The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-25
LETTER FROM PARIS.
tEvENNe TELEGRAPH SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
PARIS, September I, 1866.
Politics and Diplomacy.

Politics and Diplomacy.
The political settlement in Europe progresses
very slowly, so that since / last wrote you
events OF little importance have taken place;
there have been changes of Ministry which have
given us an insight as to what is going on in the
political world.
The transmission of Venetia will soon take
place, and the Venetians will soon be called
upon TO vote as to whether they wish TO be an
nexed to Italy or 20 form a republic
Herr Won Mensdorf will retain his portfolio of
Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and NJ. Bene.
detti, our Ambassador at Berlin, has been named
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor and will
be named Ambassador at Constantnople, in
place of Monsieur de Moustier, at present repre-
sentative of France at the Ottoman Porte. Mon
sieur Druoyn de Lhuys, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, will retire, and be named a member of
the Privy Council.
Monsieur de Metternich, whose departure
from Paris has been so often announced, is still
in the French capital, and represents the Empe-
ror of Austria at the court Of the Tuileries.
France, Austria, and Hungary.
There is no doubt but that the cesson Of
Venetia has been the means of a rdpprocbemet
between Paris and Vienna which the arrogance
and ambition Of Prussia will draw closer
together every day.
We hear that, in consequence Of the good
advice given to the Emperor of Austria by the
Cabinet of the Tuileries the policy of that
monarch towards Hungary is getting more libe-
raj and a Magyar ministry, under the presi-
dency of Count Beleredi, will be formed, and
the Hungarian Diet will meet at about the
beginning of October.
The Reform movement in England is being
folIoXuad luif tha 1ttno intor in,
The meeting in Birmingham, which was attended
by thousands, ana the speeches made by Messrs.
Bright and beales, called forth loud acclama-
tions from the hearers. 1t would appear as if
the Derby Ministry weres not in very healthy
state. The agitation in England is rather on
the increase than on the decrease. A monster
meeting at Manchester is announced to take
place in the month of October.
How Much Did the Recent War Cost
PrussiaI
Prussia is now setting everything in order. 1t
is calculated that the war will have cost the
country two millions of thalers. The contrbu-
tons levied on those countries which opposed
Bismark amount to one hundred and seventy
millions, and will have to be borne by Austria,
Bavaria, Wurtemberg, and Baden. 1t has not
yet been settled what SaXony and Hesse-Darm-
stadt will have to pay as war indemnity. The
free city of Frankfort has already paid seven
millions of horns.
Bismark seems to have made pretty penny
by the war. The Cabinet of the Tuileries has
met with very great disappointment, and the
French press is unanimous in calling out for the
Emperor to put stop to the ambition OF the
Prussian Premier.
List of the Sour Grapes Desired by the
French Fox.
Many of orr writer's urpe the necessity of re-
claiming the frontiers of the Rhine, and the
departments which formerly belonged to France
in 1913. 1t Will perhaps not be without interest
to state what these provinces were:-
Isl. Belgium. Comprising the two Nethes,
capital, Antwerp; La Lys, capital, Bruges;
Temmapes capital; Mons; samlere and Me!usei'
Maestricht; La Dyle, capital, Brussels; The
Scheldt, capital Ghent; LOurthe, capital, Liege;
Les Forets, capital; luxembourg The mouth l OF OF
the Rhine, capital, Bois-le-Duc.
I'd. Holland Comprising the mouth of the
Meuse, capital, La Hague; The AuydteSrsee, Am
sterdam; The Ysset, Upper Arnheim; The mouth
of the Yssel Leuwarden; Ems, eastern, Gro
ningen.
Treyes; lie Mont Connerre, Mayence; Rhine and
Moselle, Coblentz; The Roer, Aix-la- Chapelle.
4ut. ,citzerond.-Comprislng the Leman, &C.
neva; The Slmplon Sion.
Imperialist Sentiments.
The lmperlallSt papers are now oeSlnnlllS u
attack The policy oS Bismark, and are beginning
to assert that 1t is high time to think of French
unity, as dreamt by Charlemagne and Henry
w., Richelieu and Louis XIV. They find that
we have as much right over these twenty-taree
departments as Bismark has over Hanover ant
Frank ort-on-the-Main.
The Imperial Health.
The health of the Emperor has much improved
OF late; he yesterday joined the hunt in the fores
of ST. German. 1t is not supposed that he vii
90 to Biarritz, as urgent business retains him il
Paris.
The Empress and the Prince Imperial are a
present sojournng in that pleasant watering
place. accompanied by their suite. The Frencl
pola Journal tells us that her Majesty, thoug
far away from her capital, still continues to re
member those who have shown her attention
and affection, and she has just sent two YER
elegantly wrought bracelets, contained in mag
nifcent casket TO the two young ladies VIII
offered her bouquet on her arrival
What Is a SavantE
bOn-7nOt of NJ Drouyn de Lhuys, the eA
Minister of Foreign Affairs, is reported. Bein
asked for the definition of the word sa0Gnt-''
sauant," answered he, SIS one who knows wha
is unknown to the million, and is unacquainte
with what is known to the generality
Paris out Shooting.
There has been great deal OF popping {
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