The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-05 00:00:00

CORRESPO

aOM PARIS.

(FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Monday Evening.

The impression excited by the perusal of the
news of the various journals to-day is by no means
of a reassuring character. The Siecle says :
" More than 50,000 horses have been purchased
in Hungary on account of Austria and Southern
Germany. There have also been immense expor-
tations of wheat and oats. The country begins to
be uneasy in regard to provisions, for the effect of
the re cent cold weather has been very disastrous.
The corn has been frozen. In short, there are fears
of a famine. The duties are ruinous, indeed Aus-
tria has no idea of reducing but rather of increas-
ing them. Misery and discontent begin to prevail
everywhere. Business is suspended. What use is
it to think of business when war seems upon the
point of severing the ties between Austria and
Hungary. This result is foreseen, and it is rec-
koned upon. The moment does not seem distant
when Kossuth will take a more active part in the
affairs of Hungary."

As to Italy a letter from Florence, dated May,
30 says, " For three days past there has been re-
doubled activity in all the departments. At the
Miuistres the clerks work night and day. Yester-
day morning 109,000 bullets were sent by railway
to the corps d'arniee of Cit, ldini. One house at
Paris has received the order to furnish 500,000
pairs of shoes, which are to be delivered
before the 10th of June. Fifty thousand volun-
teer uniforms have been ordered, and are
to be ready within five days. Garibaldi
who, up to this time, has kept the most complete
silence as to the time when he will arrive at the
camp, has ordered two of his former lieutenants to
equip themselves immediately, and to hold them-
selves to joim him at the shortest notice. As to
Garibaldi himself, he is quite ready, and the King
has presented him with a horse, upon which he will
ride to the battlefield. Such is the result, in Italy,
of the news of the coming meeting of the Confer-
ence. It only remains for the telegraph to announce
the conclusion of peace, without the cession of
Venetia, and the Italian cannon will commence
their work immediately. In the space of 2-1 hours
250,000 horses were placed at the service of the
commission. In short, the question of entire free-
dom for Italy has now become a national one."

The Moniteur of to-day confirms the doubts, to
which I have alluded, as to the immediate meeting
of the Conference." It says :—" The replies of
Austria upon the subject of the Conference contain
reserves which must be examined before the meeting
of the Plenipotentiaries. The negotiations which
will result from these reserves' will cause a de-
lay of some days in the meeting of the Conference."
I need hardly say that this announcement in the
Illoniteur has again thrown the Bourse in agitation.
Business closed on Saturday with a sort of calm-
ness, but from the feeling evinced to-day I fear
that the excitement will be renewed with increased
force. Some politicians and speculators believe
that the delay of " some days" will extend to the
Greek Kalends.

M. Parent, the leading railway contractor, has
ust died in Paris rather suddenly.

Yesterday morning Count Adalbert de Talley-
rand-Perigord, Duke de Montmorency, was married
at the chapel of the Tuileries to Miss Carrien de
las Marisenas, a relative of the great baker Aguado,
and said to be one of the richest ladies in Spain.
The Emperor and Empress and many members of
the Court were present at tke ceremony.
The committee of the Racing Society for the
Encouragement of the Breed of Horses in France
has voted a sum of 10,000 f. for the purchase of an
object of art, which will be given as a prize at one
of the spring races at Paris next year. The compe-
tition for the execution of this work is confined to
French artists, or to artists who are regularly esta-
blished in Paris.

During the demolitions for the construction of the
new Hotel Dieu a beam of oak of about a metre
and a quarter in breadth has been discovered in
very good preservation. It has the following in-
scription in legible lettters : —" I was placed here
in the year 1450, and I was 600 years old when I
was taken from the forest of Rovray." The Bois
de Boulogne now forms a portion of the forest of
Rovray. This venerable portion of oak thus bears
the date of the reign of Charles the Bald, 25th
King of France, who reigned from 845 to 861. Had
it been of a little more early date it would have been
a contemporary of Charlemagne.
The steeplechases at Vincennes summer meeting
yesterday were tolerably well attended. I subjoin
the result of the races :

Prix de Fontenay, 3,ooof.—Farintosh, 1;
Scovola, 2. Two horses entered did not run, and
three declared forfeit.

--I"rize of the Administration de Haras, of 5,000 f.
Mario, 1; Regalia, 2. Not palced : Tabour Bat-
taut, Church Militant, and Perle-Fine. Three horses
entered did not run ; four declared forfeit.
Prix d'Ete (Handicap), of 4,000 f. Astrolabe, 1 ;
Robert, 2 ; Ossian, 3. Not placed : Magenta, Va-
lentino, Betty, Piggy- Wiggy, and Royal Junior.
Seven horses entered did not run ; five horses de-
clared forfeit.
To show the confusion in the news respecting the
Conference I may state that although the Moniteur,
as above mentioned, alludes to a difficulty on the

part of Austria, the Constitutionnel, which sometimes
assumes to be an official organ of the Government,
says :—" The Cabinet of Vienna, as our correspon-
dence assures us, accepts the Conference, and con-
sents to discuss the three points indicated by the
neutral Governments, thus showing its disinter-
estedness, but demanding also that the other Powers
should give proof of the same sentiments, which
will contribute to facilitate the work of peace of the
Conference."
The Fete Dieu was yesterday observed in all the
churches of Paris with more than the accustomed
solemnity. The churches were richly decorated, and
legions of young girls dressed in white followed the
clergy with bouquets of flowers in their hands. The
priests were attired in their richest costumes. The
Archbishop of Paris officiated at Notre Dame. The
exterior of the Madeleine was ornamented with
splendid tapestry. Public processions are now for-
bidden in the streets on the occasion, but there were
magnificent processions in the perstyles and in the
gardens and precincts of some of the churches.
A letter from Marseilles says that in spite of the
confidence inspired by the Congress there are
various bellicose indications in that port and city.
A number of horses have been shipped on account
of the Government of Italy, and shipowners have
many demands for vessels for the transport of
articles calculated for anything rather than pacific
purposes.

A letter has been sent by Prince Jerome Napo-
leon to the Mayor of Bergamo, thanking him for
the presentation of an engraving of that city, in
which the Prince says—" The cause of Italy is so
just that she cannot fail to be successful in emerg-
ing from the crisis which now threatens her."