been indisposed, and
will not be able to preside at the usual distribution
of prizes which is to take place to-morrow. M.
Drouyn de l'Lhuys, the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
who has been with the Emperor at Vichy for the
last few days, has consented to perform the interest-
ing ceremony, and will return to Paris expressly for
the purpose.
The death is announced of Madame Thfouvenel,
wife of the former Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Madame Thouvenel has been ill for some months.
She had not attained her 40th year.
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shops, rushed into an egg and butter establishment
in the Rue de la Ferronnerie, and, under the im-
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