The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-23 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Wednesday Evening.
It is stated from Berlin that the Government has
informed the Chamber that the whole of Prussia
will form part of the Confederation of the North.
The kingdom of Prussia, it may be recollected, pos-
sessed beyond its German frontiers two large pro-
vinces which did not form part of the Germanic
Confederation. They are Royal Prussia (Konigs-
berg and Dantzic), and the Polish province of
Posen. The fusion of these two countries (says a
Paris paper) may raise serious objections on the
part of the great European Powers. Posen is es-
sentially Polish. The greater part of Royal Prussia
is also Polish, or of the Sclavonian race, and the
German population forms but a very small minority.
The:Siecle,iin reference to the contradiction of the
statement that the Emperor had sent a letter to the
King of the Belgians, says :—" We may deduce
from this official contradiction one point which it is
important to notice. If the fact of the Imperial
letter be inexact, the signification given to the do-
cument still remains intact. Not only France does
not in any way threaten the independence of Bel-
gium, but she does not even think of asking from
her the restoration of the strong places which were
wrested from us in 1815, and which had been left
to us by the treaty of 1814."
A letter from Berlin says that affairs have as-
sumed a sufficiently pacific attitude to induce the
Minister of Finance to withdraw the proposed pro-
ject of law for a loan of 60 millions of dollars.
There is no truth in the report of an intended
extraordinary meeting of the Cardinals at the Vati-
can, under the presidency of the Pope, to consider
the affairs of the Roman State.
I believe the season has not arrived yet when the
newspapers teem with accounts of enormous cab-
bages and turnips, but in the meantime we have now
two accounts of wonderful vegetation. Th e first i
undoubtedly true . As for the second, your reader
must have the goodness to receive it on the autho -
rity of a serious Paris paper. At the Halle, on Mon-
day, there was sold a melon which weighed upwards
of thirty-seven pounds. It was grown at St. Denis,
and is of thespecies called cantalon. The other mar-
vel of vegetation is thus related :—A tradesman of
the Rue St. Honore has a country house at which
he passes the summer. Last summer he bought a
stick made from a tree at Arcachon, which is cele-
brated for wood for this purpose. At the end of
last summer, on the morning when he was about to
leave the country for the season, he carelessly stuck
his tree in one of the beds, intending to take it with
him. It was a favourite stick, and he had it beau-
tifully mounted in gold. Suddenly the railway bell
rang, and he had only just time to take up his hat
and cloak, forgetting his stick in the hurry of the
moment. What was his surprise on his return to
the country to see that the stick had grown into a
little tree with numerous branches, and curious to
say the gold mounting still towers at top of the tree.
It appears that the stick had been recently taken
from the tree at Arcachon, and was of green wood.
The little tree will probably be left untouched, as
the gentleman will not like to cut his stick.
At Lyons a process has been adopted for photo-
graphing upon silk, linen, and other articles, and
many persons have their portraits upon their linen
instead of having it marked with their name or
initials. In the silk-shops various articles are exhi-
bited photgraphed with names and fanciful de-
vices. The articles are not at all injured by wash-
ing. The process is easily and rapidly effected.
M. Pagaud, of la Chatre, in the department of the
Indre, recently married to a young lady of Bourges,
was among the victims at the Pont de la Concorde.
When taken home he still breathed, and there were
hopes of saving him. On Saturday, however, a
telegraphic despatch was received by the family
announcing his death. They immediately came to
Paris to endeavour to console the young widow.
M. Duranton, Professor of Law of the Faculty of
Advocates, and President of that body, has just
died in Paris, in his 84th year. From 1825 to 1837
he published, in 22 vols., Les Course of Civil
French Law, according to the Civil Code, with
analytical and explanatory summaries.
During the thunder storm, on Sunday evening,
the electric fluid entered the house, No. 61, Rue
Aboukir, and penetrated an apartment on the sth
floor, occupied by a gentleman and his wife named
Bregeon. It struck the chimney-piece, which was
ornamented with a glass, and knocked off a part of
the frame. It left traces of its passage on the
wall in three places, and emerged through a fissure
in the chimney.

Great disappointment has, no doubt, been caused
by a singular mistake made at the Ministry of Pub-
lic Instruction, in drawing up the lists of the per-
sons who were to receive decorations on the occa-
sion of the Emperor's fete. Among the names was
that of M. Waddington, Professor of Philosophy,
at the Lyceum of St. Louis, and member of the
Institute. It appears that there are two Messieurs
Waddington. The Professor at St. Louis is not a
member of the Institute. The other gentleman is
not a member of any educational body. The prize
is intended for M. Charles Waddington, who is not
a member, but a correspondent of the Institute-
Academy of Moral Sciences.
The death is rumoured of M. Charles Frossard,
Vice-Consul of France, at Matamoras.
Miss Ofresia de Las Cases, daughter of the Mar-
quis de Las Cases, count of the Empire and Cham-
berlain to the Emperor, granddaughter of Count
de Las Cases, the companion of Napoleon at St.
Helena, is about to be married to Baron des
Michels, Secretary of Embassy.
Another death to mention is that of Mr. John
Francis, a gentleman, many years connected with
the London press. Mr. Francis had been ill for
several weeks.

The weather is much improved to-day. It has
been warm, genial, and agreeable, but flying clouds
indicate that the rainy season is not yet over. There
have again been showers.

At the races at Nevers, the Prix des Haras, 2,000 f.,
was won by Balancelle ; the Prix de la Societe
d'Encouragement, 2,000 f., by Atalanta. The Prix
de la Ville (handicap) 6,000 f., by Willis ; Ambas-
sador was second. The Prix du Cheminde Per,

1,000 f., by La Germaine. At Cherbourg, the Prix
des Haras, 3,000 f., was won by Chantilly ; La
Menagere second. The steeplechase was won by
Blaison.

A Vienna journal states that the diplomatic re-
lations between the Pope and the King of Italy, so

long interrupted, was about to be resumed. -
Unfavourable accounts have reached Paris re
specting the vines. It is said that the wet pre

vents the grapes from ripening properly in some
districts, and that there will be hardly..any chateau

margaux this year.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN ST. GILES'S.--LYNCII-
ING A BROKER.--Yesterday afternoon a most ex-
traordinary scene was enacted in George-street, St. Giles's,
consequent on the law being put in force under a re-
straint for rent in a room at one of the notorious houses
in that notorious street. Neither rent nor possession
being obtainable from the "lady " occupier, the brokers
were put in, and, despite strodg verbal remonstrances,
the furniture was cleared out and placed on a truck for
removal. Despoiled of her lares et penates, she raised an
outcry that quickly collected a mob, and in less time than it
takes to write it the wheels were broken off the truck, the
bedstead shattered, the flock bed and pillows hurled hither
and thither, whilst the rest of the goods and chattels wore
most rapidly distributed. Meanwhile the unhappy repre-
sentatives of the law were deluged, from several windows
from all sorts of vessels. Th 3 whole affair only lasted a
fow minutes, but a body of police on arrival quickly put an
end to the missile-hurling that prevailed, and the crowd,
amounting to some hundreds, slowly separated, leaving
George-street and a considerable part of Broad-street strewn
with the evidence of the want of respect for the law of
landlord and tenant in that locality.
THE REIGATE ELECTION COMMISSION.--Yester-
day, Mr. Sergeant O'Brien, Mr. F. J. Smith, and Mr. J.
T. Allen, the commissioners appointed pursuant to the
statute 15 and 16 Vict. c. 57, intituled "An Act to provide
for more effectual inquiry into the existence of corrupt
practices at elections for members to serve in Parlia-
ment," proceeded with their inquiry into the proceedings
at the last and previous elections for the borough of Rei-
gate at the Town Rall. Extensive allegations of bribery
and corruption are
alleged, and a largo number of persons
connected with the borough have been summoned to give
evidence, so that the inquiry will probably last several
days. Mr. Albert de Retzen has been appointed to act as
Secretary to the ceuwaiseionere, •

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AUSTRIA AND ITALY.

VIENNA, Aug. 23

The documents relating to the resignation of
Baron von Beust, the Saxon Minister for Foreign
Affairs, have been published here. Baron von
Beust, in his letter to the King requesting to be
relieved of his functions, states as his reason for so
doing that Prussia refused to allow him to take part
personally in the peace negotiations, whereby he
was confirmed in his supposition that he himself
might stand in the way of au understanding with
Prussia.

The King of Saxony, in replying to Baron
von Beust, expresses in cordial and flattering terms
his recognition of the services rendered by that
Minister-, and only accedes to his request on account
of the
.important political reasons he had himself
assigned, and which demand the sacrifice of the
King's personal wishes for the country's good. His
Majesty concludes by assuring Baron von Beust of
his lasting gratitude, affection, and esteem.

FLORENCE, Aug. 22 (Evening;

News received here from Padua states that the
Austrians continue to remove national relics and
objects of art from Venice, particularly from the
arsenal.

2,500 Italian prisoners have arrived at Udine;
having been released by the Austrians.

ROME, August 22,

Count Sartorius de San Luis had an audience of
the Pope to-day, in order to present his credentials
as Spanish ambassador to the Roman Court.

MUNICH, August 23.

The territories to be ceded by Bavaria to Prussia
comprise the districts of Orb, Gersfeld, Miters, and
Thann, situated in Lower Franconia.
These districts contain in a 1140,000 inhabitants.

SWITZERLAND.

BERNE, Aug. 23,

The Federal Council having received assurances
of the maintenance of peace has abolished the pro-
hibition upon the export of horses and the other
measures that had been taken to preserve Swiss
neutrality.

JAPAN.
(Via Malta.)
SHANGIIAE, July 6

The new Japanese Convention takes effect from
the Ist July. The new tariff will come into opera-
tion at Yokohama on the same date, and at the other
open ports, on the lstAugust. Bonded warehouses
are to be established in all the open ports.
The Japanese Government is desirous of making
favourable arrangements for the exchange of foreign
into native coin.

Japanese subjects are free to buy every descrip.
tion of shipping except war vessels.

MALTA, Aug. 22,

The prohibition upon the importation of cattle
into Malta from the Regency of Tunis has been re-
moved.

AMERICA.
SOUTHAMPTON, Aug 23

The Hamburg and American Company's steam-
ship Germania, from New York on the 11th inst.,
arrived this morning with 69 passengers, and
$4,000 in specie for Hamburg.
On the 13th she passed the steamer Bavaria, on
the 20th the ship Benin, and on the 22d off Start
Point the Hamburg bark Candor.

FRANCE.
POINT DE GALLED Aug. 10.

The Messageries Imperiales steamer A Iphee le;

here to-day with the inward India, China, and
Japan mails. She has on board 70 passengers and
1,700 packages of merchandise.
PARIS, Aug. 22.—Two o'clock.—Still less busi-
ness has been transacted than on the last few days,
but nevertheless the market continues firm. The
opening quotations were nearly the same as the
closing ones of yesterday. Notice of the following
discounts was posted up :-1,500f. of French Threes,
12,000 f. of Italian Fives, and 25 Comptoir d'Es-
compte. French Threes were done at 69f. 10c., or
a fall of 2 c. ; Italian Fives at 53f. 20c., or 15c.
higher ; Mobilier at 647 f. 50c., the same price as
yesterday ; Credit Foncier at 1,312 f. 50c., an im-
provement of 2f. 50c. ; Comptoir d'Escompte at
870 f., or 3f. 75c: lower. Nothing of consequence
doing in railways.

Three o'clock.—The market was not so buoyan.
at the close, prices being as follows :

41 per Cents 99 Bank Shares 3560
Do. end month ltalian Loan 53 35
3 per Cents. 6B 90 Do. end month 53 35
Do. end month 69 02i Mexican Loan 29
Credit Mobilier ... 646 25 Do: Bonds 172 50
Do. end month ... 642 50 Spanish Threes -
Credit Foncier 1305 Home Debt — -
Do. end month 1315 Deferred -
RAILWAYS.

i For Account.
Orleans 877 50
Northern 1137 50
Lyons and Mediterranean 875
Southern 528 75
Western —
•
Eastern 536 25
Sardinian —
Austrian
Lombard 390
North of Spain lO2 50
Saragossa —
Ditto to Barcelona —
Roman -

The Fatal Collision off the Suffolk Coast.

The fears entertained that there were more pas-
sengers lost in the wreck of the Bruiser, Hull and
London steamer, off Aldborough, than the returns
represented are confirmed. A Mrs. Mendorusky,
a German, and her three children, were known to
be on board, and have not been heard of. Captain
Marty, the commander of the Bruiser, from the de-
scription given of them by their friends, has a dis-
tinct recollection of seeing the woman with her chil-
dren on deck during Sunday. She was on. her way
to her husband, who is lodging at Mr. Morris's, 7,
Hutchinson-street, Commercial-road-east. It has
I also been:ascertained that a young man named Stone
was among the passengers drowned. The lady who
was picked up by the Perseverance and landed at
Yarmouth is Miss Charlotte Bewley. She was in her
nightdress only, and was much injured. Her luggage
has been washed ashore, and it was forwarded to her
last evening. The Trinity-house officials have caused
a green buoy to be moored over the spot where the
Bruiser went down, and Captain Harty has arrived
at Aldborough, in company with some expe-
rienced divers, to explore the wreck. If the weather
continues fine to-morrow, they will commence ope-
rations at once, and it is expected they will be able
to recover most of the cargo.

The chief mate (Mr. Scott) who had charge of the
Bruiser at the time of the accident remained on the
bridge until the water cdmnienced flowing over the
deck, when he ran aft, and along with several others
launched the jolly boat. The next moment the ship
went down. This was the only boat of the Bruiser
launched. The captain had ordered all the lashings
of the other boats on deck to be cut, which was
done, so that they might float off as the vessel sunk,
and be the means of saving life.

We are glad to be able to inform our readers that
an influential committee is in course of formation for the
collection of an " Eyre Testimonial and Defence Fund."
Several noblemen and gentlemen of distinguished position
have already expressed their approval of the movement,
and in a day or two the names of the committee will be
publibbod.—Morning Htrald.