The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1866

act, which it most assuredly is ; and if one thing
can make it worse than another it is the line of
action which they have pursued towards Hanover,
Saxony, and other ruined States. It is marked by
a policy at once cruel and vindictive, and what-
ever be the issue of the war, it will for ever
dishonour the cliaracter of Prussian statesmen, and
disclose the principles upon which they act. The
sympathies of Europe are with these unfortunate
States, which seemed threatened with destruction
because they have refused to conform to unheard-of
demands ; and, as this Circular states, the " Hano-

verian Government, with its army, occupies a posi-
tion of necessary defence against a lawless and un-

heard-of attack upon its independence and honour."
We do not see how, under any circumstances,
the demands of Prussia could have been com-
plied with ; and all we can do is to hope that
the skill and strength of Austria may prove equal
to the occasion, and the mean and unworthy con-
duct of the Berlin Government may be covered
with the defeat and the disgrace which they deserve.
The King of HANOVER has issued an address from

the head-quarters of the army, in which he declares
that he has upheld the independence of his king-
dom, and implores his people to be firm and true,
looking for better times. If it were possible for the
reputation of Prussia to fall lower, certainly the
events which have ushered in this German war
would assuredly have done so ; for we can trace in
their conduct a desire for plunder and spoliation,
and a restless seeking after aggrandisement of ter-
ritory, which bodes ill for the safety and security
of their neighbours. The attention of Europe now
centres itself on Austria, and that nation has, in-
deed, enormous responsibilities upon it at this
critical juncture. The English Government has
compromised itself seriously in favour of Prussian
interests, and the policy of France is doubtful, so
that the Government of Vienna may be said to
stand alone in a war which, nevertheless, deeply
affects the interests of all, and upon whose issue
will depend the progress and prosperity of all
nations.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Thursday Evening.

We have had all sorts of reports to-day at the
Bourse, but, considering that war has really begun
prices are better supported than might have been
anticipated. Some explain this by saying that cer-
tain speculators have been playing for war and a
fall for several months, and they have now changed
their tactics, and are playing for peace and a rise.
As such important errors are sometimes made by
the telegraph, I think it right to give you a literal
translation of the introductory paragraph of the re-
markable article in the Moniteur explanatory of the
policy of France, particularly as the deduction made
from it by some of the Paris papers is that the Em-
peror knew there would be war when he wrote the
letter to AI. Drouyn de l'Huys. this is the intro-
duction to the article :—" The armed conflict which
the Government of the Emperor endeavoured to
prevent, in concert with the other Great Powers,
not German, became inevitable when it was neces-
sary to renounce the hope of a European Confe-
rence (deliberation)."

M. Lavigerie, Bishop of Nancy, has been ap-
pointed member of the Imperial Council of Public
Instruction, in the room of M. Parisis, Bishop of
Arras, lately deceased.
A suburban railway has been projected, which
promises to be of much use and convenience to the
Parisians. The Paris station will be on the Boule-
vard de Clichy, near the ancient barrier, and from
thence the line will form a junction with the short
railway of the Docks of St. Orien. Crossing the
Seine at St. Orien, the railway will traverse the
rich communes of Gennevilliers, Epinay, Corn eines,
Montigny, Jouy-le-Moutier, and Andres, and from
thence to be carried to Triel. The length will be
about 35 kilometres. A branch line will connect it

with Pontoise. This will be the most important
local line of the department of the Seine et Oise.
A certain Monsieur Nicolas Feter, of Dijon,
is, it appears, not only an inveterate hater
of dogs, but he has written a pamphlet--
" The Extinction of the Canine Race." In
this pamphlet he argues in favour of little short
of the destruction of all those faithful animals. The
author sent his work to no less a personage than
Marshal Valliant, Minister of the Emperor's House-
hold, and a great patron of the Fine Arts. That
gentleman, however, so far from partaking of the
author's views in regard to dogs, has written him a
letter, half playful, half serious, in which he says,
•' I have a horror of this new massacre of the
innocents which you propose. I have a horror of
another St. Bartholomew of dogs. What ! You
would kill the dogs of Ulysses, the old blind dog
which recognised his master after an absence of
more than twenty years, and which makes a last
effort to come again and lick his hand. Pardon,
sir, pardon for Argos, do not kill him. He dies
from excess of joy—let him die of happiness. You
would kill the young Toby's dog which came from
such a distance to announce to Toby's blind father
the approaching termination of all his misfortunes.
Would you kill that courageous dog of Montarges
without leaving him time to denounce the assassin
of Aubry de Montdidier, his master, and to compel
Richard A.lacaire to confess his crime. Would you
kill Tido, Jocelyn's dog, which inspired Lamartine
when he wrote those deliciouS verses which can
only be read with moistened eyes ? Would you
kill the Chieu du Regiment, the Chieu du Convoi

du Pandre, the chieu of Newfoundland, and the
chieu of Mont St. Bernard ?" " Would you," adds
Marshal Vaillant, " Kill Nero ?" I may explain
that Nero is a favourite dog of the Emperor, which
goes with him everywhere, and which sleeps in the
same room with him. It was only the other day
that Nero went with the Emperor to witness the
experiments with the warlike missiles which I
mentioned, and Nero's playfulness, attach-
ment, and varied feats, excited almost as
much interest as the experiments themselves.
There was great consternation at Court some
months ago, for, nowithstanding the vigilance with
which he is watched, Nero strayed away, and to
this day I believe nobody knows where he went to.
In another part of his letter, Marshal Vaillant says,
" Would you carry your rage upon the dog,
which is crouched at my feet watching the hand with
which this is written to you, his eyes fixed upon
mine, and reading in them the indignation with
which I am animated against you?"
Soon after the commencement of the trial for
murder and piracy on board the Faderis Area, the
deposition of an apprentice named Chicot was read,
which contains some frightful particulars of the
murder of the captain and the second officer, Aubert.
" Nobody can give you the details of the murders so
well as I," said Chicot, " for I witnessed every act,
but I was afraid to assist the victims, as the crew
threatened to throw me into the sea." The witness
said he could not tell how many stabs Aubert re-
ceived, for he was covered with wounds. He was
not quite dead when the carpenter, Daoulas, and
Thee mutineerssea i
n
Carbuccia, the Corsican, threw him into the sea.
They had just " finished" Aubert when the captain
came
throwlihPim intorr te
old
samei'imw:lywyasntl
done with his officer. 'they disarmed heaeynthatdo
ey the captain,
insulted him, kicked him, and stabbed him • •
m the
side. Lenard, one of the assassins, said, "T o the
sea, to the sea ; we are all lost if we don't throw
hinr in." The captain swam fora few minutes
when he was thrown into the sea. His last words
were—" Dieu vous conduise, mais vous aurez le cou

coupe,"
A letter from the special correspondent of the
Siecle at Berlin, dated June 18, says, "The appoint-
ment of M. de Bennigsen, chief of the National-
verein, as Governor-General of Hanover, is spoken
of as likely to take place. It was also reported that
there would be a convocation
.of a new Chamber
in Hanover, to replace that which the King disiolved
before Ilia departure." king George, after yo,riom

marches and countermarches, returned yesterday
evening to his residence at Herrenhausen, but no-
thing could induce him to agree to M. Bismarck's
project of Reform, and he had embarked with the
Prince Royal for England. It was said that the
Southern States intended to march their armies,
under the command of Prince Philippe of Hesse,
against the Prussians at Cassel. So the valley of
the Fulda is likely to become the theatre of military
events.

According to the Unita Italiana, just received in
Paris, a report.was prevalent at Florence that a
society of English bankers had offered to the Italian
Government two millions sterling, under certain
conditions, to carry on the war.
_ _

The taste for foreign productions sometimes leads
to strange mistakes. When the Chinese mission
passed through some of the towns of France, and
also a while at Paris, a great sensation was produced
by the beauty of their silk dresses. Some of the
spectators regretted that the Chinese beat French
manufacturers, the patterns and shades of the silk
were so beautiful. The ProgrLs of Lyons says—
" This admiration was very legitimate. These
silks, supposed to be Chinese, were manufactured
at Lyons."
A beautiful picture, by Tony Robert Fleury,
which was very much admired at the late Exhibi-

tion, " The Massacre of the Poles at Warsaw on
the Bth of April, 1861," has been purchased for
20,000 f. by a Polish emigrant, Count Xavier
Braniski. M. Henri Magniant, an eminent sculp-
tor, has just died in Paris, aged 42.
At the first day's races at Montauban, the prize
of the Council General, 1,000 f., for horses of three
years old and upwards (gentlemen riders) was won
by M. Janicot's Balafre, ridden by M. 11. de Sevin.
The horses entered for the Grand Prix du Midi at
Toulouse (June 24, 26, and 28), are—Le Sioulet,
Cantiniere, Mira, Cinna, Marietta, Radamah, and
Stilton. It is said that Piince Achille Murat has
bought all the race horses belonging to M. Vaillaut,
with the exception of Africain, which remains the
property of Mr. Riddell.
Reaumur's thermometer to-day reached 40 deg.
in the shade.

A Brussels paper states that since the 4-appear-
ance of the cholera in that city there were in 17
days 35 cases-15 men and 20 women. Of these 16
died —7 men and 9 women.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE WAR IN GERMANY.

BERLIN, June 22.

A Prussian corps coming from Saxony has been
sent to prevent the junction of the Hanoverians
with the Federal army, and has orders to join the
troops of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, commanded by the
Duke of .Coburg.

The Prussians continue to fortify themselves

before Dresden.

The movements of General Benedek are kept very
secret. Up to the present nothing more than recon-
naissances appear to have been made by the Aus-
trians in Upper Silesia. '

VIENNA, June 22.

The Vienna papers of to-day assert that the
Prussians have set fire to the Saxon town of Zittau
because the inhabitants refused to pay the war con-
tribution imposed upon them. The Prussians are
said to have then evacuated the town.

PRAGUE, June 22.
The Prussians entered Austrian territory last
night near Oderberg.
PRAGUE, June 22, 3 a.m.

The Saxon army has just completed its junction
with the Austrian army in the presence of the
King.

His Majesty, who is now at Prague, is calm and
The spirit of the army is excellent.

firm.

FRANKFORT, June 22.

Sir Alexander Mallet has been instructed by the
British Government to take under his protection
the Prussian subjects, and to take charge of the
Prussian archives of the town.

GorrINGEN, June 20.

The Austrian Ambassador has followed the King
of Hanover to the camp. The other members of
the diplomatic corps are expected here from Hano-

ver.

PESTII, June 22.

Count Majlath, Aulic Chancellor of Hungary,
has been in this city, and has held a conference with
Herr Peak on the question whether, and in what
form, the event of war between Prussia and Austria
is to be communicated to the Hungarian Diet.
TRENT, June 22.

Yesterday morning the Austrian outposts, at
Apaiso Bruffione, were attacked by Italian Volun-
teers. Several shots were exchanged.
COPENHAGEN, June 19.

The letter of the Emperor Napoleon, delivered to
the King of Denmark on the 15th inst., had no
political character, but merely referred in congra-
tulatory terms to the visit of the Crown Prince of
Denmark to Paris. The delivery of this letter was
accidentally delayed.

PARIS, June 22.

The Moniteur of this morning says :—" Certain
persons seek to shake public credit by spreading
false news respecting the events of the war or the
i►nminent, failure of some credit or industrial com-
panies. Some journals do not hesitate to receive
and propagate these inaccurate assertions without
taking the trouble to verify them. The Govern-
ment is observant of such acts, and will not hesitate
to institute legal proceedings against the authors of
false intelligence."

GALLE, June 10.

The Messageries Imperiales steamer Tigre, with
the India and China mails, left here for Suez to-
day.

SPAIN.
MADRID, June 21;Evening.

The Epoca states that, should the bill of Marshal
O'Donnell granting extraordinary powers to the
Government pass the Senate, it will only be by a
majority of five or six votes.