The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-31 00:00:00

made her a sithilar present. It was liven
to her on Sunday last. The sown was beautifully
decorated on the occasion. There were processions
and deputations from neighbouring communes who
came with bands of music. Young girls dressed in
white presented flowers, and in short, from 40,000 to
45,000 persons assembled to (ID honour to the occa-
sion. The medal, placed on a cushion of blue velvet,
was appropriately presented vith an address, and
splendid music enlivened the Froceedings. Madame
Cornuau was so affected whin the address was
read by a young lady that she burst into tears.
Thousands of voices cried "Vive Madame Cor-
nuau," and then rose the cry of " Vive l'lmpera-
trice." The young lady who read the address was
Miss Mathilde Boulanger, who was saved from
death from cholera by .Madame Cornuau. The
fete was called the " Fete of Gratitude." This fete
will be long remembered, and henceforth the name
of Madame Cornuau will be closely identified with
the history of the town. There were many persons
in mourning for those who had died from cholera.
The census for Paris is finis.2ed . No account of
it has yet been published officially, but I learn that
the number of the actual inhabitants of Paris (ex-
clusive of :strangers and temporary residents) is
estimated at 1,700,000.

A murder has taken place at Nice, under the fol-
lowing circumstances. A baker at St. Cesaire went
to his country house not far from the village, leaving
at home his wife and a man who assisted him in
baking. On his return, not seeing tiny one, he went
suddenly to the bedroom, and found his wife and
the man in bed. He immediately seized a knife and
plunged it into the man's heart. He then went to
the Mayor, confessed his crime, and lelivered him-
self into the hands of an offica. The man died in a
few minutes. The woman heretofore enjoyed an
irreproachable reputation.
A letter from Chamouny says that on the 22d
three travellers left without guides to make the
ascent of Mont Blanc. The next day by means of
telescopes two of the travellers were seen to roll
down an icy precipice 200 metres high. The other
was able to save himself. Assistance was imme-
diately sent from the town. No other circumstances
were known.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE ELECTOR OF HESSE.
BERLIN, Aug. 31.

The semi-official North German Gazette of to-day
contains an article alluding to certain rumours
which have been current here that the Elector of
Hesse had abdicated in favour of the King of Prus-
sia. The article says :

" Nothing is known of these rumours in well-
informed circles. The Elector of Hesse could not,
however, in his own interest do better than adopt
such a resolution. Austria, and the other German
States with whom peace has been concluded, having
already recognised the new organisation of Northern
Germany, no prospect exists of a change taking
place in the position of the Elector."

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Aug. 31.

On account of the unsatisfactory state of the
finances;4the Emperor has ordered the amount
fixed for the Court expenditure in 1867 to be re-
duced from 7i million to 5 million florins. A large
portion of the Imperial retinue has been dismissed,
and considerable retrenchments are about to be
made in the salaries of the chief Court func-
tionaries.

RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBUIIGH, Aug. 31.

The Emperor has given a banquet in honour of
the American Embassy, at which his Majesty drank
a toast to the prosperity and consolidation of the
United States.
The official Northern Post states that certain
journals have greatly exaggerat,...l 421,
Polish insurgents in Siberia, and denies that the
revolt has spread.

The Imperial sanction has been given to the
statutes of a joint-stock company established for
the purchase of landed property in the western pro-
vinces. The Government advances to the company,
without interest, the sum of 5 million roubles.

Baron Knesebeck, who arrived here on a special
mission from the King of Hanover, has had an
audience of the Emperor.

RUSSIA AND AMERICA.

Moscow, Aug. 30.

A deputation of Russian peasants have waited
upon Mr. Fox, the American Ambassador, to offer
him their congratulations in the name of the whole
Russian peasantry. M. Fox then presented M.
Gwosdew, the spokesman of the deputation, with
an American flag in remembrance of the occasion.
In thanking Mr. Fox for this gift, Mr. Gwosdew
declared that in case of necessity all Russia would
unfurl its banners by the side of those of the great
American Republic.

THE BAVARIAN CHAMBER.
MUNICH, Aug. 30.

The bill for a loan submitted to the Chamber of
Deputies to-day is accompanied by a motion to the
following effect :
That a close union with Prussia would be the
only means definitively to bring about the unifica-
tion of Germany by the co-operation of a freely
elected Parliament endowed with the requisite
powers, and effectually to protect the national in-
terests, and repel in case of necessity any attack
from abroad.

SPAIN.

MADRID, Aug. 31.

It is officially announced that the Spanish float-
ing debt amounted, on the Ist July, to 1,545 million
reals, and on the Ist August to 1,606 million reals.