The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-18 00:00:00

IDE SUN, EOlsroN, TUESDAY EVENING-, SEPTEMBER IS, 1866.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Monday Evening.
The Moniteur states that private despatches from
Vienna announce the arrival in that city of Baron
de IVerther, the Representative of Prussia, at the
Austrian Government. They appear to be satisfied
at Vienna with the appointment of this diplomatist,
whose conciliatory spirit inaugurates the resumption
of the diplomatic relations between the Courts of
Vienna and Berlin.
The Siecle contains an elaborate article upon
foreign politics, and examines closely the relative
position of Prussia and Austria. Referring to Elec-
toral Hesse, it says :—The Electorate of Hesse is
often confounded with Hesse Darmstadt. It is to
the latter that belongs our ancient department of
Mont Tonnerre, and its chief town Mazene. Elec-
toral Ilesse, now annexed to Prussia, formerly
played a considerable part in foreign diplomacy.
She was for a long time the Switzerland of Ger-
many, like her furnishing soldiers for all the world.
She particularly furnished them to England during
Itci war with ..A.DI Ori OA i and the paytnnt of nearly
100 millions, which the Landgrave Frederic 11. re-
ceived for the supply, laid the foundation of the
great financial fortune of the Princes of Hesse.

" The Hessians then were the best troops of Ger-
many. They distinguished themselves in the wars
of the Empire ; and William IX., who was the first
to assume the title of Elector of Hesse, under the
name of William 1., thought proper to solicit, in
1815, from the Congress of Vienna, the title of
King, like his colleague of Bavaria. He did not
obtain it, and his deep resentment at the refusal
has been manifested on many occasions by all the
Princes of his family. The Duchy of Nassau, which
also disappears, had for its capital Wiesbaden, a
a place so loved by diplomatists. Nassau has given
Emperors to Germany and Kings to the Nethez -
lands. The Nassau Orange branch, which now
reigns in the Netherlands, obtained the right in
1839."

The funeral service upon the remains of Leon
Gozlan took place yesterday at the church of St.
Eugene, and was attended by a host of distinguished
men of letters. At the cemetery of Montmartre
two affecting speeches were made, one in the name
of the Society of Men of Letters, and the other on
the part of the Society of Dramatic Authors, of
whom M. Gozlan was President.
A few days ago there was an affecting and impos-
ing ceremony at Santin Cantales (department of
Cantal). The Abbe Prat, born on the 27th of
January, 1784, and appointed curate of that town
on the Ist of July, 1816, celebrated the 50th year
of his curacy. All his parishioners and numbers of
clergymen from the neighbouring communes, by
their presence, did honour to the good old man of
83, who is still hearty and vigorous and full of
his ministry.

The earthquake very nearly led to a great calamity
at Blois. A great many packets of lucifer matches
were thrown from the shelf by the shock, and if
prompt assistance had not been at hand there would
have been disastrous consequences. The flames from
the matches set fire to other inflammable articles,
and the value of those destroyed is estimated at
3,000 f.

Lamirande, the cashier of the Bank of France at
Poitiers, who is accused of frauds upon that Bank
to the amount of 700,000 f., has arrived at that
town under the care of the police to take his trial
at the next assizes there. When the prisoner first
reached Paris he protested against the means em-
ployed to procure his extradition from Canada, and
he has since written to his counsel, M. Lachaud, in
which he renews his protest. Before his letter to
his counsel, he also addressed a similar protest to
the English Ambassador at Paris. The substance
of the protest is that the law allows an appeal
against the order of extradition, but that he was
hurried away the day after the order was issued,
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be set at liberty, but only to carry out the
proceedings which were interrupted at Mon-
treal by force. lle also says that he is ready to sub-
mit to the jurisdiction of an English court of jus-
tice. Lamirande, besides this, has sent to the
Director of the prison, at the Prefecture of Police,
a protest against the means employed to bring him
back to France, and requests him to transmit his
protest to the competent authority. There are
various circumstances connected with this case cal-
culated to excite public curiosity in the highest
degree.
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Vienne.
I have collected some additional particulars of
interest relative to the earthquake. At Boulogne-
sur-Seino in some houses the boards were raised,
and the beds rocked, and the noise of the crockery
and glasses was heard, just as is the case when a
vessel pitches at sea. The shocks were given with
different degrees of violence in the various loca-
lities. In some places they were scarcely felt.
In others they were very violent. At Tours
-the phenomenon lasted 14 seconds, and was aCCOIII-

panied by a rumbling noise like that made by a
heavy cart driven rapidly over the stones. There
were two distinct shocks, which produced a shaking
or oscillatory movement in the direction from east
to west. It was felt more forcibly in the upper
stories of the houses. In the vicinity of Tours the
earthquake created great alarm. At Vendome and
Maus, in the same department (Indre et Loire), the
shocks were generally felt. At Rouen the shocks
were noticed by most of the inhabitants. At Nantes
the effect was peculiarly violent. The shocks
seemed particularly to traverse the direction of
Brittany. At Angouleme there were two shocks
from east to west, at the interval of a few seconds,
and the noise is described to have resembled that
made by the sawing of wood. The barometer fell
sensibly, but there was no variation in the ther-
mometer. In several parts of the department of la
Charente, at Ruffec for instance, the shocks lasted

exactly the same time. They were also noticed in
the department of the Loiret. At St. Marc
the earthquake caused two accidents. A millwmnan
named Girault was precipitated to the ground as
she was passing the church, and the same thing oc-
curred to a man named Labanoux. Windows were
broken, doors opened as it were by enchantment,
and tiles from the attics were precipitated into the
streets. In some parts the streets were strewed
with tiles and broken chimney-pots. An inhabitant
of Jargeau writes to say that in that town persons
who had birds in cages were forewarned of the phe-
nomenon, as the birds jumped up and down from
the perches in great alarm, and tried to get out of
their cages. This circumstance induces some to
suppose that the earthquake arose under the in-
fluence of electricity. At Riom :and at Claremont
the shock was so violent that the inhabitants jumped
out of their beds. The beds in some of the houses
were rocked five times, and in some cases even their
positions were changed. This strange fact is at-
tested by the evidence of respectable persons.
The following are some interesting statistics re-
specting the Paris omnibuses. They were first
started in 1825. In the interior of Paris there are

664 omnibuses, which perform 9,516 journeys on
week days, and 10,280 on Sundays. In the suburbs
there are 53, which go 1,000 journeys on week days,
and on Sundays 1,082. There are 42 omnibuses
on the line from the Bastille to the Madeleine only,
which perform '764 journey on week days, and
802 on Sundays and fete days. There are 21 omni-
buses exclusively for the service of the railways,
which perform 174 voyages on week days, and 240
on Sundays. The price charged for journeys in
Paris is six sous inside and three sous outside. The
Paris omnibuses are much more convenient and
more exact as to time than those of London. By
taking a correspondence ticket you can go in almost
any direction for the same money, There are omni-
buses which go very rapidly on a tramway from
Paris to Sevres in correspondence with those for
Versailles, and by these you can go outside from
the fortifications to the next station, a distance of
about two miles, for one sou.
A scientific paper contains some speculations as
to the cause of an earthquake. In regard to the
earthquake which I notice to-day, it is remarked
by M. Decauchy, who has devoted much attention
to volcanoes and other similar phenomena, that the
earthquake of Friday took place simultaneously
with the appearance of the aurora borealis, and he
draws the inference that there is some connection
between the two phenomena. M. Perry, the astro-
nomer of Dijon, believes that earthquakes arise
from the concurrent appearance and action of the
sun and moon. Several times lately they have been
seen to shine together.
A writer in the Pays denies that the excitement
of a sojourn at Paris tends to shorten life, and men-
tions as an instance of longevity that he was on
the top of an omnibus the other day when an old
man of 103 got up with great agility. He is hale
and hearty, and is often an outside traveller by the
bus. He is an inmate of the Asylum for Old and
Infirm Jews, founded in the Rue Picpus by Baron
Rothschild, and goes on errands for that establish-
ment. .

The weather improved much to-day. We have
had sunshine and warmth, but rapidly passing clouds
seem to indicate more storm and rain.

DEATH OF Mn. J. B. DILLON, M.P.—We learn

from Dublin, by telegraph, that Mr. J. B. Dillon, M.P. for
Tipperary, died on !Saturday evening aft.- an illness of
two days' duration. lie had suffered from diarrhcoa.

DEATII OF SIR JOAN WILLOUGHBY.—We have to
record the death of Sir John Pollard Willoughby, a mem-
ber of her Majesty's Council for India. The deceased was
born in 1799, and succeeded to the baronetcy on the death
of his brother, Sir Henry Willoughby, M.P. for Evesham.
Sir John was for some time member for Leominster. This

is a branch of the noble house of Willoughby, springing
from the Hon. John, son of the fourth Baron Willoughby
d'Eresby. The vacancy in the Indian Council falls to the
Crown.

NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP FOR GLASGOW.—
The Rev. James Lynch, late rector of the Irish Col-
lege in Paris, is to be consecrated as a bishop on the 17th
of October. The ceremony, which will doubtless be of an
imposing character, takes places in this city—the rev. gen-
tleman having been appointed by his Holiness coadjutor
to Bishop Gray. During the last fortnight Mr. Lynch has
been employed in giving a "Retreat" among the clergy
of the district over which he is to proside.—Glasgow
Evening Citizen.
THE LORD RECTORSHIP OF THE ABERDEEN UNI-
VERSITY.—The students are already beginning to look for-
ward to the election of a successor to Earl Russell, whose
term of office as Lord Rector of the University expires in
November. We believe there is a probability of two can-
didates being nominated for the office—Mr. M. E. Grant
Duff, M.P., and Mr. George Groto, the able historian of
Greece, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London.
—Aberdeen Herald.

RETURN OF THE GREAT EASTERN.—A meeting of
the General Purposes Committee of theliverpool Chamber
of Commerce was held yesterday for the purpose of taking
into consideration a proposition of Mr. Rathbone, that, on
the return of the Groat Eastern, which was expected daily
at that port, an address from the Chamber bo presented,
and a dinner given, to the principal persons who have been
engaged in the successful laying of the Atlantic Cable. A
resolution to this effect was adopted, and it will be sub-
mitted to the formal approval of the Council of the Cham-
ber, which meets on Wednesday.

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM MEETINGS. -A great
open-air meeting of working men was held on Friday
evening in Camp Field, Manchester. Resolutions were
enthusiastically passed in favour of manhood suffrage and
the ballot ; also pledging attendance at the great reform
meeting on the 24th inst., and inviting Mr. Bright to be
present. Although the rain fell heavily, scarcely a man
left the ground. There was also an enthusiastic reform
meeting at Failsworth on the same evening. Similar re-
solutions to those adopted in Camp Field were passed. On
Saturday evening there was an open-air gathering on
King Stanley-green, near Stroud, for the parpose of ad-
vocating parliamentary reform. The chair was taken by
Mr. A. Nicholls, and there was a largo attendance of work-
ing men of the district. Resolutions were adopted, ex-
pressive of disapproval of the combination of Tories and
Adullamites for the overthrow of the late Ministry, and in
favour of manhood suffrage and vote by ballot. The con-
duct of Mr. llorsman, in reference to the reform question,
was severely criticised and condemned.

MANCHESTER LOCK-OUTS.—On Saturday the lock-
out of the Manchester tailors was terminated. A
conference of masters and men bad met some five different
times, and have so arranged matters that all the men, about
700 in number, returned to work on Saturday. The lock-
out of the carpenters still continues. Of about 2,000 in
Manchester at least 1,700 have been locked out four weeks.
It seems that GO of the smaller employers have given the
advance of 2s. per week, and 450 men are now working upon
those terms. The large firms still hold out, and about 1,000
aro still locked out, who have up to this time been paid a
weekly dividend amounting to a little over half wages.
The men in work at the advance are
paying a weekly levy
of 4s. per man towards the support of their locked-out
brethren.

'TIE PRINCE IMPERIAL, according to La Patrie,
goes out at 10 every- morning, attended by his
tutor, 31. Monnier, to take his swim at Port-Vieux. He
is always received by a crowd of children, with whom he
shakes hands and chats for a few minutes. Miss Shaw,
his English nurse, however, takes possession of him, and
he disappears into his bathing box, whence he emerges
in short blank flannel drawers and scarlet flannel jacket.
His swimming master watches his proceedings from. the
beach, and gives him directions. The Empress usually
comes down to the beach to see him bathe, and takes a
scat under some trees. As soon as the Prince is dressed,
ho plays for an hour on the sands with any children who
happen to be there.

KNOWING ONE'S NEIGHBOURS.—The following is
a literal translation of a paragraph in Monday evening's
Liberia :—" The death of Lord Northbrooke, formerly
Chancellor of England,
at the ago of 70. The real name of
this parsonage was Sir Francis Barius ; he was a grandson
of tho founder of that opulent banking dynasty. Why
should a man able to call himself Darius not have boon
contented with the name he derived from his father ?"

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

ITALY.

Ftor.ExcE, Sept. 18

General Revel has left for Venice, in order to
assist in the arrangements for the transfer of the
fortresses of the Quadrilateral.
News received here from Vienna states that at a
Conference held yesterday, General Menabrea made
propositions relative to the Venetian debt, which
are stated to have had the support of France and
Prussia. An understanding has already been come
to upon the other articles of the treaty. Another
Conference will take place very shortly.
Fresh advices from Palermo state that several
bands of brigands organised at the Convent of
Montreale had entered the city demanding the pre:
servation of the religious corporations. The Na-
tional Guards of Palermo and the environs were
zealously co-operating with the military to restore
order.

HUNGARY.
PESTII, Sept. 17 (Evening.

Tho Hungarian exile, Franz Pulszky, has received
permission from the Emperor to take up 'his re-
sidence in llungary. It is believed that he will
establish a political journal in this city.
Siuco yesterday cholera is on the decline.

THE BALTIC FLEET.

KIEL, Sept. 18

The Prussian Baltic fleet has been put out of
commission to-day. Most of the vessels are being
disarmed and laid aside, and all the maritime re-
serves have been disbanded.