The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-22 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Tuesday Evening.

The Moniteur says :—" The Times, of the 18th
of August, gives the analysis of a letter which the
Emperor is said to have sent to the King of the
Belgians. This news is erroneous. Although it is
true that the Minister of Foreign Affairs made it
known to the English Government that France did
not claim the fortresses of . Marienbourg and
Philippeville, which are in the possession of a neutral
Power, it is not exact, as the Times affirms, that
the Emperor has written a letter to the King of the
Belgians."

This is the position of affairs in Germany, ac-
cording to the bulletin of the Monitor). :
" It appears certain that in the conditions of peace
negotiated at Berlin between Prussia and the States
of the South of Germany, Wurtemberg will have to
pay 20 millions of francs, and Baden 15 millions of
francs. It is believed that Grand Ducal Ilesse will
preserve the integrity of her states, with the excep-
tion of some slight rectification of frontier. The
portion situated to the north of the Maine will enter
into the Confederation, which will be placed under
the direction of Prussia, whilst the part to the south
of that river will remain independent. It is hoped
that Bavaria will retain her territorial integrity, and
that if she be compelled to make some sacrifices
they will be but of trifling importance.

"It is announced that the Prince Royal of
Prussia will proceed immediately with the title of
Viceroy to Hanover, and also to preside at the or-
ganisation of the Prussian administration in those
countries."

There are some newspapers in Paris, the editors
of which always try to blame the authorities, and,
in short, to make a capital of disaffection. Thus
these insignificant journals have had the hardihood
to assert that the accidents at the fete were caused
by the police. The simple facts are these. The
authorities, knowing that the additional attractions
of the fete would cause a more than usually nume-
rous assemblage, sent to the Pont de la Concorde
and vicinity more than a thousand agents, sol-
diers of the Line and Horse Guards, in order
to enforce the regulations arranged for the pro-
tection of free circulation in one direction. While
these orders were observed all was right, but there
came a moment when the crowd, instead of follow-
ing the directions of the police, rushed upon them
with such violence that the Paris Guards were pre-
cipitated against the parapet. This violation of the
excellent regulations for the protection of the public
was the cause of the disaster, which would have
been tremendous had it not been for the energy and
self-possession displayed by the
police agents. My
account of the number of deaths is to-day officially
confirmed. It was nine. The same authority
states the number of persons who received in-
juries to be thirty-five, some of whom have
nearly recovered. The names of the injured per-
sons and their relatives having been sent to the
Empress, by order of her Majesty, one of her Cham-
berlains, the Marquis de Piennes, immediately went
to the places where they live, and gave to them in
her Majesty's name pecuniary assistance, which
was acknowledged with profound gratitude and
sentiments of the highest respect towards her
Majesty.

The improvements immediately to be carried into
effect will entail the destruction of a house, No. 3,
St. Honor 6, which has a remarkable record in his-
tory. It was before the door of this house that
Henry the Fourth was assassinated in the year
1610. This house, with 45 other houses adjoining,
will shortly disappear to give space at the south of
the new Central Halles.

The Austrial journals arc occupied with the sub-
ject of the rectification of the limits to be established
between the empires of Austria and Italy. Some of
those papers claim frofn Italy the possession of all
the mountainous portion of Lombardy and Venetia,
the sources of the Oglio, the fortress of ltosca
d'Aufo_,_ the heights of Rivoli, Primolan, the I'icve
the Frioul. '1" -

The Siecle, in discussing these claims, says they
are all put forth upon the argument that the places
mentioned are all natural frontiers. The extrava-
gance of such an argument can be illustrated by one
example. It is known that we consider our fron-
tier of Spain as one of the best natural frontiers.
The limit follows the summit of the Pyrenees, leav-
ing to France all the tributaries whose waters run
in France, and to Spain all those which flow in Spain.
Such a limit is authorised by good sense and geo-
graphy. If we are to adopt the Austrian claim
France would have to give up
to Spain various
French towns near the Pyrenees, including Bayonne
and all the high valleys of our rivers, and all the
forts which cover the passage of the mountainous
chain.

The Unita Cattolica, a Florence paper, contra-
dicts a report prevalent in Italy that the Pope had
manifested the intention of delegating his temporal
power to Napoleon 111., in his quality as successor
to Charlemagne, and to appoint him Sovereign
Vicar-General of the Church.

The Constitutionizel says that according to its
correspondence from Berlin the negociations with
Prussia, Bavaria, and Hesse Darmstadt are not
concluded. The Courts of Russia and England
have interfered, with the view of preserving for
the Grand Duchy of Hesse the northern portion
of its States. The success of the proposal, how-
ever, is doubted, Prussia being desirous to increase
her territory by the incorporation of Upper Hesse.
Prussia also claims the right to keep a permanent
garrison at Mayence.
Again we are under the influence of unsettled
April showery weather, and the meteorological
indications portend its continuance for the present.