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IHE SUN, LO I ON, FRIDA Y E V ENING, OCTOBER 26, 1866

quenc li., at least until the last hopes of the colonists
shall I; ave been convinced by a pseudo philan-

thropy ."
Nol we may fairly ask, if it be not very culpable
on the part of those who form this committee thus
to influence and agitate the negroes at a time when,
of all others, they should be left without any dis-
turbing influences ? How can they be led to take
'a right view of the late outbreak, and to become
more satisfied with their condition, while they are
kept in a perpetual excitement as to the state of
things, 'in England, and are taught that they have
been ill-used and injured? A more ill-advised
seherw: than that organised by the committee could
not ha we been suggested, and it is to be hoped that
they 1% ill pause in time before they commit them-
selres to such a disgraceful act irretrievably. At
any rate, as the letter above referred to states em-
phatically, the responsibility will fall upon them,
and. if Jamaica become a second Domingo the
Jamaica committee will be to blame.

The principal points of the Treaty of Peace be-
tween Prussia and Saxony are now before us, and
it must be admitted that they are about as bad as
could be, unless Saxony was altogether to become
a Prussian Province. If the French EMPEROR had
not predetermined, in the most most positive man-
ner, that he would not go to war with Prussia just
now, there would be ample cause for provocation
found in the scandalous way in which his expressed
wishes have been disregarded in respect to Saxony.
We never expected that Austria would obtain much
attention ; but it was not unreasonable to
look for some regard when the French EMPEROR
had urged the advisability of retaining the integrity
of Saxony. It would seem as ii the spirit of malig-
nant cunning had taken possession of BISMARCK
when he made these terms ; and, indeed, we may
say the same thing almost of all the other stipula-
tions he has taken part in of late. We do not see
how any integrity or independence is left to the
unfortunate little kingdom, and, on the contrary,
there is much to regret and deplore in the ruin thus
entailed upon it. The Saxon army will be reorganised
according to arrangements made by the North Ger-
man Confederation. Mixed garrisons will be placed
in Dresden and Konigstein, and the Prussians will
put garrisons into the other towns until the army
shall have been organised. The war indemnity to
be paid is fixed at ten million thalers, of which one
million wiil be deducted, because of the cession to
Prussia of the railways of Laban and Gorlitz.
Here again is a serious loss ; and when we take into
account the further intimation that Prussia is to
obtain exclusive possession of the Saxon telegraphic
wires, we may realise to the full extent the way in
which the Saxons have been circumvented by
their ruthless eagerness and their wily director,
Count BISMARCK. The Saxon troops that are now
about to return home will be placed under the com-
mand of the chief Prussian General in Saxony, and
altogether there is little difference in the fate of
Saxony from that of Hanover and some others.
The North German Confederation is a fine sounding
name for a Convention of Prussian moneyocracy,
and those who may be expecting very beneficial
results to ensue from its establishment will be cer-
tain to meet with disappointment, for it is founded
on injustice, and no liberty of choice is allowed to
those most immediately concerned in the matter,
and most seriously affected by the comprehensive
, changes wrought.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Thursday Evening.

The Gazette de Venise of Saturday last contains
the official documents and speeches made on the
formal surrender of Venice and Venetia by France
to Italy. The first place, giving up " the strong
place of Venice," is signed by General Lebceuf on
the part of France, and on the part of Italy by the
following members of the Municipality of the Place
of Venice, acting as assessors :—Mercantonis Gas-
pari, Giovanni Pietro Count Grimani, Antonio Count
Guistiniani Recanati.

"On the delivery of Venetia General Lebceuf
made a speech, in the course of which he said that
the Emperor Napoleon had made known the rea-
sons why be had accepted Venetia in a letter to the
King of Italy, dated Aug. 11. (The contents of
this letter are well known, as its publication at the
time excited great sensation. His Majesty, it will
be recollected, said that ' he accepted the offer of
Venetia to preserve her from all devastation, and
to prevent the effusion of blood.') The General
proceeded to say :
" Gentlemen, the Emperor has for a long time
known the aspirations of your country. His Ma-
jesty knows that it desires to be united to the States
of King Victor Emmanuel, with whom the Emperor
formerly fought for the enfranchisement of Italy.
But from respect for the rights of nationalities,
and for the dignity of peoples, the Emperor desired
to leave to the Venetians the task of manifesting
their wishes.

" They are worthy of understanding this homage
rendered to popular Sovereignty, upon which are
based the Governments of France and Italy. The
Emperor thus proves once more his respect for the
principles which he has always made it a point of
honour to defend, and for the feelings of friendship
of which he has given such reiterated proofs to the
whole peninsular.
" His Majesty is happy to have seconded, by the
efforts of his policy, the patriotism and the courage
of the Italian nation."

Count Michiel, in the name of the members of
the commission, replied in Italian in the following
terms :

" When in 1859 the allied armies triumphed in
Lombardy over our oppressors, we thought, at the
cry of " From the Alps to the Adriatic," that our
safety was insured. The icy hand of diplomacy
wrested this certainty from us. But that hand could
not subjugate the heart-beatings of that people,
who redoubled their sacrifices, confident in its future,
which was the future of Italy, nor could it turn its
powerful ally from his purpose of co-operating in
the deliverance of those who had shown themselves
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the kingdom."
General Leboauf then, after recapitulating the
official terms of the documents of surrender, said:—
" We declare that we remit Venetia to herself, in
order that the populations, masters of their destinies,
may freely express by universal suffrage their wishes
respecting the annexation of Venetia to the kingdom
of Italy."
Count Michiel, in the name of the commission,
gave a formal acknowledgment in writing to M.
Lebceuf of the surrender of Venetia by the Emperor
Napoleon.
The Gazette Officielle of Italy gives the following
particulars respecting the plebiscite of union of the
Venetian provinces up to the evening of the 22d.
At Udine, 5,473 electors voted for Yes, and one
only for No. At Chioggia, out of 7,992 voters,
there was not a single No. At Rovigo, out of
2,760 voters, the result was the same. At Vicenza,
8,610 electors voted for Yes and two only for No.
At Verona there were 16,075 electors who voted
for Yes and only one for No. (It would thus ap-
pear that there are not " Two Gentlemen of Verona"
who are opposed to the freedom and independence
of Italy.) At St. Pierre, Incarrieino, out of 6,135
votes there was not one for No.
According to the latest accounts from Trieste, re.

specting the health of the Empress Charlotte of
Mexico, the isolation in which she is kept, upon the
advice of her medical attendants, has produced the
best effect. The situation of the chateau of Miramar
facilitates this isolation, but at the same time gives
the illustrious patient the opportunity of taking ex-
ercise in the open air without intrusion. The walks
which her Majesty has taken in the parks daily have
done her much good, and have amused her, and
partially removed the fits of melancholy under which
she labours ; nevertheless her hallucinations con-

tinue. Her state of health is critical, but in this
kind of malady, according to the opinion of her
physicians, complete re-establishment can only be
effected by time.
Nocturnal attacks have recently been very fre-
quent in Paris. The papers to-day contain two
accounts of this description of crime. As a person
was crossing the Rue Oberkaupf, about midnight,
on his way home, he heard footsteps behind him,
and almost immediately received a severe blow on
the head with an empty bottle. lie says that in
falling he recognised his aggressor by the light of
the gas lamp, so that the ruffian will be probably
arrested. Robbery was, no doubt, the object, but

the cries of the victim brought police officers to his
assistance. The other case occurred in the Rue
Mouffetard. The sufferer was found in a deplorable
state. There was a serious cut on his forehead, and
his hair was coveied with blood. He had been at-
tacked by three individuals, who had taken his watch
and chain and other valuables. Two of the three
assailants have been arrested.

A splendid new park is about to be constructed
under the superintendence of eminent engineers, at
Montsouris, near the valley on the left bank of the
Bicvre. It will command a beautiful view of Paris,
and will prove for the south of the capital as agree-
able and as pleasant a retreat as now are enjoyed
by the west, the east, and the north from the Bois
de Boulogne, the Bois de Vincennes, and the park
of the Buttes-Chaumont. The extent will be 16
hectares. •
The Havas despatches sent to the Paris papers,
which always make a ludicrous hash of anything
English, announce that an English company of
actors will play during the Exhibition. Among the
tragedians mention is made of Mr. Philps. The
despatches also inform the Parisians that the prin-
cipal comedian will be M. Ch. Matteus, meaning, '
I suppose, Charles Matthews. That agreeable
actor would, no doubt, laugh at the funny mistakes
of these telegraph people, but they often make " the
judicious grieve."
A decision of great importance to public com-
panies has been given by the Tribunal of Com-
merce. A meeting of a water company was adver-
tised for ordinary purposes. The directors of the
company, however, proposed a resolution for the
erection of machinery to supply gas. The resolu-
tion was carried and considerable expense incurred.
A shareholder in the meeting protested, but his re-
monstrances being unavailing, he brought the case
before the Tribunal of Commerce. That court has
just decided that a company formed to supply water
cannot legally, without submitting to certain for-
malities to change their statutes, offer to supply
gas. It therefore condemned the directors to pay a
fine of 50f., to refund the expenses incurred, and
also to pay the charges incurred for the prosecution,
and also to defray the amount required for the in-
sertion of advertisements in the judicial papers
giving an account of the case.
The first Cabinet Council which has been held
for some time past took place yesterday, at St.
Cloud, the Emperor presiding. It lasted several
hours.

The Tintamarre is responsible for the following :
—A gentleman about to enter a house in the
Champde d'Antiu met a friend coming out. " What
are you doing here ?" said he. The friend replied
that he had just been to sec a creditor, and he had
had a great deal of trouble in inducing him to accept
a little money. " How was that ?" said the gentle-
" Why, he wanted a great deal," was the

man.
reply.
The Duke -de Leuctenberg, eldest son of the
Grand Duchess Maria, and grandson of Prince
Eugene de Bauharnais, has been appointed Presi-
dent of the Russian Commission at Paris for the
Grand Exhibition. His Imperial Highness has
arrived here.

The Cattle Plague and the Store Cattle
Trade.

A memorial, addressed to the Privy Council, and
signed by magistrates, landowners, graziers, and
cattle dealers, to the number of nearly 400, from the
district of Craven, praying for a modification of the
restrictions on the trade between England and Scot-
land, and for permission to hold a store cattle fair on
Linton Holms, in the centre of the district, was pre-
sented a short time ago, and, the reply being
unfavourable as to the admission of stock into Scot-

land, but no allusion being made to the fair, the
memorialists decided that one or two gentlemen
from the district should wait upon Colonel Harness,
C. 8., and press for some modification of the pre-
sent severe restrictions. In accordance with this
an interview took place on Wednesday.
Mr. BIRKBECK, a landowner and large farmer,
and secretary to the Linton Cattle Show, stated
that the district of Craven to the north and north-
west of Skipton and the whole of the bordering
county of Westmoreland had never had one case of
cattle plague, including an area of more than 800
square miles ; that it was almost entirely a sum-
mer grazing country, and required markets for its
stock in the autumn which must be removed to
which in many districts
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allowed markets and free intercourse with England,
whilst this large district, which has always been
free, was inconvenienced and injured by the Scotch
markets being entirely closed to it, and public home
fairs forbidden ; that Ireland also had free trade in
cattle, and was now (as a report of the Dalkeith
market, in the York-shire Post, shows) solely mono-
polising the supply of store cattle to Scotland. He,
therefore, hoped that some of the existing restric-
tions would be removed, as it was manifest they
might be without danger. Ile also alluded to the
efforts which had been made by the Scottish Board
of Agriculture and others interested in the cattle
trade in Scotland to modify the restrictions of the
trade with this district.

Col. HARNESS said there would be difficulty in
making exceptions in favour of particular districts.
Mr. BIRKBECK replied that they had alreadydone
so in favour of the county of Northumberland--
why not for so large a district, in which, he re-
peated, cattle plague had never existed ?
Col. HARNESS replied that the exception had only
reference to sheep. On reading over the order he
pointed out that fat cattle markets might be held if
they were sent afterwards for immediate slaughter;
but unless the order was entirely rescinded, it was
contrary to its spirit to permit store cattle markets
at present.
Mr. BIRKBECK suggested that a modification only,
of the order would meet the wishes of the memoria-
lists; he could assure him it pressed the most se-
verely on the middle-class owners of stock, as large
owners could now sell on their farms by public
auction, but it would not pay for the small farmers
to do so, and they cannot, combine for that purpose,
being scattered over such au extensive country. Mr.
Birkbeck therefore suggested that if store cattle
markets were held in counties or petty sessional di-
visions where there had been no plague for the same
number of months as Scotland had been free, and
further, to let cattle assemble at such fairs under the
restriction of passes, excluding all cattle grazed
within 10 miles of an infected district, that would
meet every requirement, and would be equally just
to the United Kingdom.
Col. HARNESS said the Lord President was still

in attendance on her Majesty in Scotland, but that
there was a strong desire to mitigate the severity of
these restrictions by the Lords of the Privy Council,
if they could with safety ; that they had the subject
continually under discussion, and he would place
the present communications duly before them.
Letters in support of the object were presented
from the Mayor of Bolton (a gentleman connected
with the district), and from Lord F. Cavendish,
M.P., and Sir F. Crossley, Bart., M.P., the repre-
sentatives of this part of the county.

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AMERICA,
QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 26.

The Inman steamship, City of New York, from
New York, on the 13th inst., arrived here at 3.20
a.m. to-day with 360 passengers, and $49,200 in
specie. She landed 680 of the former, and pro-
ceeded at 4 a.m. for. Liverpool.