The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-09 00:00:00

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(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)
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PARIS, TUESDAY, ....eptera_er .
There seems no hope whatever of the recovery of the
young` Duke of Brabant, the heir presumptive to the
Belgian crown. The bulletins preserve a gloomy unifor-
mity, announcing no improvement, and disclosing the
ominous symptom of aggravated attacks of the disease
during the night. The Count of Flanders will become the
heir apparent should the Duke of Brabant not recover ;
and it is some satisfaction to the Belgian people to
know that in this prince they will have a sovereign of great
integrity and thorough impartiality. The Count of Flan-
ders is, however, very deaf, and, unfortunately, has no
^hildren.
M. Dufaure has addressed a letter to a friend in the
department of Var on the subject of his candidature for
the vacant seat in the Corps L6gislatif. It is a moderate
exposition of policy, giving no pledges, but merely a
promise to support Liberal convictions generally. M.
Dufaure says that the great political question of the day
for the government of the country is to restrain those acts
of absolutism which are calculated little by little to in-
volve the State in the most serious embarrassments, and
even irreparably compromise the future.
The striko amongst the printers of Marseilles still con-
tinues, and the journals are all issued en blanc.
The last of the public meetings for the year
has been held at Vaux-hall. Towards the middle of
September it becomes in demand as a ballroom, for which
it was originally employed. The committee have there-
fore been obliged to shift their quarters. At the meeting
yesterday it was announced that the next meeting, would be
held on Saturday at the Salle dela Redoubt, in the Rue J. J.
Rousseau. At the same meeting M. Horn, who has been
the prime mover in rendering the new law available,
announced his resignation. The audience were unwilling
to accept it, for M. Horn, notwithstanding some
bickering, has gained general esteem by his
efforts to promote public discussion. M. Horn,
however, would not withdraw his resignation, thinking it
advisable that so important a movement should not be
solely under the direction of one. The project of con-
structing a room for the express purpose of holding public
meetings was also brought forward, and favourably re-
ceived. Steps are to be taken to procure the necessary
funds. The reports of all the meetings hitherto held will
shortly be published in an accessible form at the price of
one franc. The new law on public meetings has not
been made available without much difficulty. The privi-
lege, like a toy, was a novelty which was made the
object of some dispute, and there is reason to believe that
some of the meetings have been subjected to organised
interruption. At the last, for instance, but one speaker
was able to take part in the discussion. The confusion,
which had prevailed for some time, developed into a
perfect uproar, and the president was ultimately obliged
to close the meeting. These interruptions, it is known,
proceed from provocative agents commissioned from some
source.
Italian affairs excite much attention here just now. A
statement respecting a note on the French occupation of
Rome, which it was said had been sent from Florence
to the Marquis de Moustier, was deemed sufficiently im-
portant to cause, in conjunction with other rumours, con-
siderable inquietude on the Bourse. The existence of the
note has been denied by the official papers. Italy
is generally regarded here as being in danger. The
formation of a secret society, called the " Vendetta di
Mentana," the assumed probability of Garibaldi joining
in another insurrectionary movement, the bad under-
standing between the Governments of France and Italy,
and the unconcealed anxiety of the partisans of the ex-
King of Naples to break up the Italian monarchy,
all serve to justify the expectation of coming events.
The aspect of this part of European politics is, in
truth, utterly incomprehensible. Such matters of fact as
the enrolment of Garibaldians are asserted and contra.
dieted with wearisome iteration. The intention of the
French Government to hold or to quit Rome is equally
the subject of contention. Finally, the Emperor is said to
be preparing for war with Prussia, whilst he is careless of
the friendship or hostility of Italy—a Power which in case
of war might turn the scales against him.

THE WEATHER TABLE.-THIS _DAY.

METEOROLOGICAL RETORTS.

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