The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-12 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

speak for the moment, but some seven or eight dis

charges succeed each other instantly. As I told
you, the Emperor paid a visit to his cousin Prince
igenreeari A;llllritijnttigno to eerxdalvine rrinLt;
capa-
bilities of these guns, but as Shakspere says of the
rejoicings at Hamlet's mother's wedding, shortly
after his father's funeral, the Emperor's visit fol-
lowed " hard upon" his complimentary attendance
upon his cousin at Mendon.

" The Empire is Peace," but yet if the corre-
spondence from Cherbourg is to be believed (and
why not ?) there are additional armaments and

ncreased activity at that port.

The " hippophagical," or, sha 11 I say, the horse-
flesh banquet, duly took place at Lemardeley's, in
the Rue de Richelieu, on Monday. If not a "feast
of reason," it was at all events attended by men of
learning, science, and intelligence, who contend that
the meat of the dead horse is good for man. The
President was M. Quatrefages, a member of the
Legislative Body, who was supported by M. St.
Hilaire, the Director of the Garden of Acclimata-
tion, and celebrities gastronomical, scientific, and
literary. I confess that I could not screw up my
courage sufficiently to accept an invitation to at-
tend a banquet at which cats' meat was the only
feature, but a friend less particular, and perhaps
more discreet, who was there tells me that the soup
and all the horse-flesh viands, cunningly and artisti-
cally metamorphosed, were relished much, and eaten
abundantly. Toasts were given appropriate to
the occasion, deprecating "prejudice" against horse
flesh, and speeches and sentiments delivered illus-
trative of the argument that to cat horse flesh was
to be humane, economical, and indicative of refined
culinary taste.

Your sporting readers may like to know that the
Amiens races, which were about to take place,
have been indefinitely postponed, in consequence
of the existence of cholera in that town.

The heat has returned with increased intensity.
This has been the hottest day we have had this

summer.

THE POSITION OF HAMPSTEAD HEATH is deplor-
able. It is claimed by ono man, Sir Thomas Maryon
Wilson, as his own private property. The public, the
thousands who flock there daily during the bright and
warm months of the year, are deemed by him interlopers,
and ho would, had his baronetcy the power—for the wish
is in him—inclose every acre. But the law mercifully re-
strains him, and so, en revanche, ho contents himself witk
undermining this beautiful heather-clad,gorse-covered hill,
by digging out, carting away, and selling the gravel, a
right which the Legislature has not interfered with. Wo
may expect therefore one day to see the heath deprived of
its natural character and beauty. Are there no commoners
to assert their rights against Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson ?
If so, what has become of them ? and if not, how have
they been spirited away ? Have their privileges been
sold, like Esau's birthright, for a miserable mess of potage ?
has the steward or agent of the lord got hold of thorn, per-
suaded them that their rights are of no value, and deluded

the ignorant simpletons into vending them .for a pint or
perhaps a quart of beer ?

SUICIDE FROM A STEA3IVESSEL.— Last evening
James Murton, ago 33, chief engineer on board the Doris
passenger steamvessel, plying between IVoolwich and
London, committed suicide by jumping into the Thames
between the Woolwich and Charlton piers. It appears
that when the Doris left Woolwich on her up passage the
wife of deceased was on board, and upbraided him iu no
measured terms as to certain irregularities of which she
accused him. She refused to leave the boat on arriving at
Charlton-pier. The deceased then deliberately lifted the
hand-rail on deck and jumped into the water, at the same
exclaiming, " I will go to my brother" (alludin;• to his
brother who was accidentally drowned about 12 months
since). A gentleman, who was a passenger on deck, took
off his coat and plunged into the river, with a view to ex-
tricate the deceased, but was himself with difficulty rescued
from drowning. The deceased was seen to rise twice, but
he did not appear to make the slightest exertion to avail
himself of the means used to rescue him. The body has
not yet been found.

REVIEW AT CROUCH HALL, HORNSET.—On
Saturday afternoon a review took place in the grounds of
Crouch Hall at Hornsey. The troops ou the ground were
the 19th and 41st Middlesex Rifles and a portion of the
Highgate corps. The volunteers arrived on the ground at
half-past six, and after partaking of the hospitality of Mr.
and Mrs. Bird proceeded to the park, where, under tho
command of Mr. Thomas Hughes, they went through a
variety of field movements. A large number of spectators
were present, including several ladies and gentlemen, the
friends of the proprietor of the grounds,

of a little brochure of twenty-four pages, en-
titled " Du Bain Turc dans la Phthisie Pulmonaire"
—the pamphlet consisting, in point of fact, of a
record of the autopsie or post-mortem examination
of the remains of the two sufferers from that fatal
disease, these two autopsies being preceded by a
letter addressed to Dr. Pollock, of the Consumptive
Hospital at Brompton, by Dr. Charles Depraz, a
gifted physician, formerly practising in Turin, and
who was recently in this country (at the time of Mr.
Urquhart's recent sojourn for a while in London) for
the express purpose of subjecting the system of the
Turkish Bath, as carried out to such perfection
at the Haramam in St. James's, to a dispas-
sionate and searching examination. The publication
to which we are here directing attention is one which
is, in the main :purport of it, in the highest de-
gree satisfactory, for inasmuch as it demonstrates
beyond the reach of contradiction that consumptive
patients, even when apparently at the lowest ebb, at
the very last gasp, so to speak, may find relief from
pain, may snatch from the very jaws of death a
prolongation of their existence, by submitting them-
selves to the benign agency of the Turkish Bath,
judiciously applied under skilled management.

PABis, Wednesday Evening.
The Moniteur has nothing about the progress
of the negotiations for the armistice, and very
little news about the war, telegraphic or
private. From the general information of the
Paris papers it appears that the Prussian army
will not march upon Olmutz, as was sup-
posed would be the case. It will make for Iglau
and Brunn, and will advance upon the capital by
avoiding Olmutz. What strengthens this opinion is
the fact that the Prussians did not think it expe-
dient to attack the fortresses of Bohemia, or even to
occupy Prague. It is evident that they are
not disposed to lose time, and they want
another success. The rapidity of their opera-
tions proves this. The strategical plan which
they seem now disposed to adopt, however,
is not likely to be attended with success. Some of
the German papers express fears that the cession of
Venetia by Austria may ultimately have an injuri-
ous effect upon her rights in Germany.
Mr. Drouyn de l'Huys, the Minister of Fo-
reign Affairs, has lately had a conference with
the Emperor, at which Prince Jerome Napoleon was
present. The result of this discussion is that the
Prince has left Paris for the head-quarters of Victor
Emmanuel, charged by the Emperor to hasten and
arrange the negotiations for the armistice. The
Prince is accompanied by Baron Saillard, who re-
cently fulfilled an important mission in Mexico.
The Italian papers received to-day in Paris con-
tinue to exhibit great disappointment and irritation
at the cession of Venetia to France.
The Pays, it seems, has a correspondent in Lon-
don, who sends it marvellous news. This corre-
spondent in forms it that there is unusual activity
in all the arsenals in England, as if war were ap-
prehended, and that an immense quantity of
needle-guns are in course of manufacture.
The needle-gun, by the by, occupies a very
prominent portion of the attention of the
Paris journals to-day. They say that a great
many needle-guns have been finish ed, and that
a portion of the troops at the camp at Chalons
have been supplied with them. This is the truth,
but it is not the whole truth. I will supply your
readers with some information upon which they
may rely. At Mendon, some seven or eight miles
from Paris, a very large quantity of guns have
lately been in course of construction. A good many
troops are there, and in an arsenal or manufactory
of warlike weapons some guns of very destructive
quality have been made in profusion. Their chief
character is that they can be loaded and
discharged with great rapidity. Towards the
end of the last and the beginning of the
present month there have been frequent
discharges from these guns at Mendon, which have
alarmed or astonished the residents of the vicinity.
Of the principle of these guns I do not pretend to
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