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

CORRESPO.

(FRO 31 OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

PARIS, Tuesday Evening.

The Paris papers have nothing particular about
Germany to-day, but both the Austrian and the
Prussian journals revert to their bellicose tone.
Some of them treat a war between these two Powers
as a matter of certainty, and allude to the only point
of doubt as being which of those two Powers is to
take the initiative in war. Both parties profess to
desire peace, and descant upon the terrible respon-
sibility of commencing war. The actual news from
Germany being deficient, the papers have vague
arguments and speculations upon the subject. M.
de Girardin in La Liberte, his retreat from the
Presse, is very bitter against Count Bismark, and
says if war should take place between Austria and
Prussia, it will be exclusively the Count's fault.
Whenever the Emperor appears in public he is
received most cordially and enthusiastically. On
Sunday he drove to the Place du Trone and the Rue
St. Antoine without any escort. Those localities
now present a curious scene of bustle and gaiety,
there being at one place the large horse fair, and at
the other the great annual gingerbread and cake
fair. There are shows, mountebanks, and all sorts
of grotesque sights. The Emperor was received
with acclamations throughout the whole of the route
from the Tuileries. An enormous mass of people
collected at one point, and escorted the carriage
with cordial cheers to the Boulevard du Temple.
On Easter Sunday the Pope officiated at the Basi-
lisk of the Vatican, and afterwards pronounced the
solemn blessing urbi et orbi. The whole corps of
the French division and the Pontifical militia were
under arms in full uniform. After the blessing his
Holiness was warmly and affectionately greeted by
thousands.

Some interesting archaeological discoveries have
been made in digging near the foundations of the
new Hotel Dieu. An ancient pavement of the time
of Philip Augustus has been brought to light. The
surface is not so even as that of the pavements of
the present day. It is formed chiefly of a close

layer of small stones, and resembles the pavement
of some of the towns in the south of France now in
use. Some Roman remains and Merovingian wall
have also been discovered in this part of the Cite,
where some of the most ancient constructions of
Paris exist.

A Dutch workman, named Meier, claims to have
discovered an infallible remedy for the cattle
disease. Meier has been received at a private
audience by the King of Holland, in whose hands
he placed a bottle containing the alleged remedy.
The King has intrusted some men of art with the

task of examining the mixture and its effects.
The following is the result of the races in the
Bois de Boulogne yesterday :—La Bourse, 2,000 f.,
Castagnette, 1 ; Le Velasse, 2. Prix de la Grotto,
2,ooof.—Commandeur, belonging to Mr. Jennings,
1 ; Gaulois, 2. Prix de Guiche, 3,oooL—Equivoque,
belonging to the lucky Count de Lagrange, 1 ;
Tarpeia, 2 ; Macaron (Lagrange), 3. Prix de
Lutece, 10,000f.—Etoile Filante, 1; Stilton, 2 ;
Sultan, 3. Prix du Cadran, 10,0001.—La Fortune
(Count Lagrange), 1; Fumee, 2 ; Gontran, 3.
The yacht match on Sunday in the Argentine
bason was won by Count Cavour ; Belle Helene,
2 ; Verveine, 3.
There has been an attempted murder and suicide
for love, in the Rue Corbineau, under the following
circumstances :—A young girl named Leoutine
D— has for some months been courted by a
working man, Louis B—. The lover, however,
of late was chary of his visits. The girl became
suspicious, andthe information she received inflamed
her jealousy. Her suspicions being confirmed, she
obtained a six-barrel revolver. As ill fate would
have it, the young man was returning home with his
new love just at the moment when the old love was
watching for him. The jealous girl shot at her
lover from no less than five of the barrels, but was
so agitated that it was without effect. The sixth
barrel she turned against herself, but this missed
fire, so that both she and her lover are unharmed.
She has been arrested by the police on the charge of

attempted murder.
The weather in Switzerland, it appears, has been
very severe during the last few days. The snow
which has fallen on Mount Gothard is stated to
have been more abundant than has been known
within the memory of man, and the postal commu-
nications have been interrupted. At Paris the
weather continues mild and agreeable. so much so
that the summer campaign has been commenced by
the opening of the open-air concerts in the Champs
Elysees.

Some little excitement has been created in Paris
by the discovery of the body of a woman near Cour-
berrie, about four miles from the capital, who is
supposed to have been murdered. The information
upon the subject, however, is so imperfect that for
the moment I cannot furnish details.
A letter from Rome states the number of visitors
in that city is so considerable that they find it diffi-
cult to procure accommodation. Many are com-
pelled to go to Tivoli and Albans, several miles
from Rome. Living at hotels in a moderate way
costs 25c. a day, and hotel-keeping is such a good
card that even the Prince Torlonia has transformed
his palace into a hotel, where the English are de-
lighted to pay a pound a day for a furnished room.
The Pope bestows his blessings daily upon foreigners
of note, and Cardinal Antonelli gives at least 200
audiences a day to foreign visitors. The Marquis
de Boissy, the firebrand of the French Chamber,
who fulminates so much wrath and brimstone
against the English, is at Rome.
The English Ambassador in Paris is to give a
grand ball to-morrow night.

The Proposed Russo-American Telegraph

Line.

ST. PETERSBURG, March 30.

The following summary of a report drawn up by
Colonel Bulkley, chief of the expedition despatched
to survey the route of the Russo-American tele-
graph line, has been published here :

" The expedition placed in charge of Mr. Conway, which
was sent to the Fraser River, conveyed the telegraph line
over a distance of 450 miles, and only failed to finisli the
route marked out for thorn through want of the necessary
material. Mr. Conway states that up to the 57th degree of
north latitude there was no obstacles to the placing of the
line. Mr. Keninkott, chief of the second section, had to
survey the country between the river Kirptchak and
Norton Strait, and to reach the south in order to connect
his section with the first. The principal expedition
learned from the natives at Fort St. Michael that the
Kirptchak and the Youkone aro one and the same river,
flowing into the sea of Behring, and that vessels could easily
enter the river. On the American sido of Bohring's Strait

the only suitable point for landing the telegraph cable was
Port Grantly. On the Asiatic shore Seniavino Strait offers
all the conditions desirable. Between this strait and Port
Grantly the bottom of Behring's Strait is covered with
ooze and sand. The supposed distance between the two
points of submersion of the cable is 178 miles. Further on
the Bay of Anadyr, at the mouth of the river of that name,
presents a favourable situation for the submersion of the
cable. The principal expedition ascended the river to
distance of about 300 miles from Tolstey Cape, but could
not proceed further on account of the ice The seashore to
the south of the river Anadyr is mountainous, and offers no
suitable spot for the submersion of the cable. Tho pro-
jected submarine telegraph in the Bay of Anadyr ex-
tends over a distance of 209 miles. This route can only
be avoided by a land line to the north, crossing the Gulf of
St. Croix. In order to obtain a survey of the localities in
Kamschatka, and of the coast of the Sea of Okotsk, an
expedition was formed under M. Abaza, who discovered
that a line might easily be laid between Okotsk and
Yakoutsk, going round the mountains, and reaching the
Amoor at a point considerably above its mouth. Tho most
distant regions to the north through which the telegraph
line will be carried offer no serious obstacle either to the
construction or working of the line. The submersion of
the cable can be effected very easily on account of the level
and sandy sea bed, and the short length of the cable re-
moves any apprehension relative to the working of the
line. With respect to the land portion of the lino, the
posts will be as solid in the frozen earth as if they were
fixed in stone, and as there is no woods to traverse there

is no danger from falling trees. fie examination of the
line in winter will be a comparatively easy matter, from
the facility of travelling by sledges drawn by reindeer or
doge. To cross Behring's Strait, 178 marine miles of cable
will be re4uired; for the Gulf of Anadyr, 209 miles. The
depth of the sea is so great that the cable can only be da-
maged by icebergs, which, however, never appear in Beh-
ring's Strait, nor to the south, on account of the northern
current. Contrary to the opinion generally received, the
native tribes inhabiting the sea coast are peaceable and
honest, and hospitable in the highest degree. It is ex-
pected that in time they will be very useful to the under-
taking. The numbers of the specimens of natural history
that have been collected surprss all expectation. Opera-
tions will be resumed 41 the spring.