The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-18 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENOZ FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Tuesday Evening.
The illoniteur, in its strategical analysis of the
position of affairs in Germany, says :—" The com-
munications, as well by telegraph as by rail, are
interrupted on several points of Bavaria. Thus the
news relative to the march of the Prussian armies
in the interior of Austria only reaches us after con-
siderable delay, which increases as the Prussians
are further removed from the scene of action. We
hear, however, that since Friday King William has
been at the head-quarters of the army at Brunn,
the chief town of Moravia. The corps coming
from Iglau occupied Znaim, that is to say, that the
valleys converging from the Iglawa and the Thaya
are in the hands of the Prussians. To judge by
the rapidity with which they have always effected
their movements, they must have proceeded further,
perhaps after passing Brunn and Znaim they were
able to effect their junction in the region of Nichols-
bourg. This operation, which appears to form part
of the Prussian plan of campaign, is analogous to
the one which they effected in Bohemia.
" The invasion of Moraviaproceeds upon a similar
plan, which seems to indicate that the two Armies
which traverse that province intend to effect a junc-
tion before reaching Vienna. The Austrians appear
to have formed at Florisdorf a camp, where the
army is placed, which is destined, if possible, to de-
fend the approaches of Vienna, by being in advance
of the. enemy. The capital is not considered as a
strategic point, and the Government of the Emperor
Joseph wishes to save it from the horrors of a
struggle. Nevertheless, there is still a considerable
force at Olmutz. It is to be remarked in this cam-
paign, and the more so as they advance, that the
Prussians preceed with extraordinary audacity. If
they should be victorious to the end, their fortune
will prove that they were right, but, in the hypo-
thesis of a defeat, their position would be seriously
compromised. If they should think of a retreat, the
Austrian Army at Olmutz, taking them in flank,
would cause them extreme embarrassment. In Bo-
hemia the garrisons of Koniggratz, Josephstadt, and
Therescenstadt, which they have neglected, might
also intercept their retrograde march. The Prus-
sians follow the inspirations of the new military
school created by Napoleon the First, which consists
in massing with overwhelming rapidity large num-
bers of troops upon a given point. The telegraph
states that the engagement which has taken place
at Aschaffenbourg was a very serious one. It will
give the Prussians the power of marching without
obstacle upon Frankfort, and we may expect to hear
of their speedy occupation of that city. In Italy
Cialdini occupies the plains of Venetia."

The Ost Deutsche Post announces that a great
council of war was held on Sunday at Vienna.
Count de Mensdorff gave an account of the condi-
tion of the Army of the North, and Archduke Albert
and Field Marshal John described that of the South,
and explained what time it would take to come to
Vienna. Great secresy is observed as to what was
said and done at the Council, but it is said three
alternatives present themselves. A decisive battle
with the united armies of the North and South ;
an energetic defence of the line of the Danube—or
the acceptance of the conditions proposed by Prus-
sia. The Presse of Vienna says that the proposals
of France have not been accepted by any of the belligerent Powers.

The cholera at Amieus is very nearly extinct.
The last bulletin gives the number of deaths iu the
day as 12, the lowest number since the outbreak of
the disease. The deaths from cholera have been
upwards of 80 a-day.

Another clever trick has been practised in Paris.
A well-dressed young man entered a shop in the
Avenue de Maine, and said he was a stranger in the
neighbourhood, and wanted to send a confidential
letter, which he did not like to entrust to a com..

missionairc. He said he would give 25f. to any
one who would take a letter to his father, who was

head cashier at the Comptoir d'Esconipte.
He said he did not wish the messenger

;c. go into the office, but to wait cutside

till his father, whom he described minutely, came

out at 11 o'clock. The letter from the swindler im-

plored his father to send him a 2001. bank-note or

he should be ruined, as ho had lost that money at