The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-20 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Friday Evening.
According to the latest news from Spain, given
by the Moniteur, "General Prim slept on the night
of the 17th at Berlanga, on the frontiers of Anda-
lusia. It was not known whether he would attempt
to penetrate into that province or pass into Portu-
gal. Some armed men had shown themselves near
Reus, in the mountains of Tarragona, and an
active pursuit of them had been commenced. The
two sergeants who attempted to induce a revolt in
the garrison of Alcala, and to force the doers of the
prison, were executed on Wednesday morning."
The Siecle says—" We continue to know nothing
positive respecting Spain. Is it true that General
Prim receives reinforcements, and is in such a posi-
tion that he can, according to circumstances, march
either upon Madrid, Badajoz, or Talavera ?"
The Bank of France returns up to yesterday are
not so important as those of the two preceding
weeks. There is, however, a decrease in the balance
of 11 millions. The present total is 388 millions.
The circulation of notes continues to develope itself.
It now amounts to 971 millions in consequence of
an increase of 17 millions. There is little change in
the portefeuille. The increase is 1 million, and the
total 743 millions. The current account of the
Treasury has improved to the extent of 2 millions.
The private accounts have diminished.to the amount
of:20 millions. The disposable amount of the former
is 67 millions, of the latter 166 millions.
An extraordinary murder which recalls to recol-
lection that of Hannah Brown by Greenacre some
years ago has created great consternation in the
neighbourhood of Toulouse. A woman about 30,
who was employed to manage a wine shop in the
Rue des Salenques, having been missing for some
days, minute researches were made by the Police,
the result of which was the discovery of a part of the
body near the Canal du Midi. The head had been cut
from the body and has not yet been found. The
bones of the knees had also been severed, so that
they could be bent towards the body, and thus a
small parcel could be made of it. In consequence
of the search made on the premises, M. Apes, the
proprietor of the wine shop, has been taken into
custody. A search has also been made at another
wine shop of the same bad repute.
A man of 30, named Ducre, condemned to death
for the murder and violation of a child only six
years old, has been executed at Chalons. He died
very penitent, and admitted bis guilt. Before he
left the prison he asked for a glass of sugared water,
which was given to him. He has been very taciturn
since his conviction, only occasionally ejaculating,
"Oh ! my mother, my poor mother." He said to
the priest who attended him, " Here is my chaplet,
I beg you to give it to my mother, with a lock of
my hair." Before leaving the prison Ducre
said he was very thirsty, and asked for
more water. On one of the rare occasions
when he spoke he said, "I don't mind dying, but
I should not like to die before I receive the for-
giveness of my family." On the same day he re-
ceived a letter from his mother, in which she told
him that her attempts to save him had been unsuc-
cessful ; and, after forgiving him for his double
crime, she admonished him to die like a Christian.
On receiving this letter the culprit appeared to be
comforted, and said he was willing to give his life
in expiation of his crime.
The first ball of the season at the Tuileries on
Wednesday night was a very splendid one, and went
off with great eclat. Dancing was kept up till four
o'clock yesterday morning. The Empress was
dressed very simply in white, and, unlike ladies of
fashion generally at the present time, wore very few
ornaments. The Emperor's costume was that of a
General of Division. Most of the foreign ambas-.
sadors were present, and also the members of the
Imperial family. The ladies were presented by the
Grand Mistress of the Empress, the Princess d'Es-
ling, and the gentlemen by the Grand Chamber-
lain, the Duke de Bassano. The Emperor and
Empress retired about half-past eleven, when the
honours were done by the Duke de Bassano.
The Jockey Club add the other chief clubs

of Paris have adopted an important regulation,
that playing shall only take place when the money
is staked on the table. Playing upon promise has
of late produced various evil consequences, of which
you may judge, when I tell you that a clerk, with a
salary of 1,500 f. per annum, recently lost, while
playing on parole, no less than 125,000 f.
The loss of the French frigate Zenobie, origi-
nating with an English paper, is contradicted. The
Zenobie, which carries the flag of Vice-Admiral
Baron Fleuriss de Langle, Commander of the Naval
Division of the Western Coast of Africa, anchored
at Gibraltar, on the 21st of December, all well.
Both wives and hnsbands may take a lesson
from a little incident, an account of which is
current. A rich notary's wife had earnestly
begged him to buy her a beautiful shawl she had
seen, worth 1,200 f. On his refusal the lady said
she would kill herself. "Do so," replied her better
half, " but don't make too much noise." The lady
went to the well in the garden, but before throwing
herself into it said several times, " Will you buy
it ?" " I shall see," was the reply. Upon this,
with an heroic gesture, she jumped in. The hus-
band burst into loud laughter. His wife was not
dead. She had taken the precaution to stop up the
well, and only descended a few feet upon a soft
mattrass. The notary knew this. The wife came
back shortly, and on her dressing-table she found a
beautiful shawl which the husband had bought a
week previously. The lady was delighted, and
thought her husband had acted with much judg-
ment, which decided her to make a good use of the

present. She sent it to the hospital, where it was
made a prize in a lattery, and brought 2,000 f. for
the poor.

The weather to-day has been really magnificent.
The sun, which shone uninterruptedly, was warm
enough to make one seek the shade. The official

record of the weather states that calm has been

restored in most parts of Europe, and that there has
been a rapid rise in the barometer. The Journal

de Nice states that a north-west mistral, a wind

very rare in that part of the country, prevailed a
few days ago, but that now the weather is mild, like
autumn in temperate climates. A gentleman who
was at Nice a month ago tells us that while ho was
there a family living at his hotel breakfasted in the

garden, where flowers and orange trees were in full
bloom.

A significant fact has come to my knowledge
which indicates pretty plainly that, although Mar-
shal O'Donnell may have no uneasiness about the

nsurrection in Spain, the French Government is

not so confident respecting the result of it. The

steam corvette Caton has been detached from the

squadron of evolution at Toulon to Barcelona and

other Spanish ports in the Mediterranean, to be

placed under the orders of the French Consuls

should events render French subjects desirous of

protection.

At the last sitting of the Academy of Sciences a
very remarkable communication was read respect-
ing the alleged origin of cholera. It was from
Madame de Castello, the wife of the French Consul

at Singapore, stating that she had discovered the
cause of that disease. Madame de Castello says—

' Allow the wife of a learned naturalist to submit
;0 you the discovery (dating from 1849) of an

animal which is the cause of cholera. I have pre-

served some specimens of it, which I have seen
through a microscope. I can show you some

winged leeches.

They are born in marshy, un-

Rholesome localities, and they fly through different

parts of the world following the course of waters
and the wind, and thus spread the infection."
Among the many improvements in progress or
completed in Paris, I may mention the construction
of a splendid place, to be called the Place de
Moncey, near the ancient Carriere de Clichy. It
is about to be ornamented with a beautiful statue
of the Marshal. The Marshal was born at Moncey,
near Besancon, in 1794, and died in 1842. He
fought in many celebrated battles. For his
services a t Marengo the Emperor conferred upon
him the title of Duke de Corregliano. The Duke
commanded at the barriere de Clichy when the'
allies attacked Paris. Louis the 18th wished him
to preside at the Council of War on the trial of
Ney, but the duke wrote a forcible and remarkable
letter to his Majesty declining the offer, and telling
him that " the scaffold never made friends." The
duke also told Louis the 18th that he had proved
his loyalty and devotion on the battlefield, so that
he thought he might be permitted to give advice.
The letter ends thus—" My refusal may draw upon
me the hatrrd of courtiers, but, if in descending to
the tomb, I can, with one of your illustrious an-
cestors, say, ' All is lost except honour,' then I shall
die contented." This letter led to his dismissal
from the army, and three months' imprisonment in
tha chateau of Ham. He was afterwards Governor
of the Invalides, in which capacity he received the
remains of Napoleon when brought from St. Helena
in 1840.

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

ROME.

MARSEILLES, JAN. 19 (Evening).
Advices received here from Rome to the 17th
inst. state that Cardinal Antonelli had addressed a
note to the Papal Nuncios abroad, explaining the
acceptance of the offer of France relative to the
Pontifical Debt.

It is asserted that in consequence of the late in-
terview between the Pope and Baron Meyendorff,
diplomatic relations have been suspended between
Rome and Russia.

THE MILITARY REVOLT IN SPAIN,
MADRID, JAN. 19, 4 P.M.

. The latest official intelligence announces that the
insurgents bivouacked last night at Bienvenida, and
that it was believed they would enter Portugal to-

morrow.

At Valencia some students have attempted to
disturb public order, but without effect.
The Moniteur of this morning says :—" General
Prim was yesterday at Herena, and to-day at Tre-
ganare, small places situated between Andalusia
and Portugal."