The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1866.

LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 4, 1866.

The text of the treaty of peace is now published,
and will be perused with interest, affording, as it
does, full particulars concerning the manner in
which those differences hate been settled which
have disturbed the peace of Europe. Except inas-
much as we are assured that the miseries of war are
over, and that innocent parties will not suffer for
the sins of others, we see nothing to rejoice at in
this conclusion of hostilities ; and, indeed, in the
uncompromising attitude Prussia has assumed we
may safely predict fresh disasters to be at
hand, and this peace itself contains the ele-
ments of war in its hard and worst details.
The best proof of the want of moderation that
Prussia has displayed may be seen in the fact
that neither Saxony nor Hesse Darmstadt have been
permitted to escape in this general devastation of
independence and Power. How people can per-
suade themselves that such a state of things can
conduce either to the interests of Eur Ope or the
welfare of Germany is indeed difficult to under-
stand, but time will certainly show them their mis-
take, and exhibit the want of faith of the Berlin
Government. A proof of the extortionate nature of
that Power is shown in the immense sums required
to be paid by the losing side. From the Emperor
of AUSTRIA the sum of forty million Prussian
thalers is demanded, subject to some deductions
for the occupany of the Prussian army in the Aus-
trian States. If the people of Northern Schleswig
should by free vote express a wish to be restored to
Denmark they should be restored accordingly. This
is, in truth, the only satisfactory part of the affair,
and we hope that it wilrbe carried out in good faith.
As for the concession about Saxony, it is worth
nothing, because the King of PRUSSIA reserves to
himself the right of settling in a separate treaty of
peace the position henceforth to be held by
that kingdom in the North German Confedera-
tion. We all know pretty well by this time
what the result of such a reservation will be, and
can compute alike the fairness of the bargain and
the advantages likely to be derived from it. The
Emperor of AUSTRIA has to recognise the changes
about to be made in North Germany before he
exactly knows what they are, which is a striking in-
stance of the justice and moderation of Prussia.
For the present we can hope for nothing, and ex-
pect nothing, in the way of progress in Germany.
While the people are not quite dead to all
sense of independence they must eventually
resent the treatment they have met with, and resist
the oppressive measures put upon them. An armed
force may take its position and drive all before it
for a time, but it is quite another thing for a usurper
to hold fast what he has gained by force and fraud
combined. If Count BISMARCK •hero
of is to be the
of this age it is not very creditable to its judgment,
and posterity will certainly not ratify our decision,
for he is the enemy to all free thought and the
repressor of all progress and independent action.

We can fancy sober-minded people saying, Are
we never to hear the last of this fuss about Governor
EYRE and the means adopted for the suppression of
the outbreak in Jamaica ? The fact is, that the
affair, although already prolonged for a considerable
period, does not seem likely to be settled quite yet,
nor the discussions be permitted to drop. On the
contrary, it is now sought by some who prefer par-
tisanship to principle to make political capital out
of the matter, and for this purpose many devices
are resorted to, and steps taken which are unworthy
in the extreme and reflect the greatest discredit
upon these who adopt such a course. No censure
can be too strong that is passed upon those mis-
chievous individuals who get up a cry of this sort
for one reason or another, and persist in their pur-
pose totally heedless of the restraints of good sense
and right feeling. It has surely been sufficiently
treated of in all its bearings, this matter of the
Jamaica insurrection, and WC are all tolerably well
informed concerning the opinions of the chief men
of the day about it. What end can be answered
them by all the senseless clamour now beir, raised
so many mouths afterwards? The object is to
damage those who have presumed to welcome Mr.
EVRE on his return to this country, and utter their
sympathy for the bad measure dealt out to him by
the late ministry. It is quite departing from the
principles which have always guided ',this country
for personal abuse to be dealt out to those who have
the courage to give expression to their own
opinions, and the more this plan is adhered to
the better for the interests of the community.
The really independent and straightforward oppo-
nents of the course pursued in Jamaica will be
indignant at the demeanour of these violent indi-
viduals, who are driving all before them in the

fierceness of their indignation ; while the rational
reformers among the lower classes will be ashamed
of those who profess to represent them, but are
quite unfit to do so, from mixing up things which
have no real affinity to each other. In consequence
of a placard, headed "The Monster Ex-Governor
EYRE," being exhibited, a large crowd assem-
bled on Clerkenwell-green for the purpose
of trying the wholesale murderer, and the
wishes of those who got up the affair were expressed
to the effect that " the offender might be burnt in
effigy, and that they should like to serve him and
his aristocratic entertainers in the same manner in
the /testi." Unfortunately these patriotic philan-
thropists passed the narrow limits which divide the
sublime from the ridiculous, and their effigy caught
fire before they carried out their righteous sentence.
The speeches were bitter in the extreme, and more
stress was laid on the vices of those who enter-
tained the villain than on the crimes of the delinquent
himself. There was all the trash uttered which might
have been expected at such an affair, such as aristo-
cratic abettors of wrong, who never earned any
money in their lives and cared nothing for those
beneath them, &c. If Mr. BRIGHT and his friends
think that such affairs as this will promote the cause
of reform they are entirely mistaken, and though
no doubt at the next field day at Birmingham or
elsewhere this meeting will be referred to in ex-
travagant terms, such as the orator used in reference
to the riot in Hyde-park, wise men and sensible
men will see their folly, and deplore the mischief
of this species of agitation. Inciting the igno-
rant to angry feelings, and putting enmity
between class and class, is a work that should call
forth no sentiments but those of horror. All the
tactics and manoeuvres of this Jamaica faction have
been mean from the commencement, but they are
now becoming utterly contemptible, and those who
promote the ill-will displayed have much to answer
for, and their doings will not readily be forgotten
when the discussion of the subject itself has died
out. It is a course which cannot be too strongly
denounced, for it is subversive of all justice,
and represents tyranny in its worst form.

We may reasonably believe that one of the
first uses which President JonssoN will make
of his increased political power will be to
lighten the burden of JEFFERSON DAVIS'S cap-
tivity. It would be, no doubt, a matter of
very general regret throughout the States, North
as well as South, should the illustrious ex-President
end his days in prison. To class JEFFERSON DAVIS
with ordinary offenders against the law, or even to
set him down as a mere conspirator, or rebel, is so
manifestly incorrect and unjust that it is now
scarcely attempted even by the ultra-Radicals.
During a period of no ordinary difficulty and danger,
which might well have tried the executive powers
of any established Government, JEFFERSON DAVIS
directed the affairs of a population numbered not
by thousands, or tens of thousands, but by millions.
He presided over their Government during a pro-
tracted and extensive war, and it was mainly due to
his constructive ability that the Southerners were
able to face the difficulties which beset them on
every side. As one of our own statesmen said
JEFFERSON DAVIS made the South a nation, not
merely in numbers and in discipline, but in the con-
stitutional form of the Government and the tempe-
rate spirit in which he ruled. He was, in fact, too
constitutional for his own success. He hesitated to
employ those strong repressive measures against the
malcontents and conspirators in his own camp which
the stern necessity of the moment rendered indis-
pensable. His prescience and sagacity enabled him
to foresee the result of the planters' obsti-
nacy, but when his dignified and mourn-
ful appeals and warnings were unheeded,
he had not the energy to grasp- the reins of power
and enforce the necessary measures. If ANDREW
JOHNSON had been in the place of JEFFERSON Davis
the consequences of the war would have been very
different. The South, at the worst, would have
extorted some concession from the North, and the
war would probably have ended by a compromise
instead of a failure. But whatever speculations
we may indulge in relative to Mr. DAVIS'S policy,
there is no doubt either of his ability or of his high-
mindedness. His integrity, his disinterestedness,
his magnanimity, were unquestioned, and the base
attempt of his enemies to identify him with the
plot for Mr. LINCOLN'S assassination was so com-
pletely hopeless, from the well-known character of
the man, that it was very soon abandoned. Ameri-
cans of almost all parties do not now refuse to
admit that the Southerners at least believed them-
selves to have a just cause for secession, and they
do not fail to recognise and to appreciate
the courage, the fortitude, the resource,
which were displayed by their countrymen.
The Confederates have suffered heavily enough
for their dream of independence. JEFFERSON Davis
himself has expiated his fault, if fault it were, by a
long and trying imprisonment. It would be a grace-
ful act, and one fully in accordance with the spirit
of the great National Convention just dispersed, to
release the ex-President from his tedious and pain-
ful captivity. Free, he would be powerless to injure
the Federal Government ; captive, he is a lasting
reproach ; aud, dead in prison, his name would be
a by-word of discontent and of disaffection through
half the Union. We are very glad, then, in the
interests of the North as well as the South,
for the sake of the existing Administration as
well as of unanimity and justice, to see
that it is currently affirmed in New York that
JEFFERSON Davis is to be released on bail. By this
harmonyact
doubly
gracious if the favour were granted before
the Southern representatives could claim it in the
national assembly.
The Fenians are not yet grown wise. ROBERTS
is said to be organising another raid on Canada,
but the British troops already despatched will give
them an awkward reception. The heroes who are
to restore unity and harmony to Ireland are not
yet at peace among themselves, and the " doctors
disagree" to an alarming extent. sTuRENs has
declined an offer for the fusion of the STEPHENS'
and ROBERTS' factions, which SWEENEY denies
having had any part in making. As their supre-
macy is likely to be shortlived
gtlhoeryyatrheepyeerahn.ap s wise
in getting all the temporary
We aro glad to learn that the choleraenerl
aspect
sp deiestapof-
pearing from New York, and the general
American affairs is in every way satisfactory.

We learn, by the intelligence brought by the
Bombay mail that the exceptional weather of
this year of storms and rains has been felt even
there. A very severe storm passed over Bombay,
and it did a great deal of damage among the
shipping at the mouth of the harbour. The place
where most of the wrecks took place is very dan-
gerous, and Government has long been urged to
take some means of warning vessels of the dan-
ger of the coast, but, as usual, it requires a long
list of catastrophes to rouse them to action. A
gale commenced on the 3d ult., but happily with-
out doing much damage, thanks to the precautions
taken in consequence of the signal indicating
the approach of bad weather. So much for the
progress of meteorological science. The quantity
of rain which had already fallen in Bombay when
the mail left exceeded the monsoo , average of

the last fifty years (seventy inches), but hap-
pily the public health is reported as very
good. As may be supposed, much damage
has
:been done by floods in the swampy districts.
Several bridges have been seriously injured, and
there are many gaps along the line, extending in one
instance to 1,000 feet. This is on the Bombay,
Barocia, and Central India Railway, and the
through traffic has consequently been suspended.
Every effort is being made to restore the line to
working order, though the full damage cannot be
ascertained until the floods have subsided.

The Supreme Government has sanctioned the
establishment of money-order offices in the
Bombay and Madras Presidencies, which
will be very useful. A telegram from
Madras states that the Governor, Lord NAPIER,
has made a tour through Ganjam and the other
parts of the Presidency which are suffering from
the prevailing distress, and had obtained the sanc-
tion of the supreme Government for the commence-
ment of the Chika Canal, with the view of giving
employment to a large number of the poor. A
telegram from Calcutta describes the famine in
Bengal as very severe. The people from the stricken
parts aro flocking into Calcutta; 17,000 are receiv-
ing private relief, 12,000 are homeless ; sickness
and death are busy among them, and in a distri-
bution of rice 32 were killed and 15 wounded ;
and this in India with her vast natural capacities.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Sunday Evening.

The Moniteur has the following important infor-
mation :—" The Emperor, in accepting the cession
of Venetia, was guided by the desire of contribut-
ing to remove one of the principal causes of the last
war and to hasten the suspension of hostilities. As
soon as the signature of an armistice in Italy was
decided upon, the Government of his Majesty used
all its efforts to prepare the way for the conclusion
of peace between the Cabinet of Vienna and that
of Florence. It was necessary previously to make
regulations for the cession made to his Majesty by
the Emperor Francis Joseph. With this object a
treaty was signed on the 24th of August between
France and Austria, and the ratifications were
exchanged yesterday (Aug. 31) at Vienna. In
virtue of this treaty, the surrender of the fortresses
and territories of the Lombardo-Venetian territory
into the hands of the French. Commissioner will be
effected by an Austrian Commissioner, who is now
in Venetia. The delegate of France will come to
an understanding with the Venetian authorities to
transmit to them the rights of possession which he
shall have received, and the populations shall be
called upon to pronounce themselves upon the fate
of their country. Under this reservation, his Ma-
jesty does not hesitate to declare, from the 29th of
July, that he consents to the union of the kingdom
of Italy with the provinces given up by Austria.

" The Emperor has made known his intentions
to his Majesty King Victor Emmanuel by the fol-
lowing letter :
" Monsieur my Brother,
" I have learnt with pleasure that your Majesty
consented to the armistice and to the preliminaries
of peace signed between the King of Prussia and
the Emperor of Austria. It is therefore probable
that a new era of tranquillity is about to open for
Europe. Your Majesty knows thA I accepted the
offer of Venetia in order to preserve it from any
devastation, and to prevent the useless effusion of
blood. My object was always to restore it to her-
self, so that Italy might be free from the Alps to
the Adriatic. Mistress of her own destinies, Ve-
netia will soon be able to express her desire by
means of universal suffrage.
" Your Majesty will acknowledge that, under
these circumstances, the action of France has again
been exercised in favour of humanity and the in-
dependence of the peoples.
" ' I renew to you the assurance of the senti-
ments of the high esteem and the sincere friendship
with which—l am, the good brother of your Ma-
jesty, " NAPOLEON.

" St. Cloud, Aug. 11, 1866.""
Her Majesty and the Imperial Prince have
left St. Cloud for Biarritz. The time for the
departure of the Emperor is not appointed. his
Majesty presided yesterday at another Cabinet
Council at St. Cloud, and afterwards rode in the
park.

M. Lebreton, the Clarkson Stanfield of Paris, has
just died in his 48th year. No French artist of
modern times could equal his paintings of ships and
the sea. He had an appointment in the Marine
Department in his quality of artist. M. Lebreton
was one of the companions of Dumont-d'Urville in
his second voyage round the world. He went out
as surgeon to the expedition, but abandoned physic
for the pencil and paleter.

A relic of Marie Antoinette is to be sold at Paris
on the 10th of January next. It is a beautiful bon-
bonniere or vestment box, ornamented by the Queen
herself during her happy days at Tranion. Her
Majesty presented it to the Duke de Caumont la
Force, who died about 12 years ago, and his family
have now decided upon selling it. The value of the
box is estimated at £2,000.
There have never been so many cases of hydro-
phobia in Paris as during the present season. The
police have made war upon the dogs found uu-
muzzled, and dozens have been drowned in the Seine.
Three months ago a gentleman residing at Neuilly,
who was bitten by his dog, died in frightful agony.
his daughters, one 17 and the other 19, are now in
a hopeless state. It was necessary to tie their father,
who attempted to bite every one who came near
him. The girls have been more or less suffering
from the sight ever since, and now their alarm has
been changed to hopeless and distressing malady.
The weather has greatly improved. It was warm
and beautiful yesterday and to-day, but the preva-
lence of dark flying clouds during this afternoon
seems to portend more rain and storm.

There is something admirable about many of the
fetes which are still kept up in Paris. The fete of
St. Fiacne, for instance, held on Thursday last at
Passy, formed a beautiful spectacle, and was con-
nected also with pious observance. It was that of
the gardeners of Paris. The splendid traditional
bouquet was carried from the municipal garden to
the church, where a musical mass was performed.
The procession then went to the Pre Catalan, where
there was a brilliant horticultural exhibition, termi-
nated by a banquet and ball, the proceeds of which
are devoted to the assistance of the poor. The fete
of St. Fiacne was celebrated with equal pomp and
joyous manifestation in the Faubourg St. Antoine.
This quarter is renowned for the manufacture of
furniture, and the workmen connected with its
various branches have formed themselves into a
mlsot. un tg tua ol
Fiacne.a g
assistancerelirhoeu a
religiouss ociety . The funds are frugally
and carefully employed. These workmen also
society,be-
ceremony enrolled asw athe
celebratedß ro t h ers
at the church of St.Eloi. The musical mass was
thaunted by the Abbe Denys, and the vicar, M. St.
Aroman,'proached a remarkable.sermon, appropriate
to the occasion. The altar was decorated with two
superb magnolias grandifloras, and there were fes-
toons of the most beautiful plants and flowers of
all kinds. The brothers also marched in procession,
and carried a handsome bouquet, andfurunigts
girlsand
flowers of the season were placed before the altar.
Four loaves were presented by four yo
clothed in white. " The kindly fruits of the earth"
were offered up to the Creator in token of blessing and
gratitude. The loaves, symbols of union, were dis-
tributed among the brotherhood. Some of the
loaves made in Paris are two or three yards long.
Bread, according to the usual custom, was also
given to the poor.
The provincial papers contain accounts of loss of
life and much damage to property by the late thun-
derstorms. At Louviers the lightning struck a
stable, killed two horses, and set fire to a barn, de-
ssttreoepyliengof atlhaergeebuqrtolhanotfityst.ofAtclborion:suTrleaaitlitwifausl
struck and much injured. Near Beaumont le Roger
a man of 23, who had taken refuge in an outhouse,
was instantly killed, At Beaubray the fluid entered

a house where a child was asleep. The neighbours
saved the child, but the house and furniture were
entirely destroyed. On the shore at Berck, not far
from Calais, a poor fisherman who was spreading his
nets to dry there, was struck dead instantly.

A lady named Beaumont, residing in the Rue St.
Vincent, has just died in her 96th year, and in full
possession of all her faculties.
The consumption of horse flesh in Paris increases
rapidly. Only two months have elapsed since its
sale was officially authorised, and already a second
establishment has been opened for the purpose in the
Rti, de Flandre. An establishment for the sale of
soup made from horse-flesh has been opened in the
Rue Sainte Marguerite, in the Faubourg St. An-
toine, and a manufactory of sausages from horse
flesh is about to be opened in the Avenue de Clichy.
The authorities are prepared to exercise great vigi-
lance, which is very necessary, for an account
appears in the papers to-day of the death of a horse
at Etampes from hydrophobia. The horse was
bitten by a mad dog on the 2d of last month.

Le Siecle has some remarks worth attention re-
specting the policy of Prussia, It says The
annexations of Prussia have destroyed the balance of
power in Europe, and have created a principle hostile
to the idea of peace. It is evident to all that nothing
which has just been founded by violence can be
durable, and that one day or other the position must
inevitably undergo a change. It cannot be allowed
that one Power is to alter the map of Europe. To
the Treaties of 1815 must necessarily succeed a new
European constitution, based upon the principle of
National Sovereignty. Everybody feels this, and
uneasiness exists everywhere. We are in a pro-
visional position, and this temporary situation ex-
cites universal anxiety."

The Marquis do Lisboa, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Brazils to
France, has just died in Paris. The Marquis was
for some time Minister in Portugal,:and was known
for his liberal principles.
PARIS, Monday Evening.

Some of the opposition papers, ever ready to find
subjects for objection, affect to know that the resig-
nation of M. Drouyn de l'Huys, as Minister of
Foreign Affairs, has arisen out of some difference of
opinion between himself and the Emperor in regard
to the position of matters in Germany. These com-
ments are purely conjectural. Indeed the letter of
the Emperor to M. Drouyn de l'Huys, in which his
Majesty expresses his deep regret that circumstances
compel him to accept the resignation, ought to have
prevented such speculations, particularly as the Em-
peror has made
.his late Minister a member of the
Privy Council. The Marquis de Moustier, the new
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
is a tyro in diplomacy.
He is at present Minister of France at Constanti-
nople, but his functions will be performed tempo-
rarily by the able Minister of the Interior, the Mar-
quis de la Valette.

The illoniteursays that the various expenses of
the last war will cost Prussia about 400 millions of
francs. The State is in possession of metallic re-
serves and securities which have been negotiated,
which form altogether a total of 100 million of
francs. The war contributions imposed represent
170 millions, shared by Austria, Bavaria, Wurtem-
burg, and Baden. The sum to be paid by the king-
dom of Saxony and Hesse Darmstadt is, not yet
fixed. The city of Frankfort has already paid in
money or securities 15 millions of francs. The
probability is that Prussia will have recourse to a
loan. The Cabinet of Berlin is in negotiation with
the Elector of Hesse and the Duke of Nassau, with
a view to induce these Sovereigns to resign their
States voluntarily. If they should accede to this
their patrimonial fortunes will be preserved.
A Paris paper contains a notice of a curious ob-
ject of art, a marble flute. There exist but two
marble flutes in the world : one which forms part of
the collection of Prince Demidoff, and the one un-
der notice, belonging to the celebrated violinist
Servais. They are both of modern manufacture,
and were made by a marble cutter of Carrara, who
could never obtain more than these two specimens.
This marble flute is exactly similar to those of
ebony with silver keys, only the cylinder is more
perfect, and the whiteness of the marble rivals that
of the celebrated Parian marble. At the Clapisson
Museum, at the Conservatory of Music, there are
many curious specimens of flutes, in ivory, glass,
metal, and also in clay and pottery.
Her Majesty and the Imperial Prince have arrived
safely, at Biarritz in the best of health, and were re-
ceived with the cordial acclamations of the whole
population.

The Baron de Werther returned to Berlin after
the exchange of the ratifications of the Treaty be-
tween Austria and Prussia. It is stipulated that a
Commission, composed of the Plenipotentiaries of all
the States which formed part of the Confederation
shall assemble at Frankfort, and that all demands
in reference to the subject shall be made within six
months. Austria is authorised to withdraw from
the Federal fortresses all that belongs to her, and a
proportion of the moveable property. All the
rights of co-dominion over the Duchies of the Elbe
are transferred by Austria to Prussia, and the Cabi-
net of Berlin is about to submit to the Chambers a
project of law for the incorporation of the Duchies
to the Prussian Monarchy. This project, which is
to be presented without delay, will reserve, as is the
case in regard to the other annexed territories, the
faculty to the Government of preparing the com-
plete fusion of the Duchies by a temporary arrange-
ment.

The Charivari has a satirical illustration of the
doubts prevalent as to the permanent duration of
peace, which is worthy of Punch. There is a statue
of Peace inscribed 1866. An angry-looking old.
woman, representing Diplomacy, ascends the ladder
with a banner in her hand, evidently with the in-
tention of knocking Peace on the head, and the
question is put to the artist, " Will your statue be
solid ?"

A demand for legal reparation between man and
wife is about to be brought before a Paris tribunal
which will involve some piquant disclosures. The
husband is no less a personage than a Count de
Tolna, who only about two years ago became ena-
moured of a young lady, and was received at the
mother's house as an acknowledged suitor. The
Count wrote a letter to the lady, giving a full, true,
and particular account of his position, disposition,
and habits. He told her that he was Chamberlain
to the Emperor of Austria, rich, and addicted to
literature. Above all he loved an " old nobility,"
and must have a wife with noble blood in her veins.
He had been half over the world, and liked travel-
ling, a taste in which his wife must share. One
essential thing to understand was that ho was a
desperate smoker, so the lady must say simply and
categorically whether she would allow her husband
to enjoy the weed to the top of his bent. The lady's
answer to the appeal was extremely favourable. She
told him the more he smoked the better she should
be pleased. Indeed she only wanted two privileges.
She only wished to be allowed to learn to swim and
to ride. The letter, in conclusion, invited the lover
to come and dine with herself and her mamma, who
would be delighted to sec him at their table. These
are the points of the mutual letters ; but they dis-
played a most astonishing similarity of tastes, and
the marriage took place. Now it appears both
gentleman and lady want to be separated. The
great mischief seems to be that they agree
together too much, and so they want to be separated
to avoid the evils to be feared from too great a
similarity of taste. They have a child. The wife
when only five years old, it is said, was adopted by
an Englishman named Howard. According to one
version of the case the aristocratic count, the Cham-
berlain of the Emperor of Austria, is chiefly dis-
pleased because he finds that his wife, instead of
being noble, is of plebeian
o
!gin. Poor
rapid
Austria,
says a satirical commentator
uponri this
be always beaten !
termi-
nation of the course of true love, you are destined to

A child of nine years old has stabbed a little girl
of five years. They reside at Baringhem, in the de-
partment du Nord, and quarrelled while playing.
The victim received 15 wounds, and there is no hope
of her recovery.
It is, I believe, arranged that Lord Cowley will
not retain his post as Ambassador at Paris. Vari-
ous persons have been named as his successor.
Probably it will be Lord Granville.

It is said that the Neapolitan royal F. P.IIIIIY in"
tond to ezaigrato to America:

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

PRUSSIA AND SCHLESWIG.

BERLIN, Sept. 4.

The Treaty of Peace between Prussia and Hesse
Darmstadt was concluded here at noon yesterday.

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 3.

The Faedrelandret of to-day says :—" On Fri-
day last a numerous deputation from the inhabi-
tants of Sehleswig proceeded to Berlin in order to
present a petition for the reunion of Northern
Schleswig with Denmark. Count Bismarck, how-
ever, refused to receive the deputation."

SPAIN.

MADRID, Sept. 3 (Evening.)

A royal decree has been issued appointing a
special commission to examine projects for the con-
struction of different branches of railways, all of
which, it is intended, shall join the main line.