The Sun. — 1868-10-21 (London, England)

OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. PARIS, TUESDAY, October 20. The aspect of affairs at present is decidedly pacific. A f,tiv waxlike symptoms may still be observed, but the  balance is much on the other side. The Danish question has not quite subsided, the Prussian (Cross) Gazette having by an intemperate, not to say foolish article, again stirred up some little agitation here. This paper says that Prussia " will never consent to give up the position of Duppel-Alsen, which implies the possession of Flensburg. " We have never dreamed of such a renunciation, and the Danish Government, we hope, would not seriously ask it of us. If such a proposition were made, it would provoke a war to the last extremity." Fortunately, the public are beginning to learn that even continental Governments cannot always be answerable for the opinions expressed by their newspapers, and so the fire of the Gazette falls rather dead just now. Better news comes from Berlin. It is said that the furlough granted to a portion of the French army is there considered one of the best of signs. Further, the reports of an alliance between Holland and France are falling into discredit. A corre. spondent of the Temps writes to prove that such an alliance in practically impossible, and succeeds so far as anything can be proved to be impossible. Everything at present looks peaceful. Even the East is comparatively quiet. The open countenance which the Roumanian  authorities have given the insurrectional,' bands of Bulgaria has been made the subject of a very mild and temperate note from the Porte. It is long since a coup d'ccil cast upon the aspect of European affairs could have so reasuring a result.  The duel said to have been fought between Senor Marfori and M. Rochefort, the editor of La Lanterne, has not yet come off. People here are much disappointed. Such an encounter would have been the most exciting of late years.  The state of Algeria must be of the most deplorable rind. A horrible case of cannibalism has just come to light. On the house of an Arab who was suspected of stealing a cow being searched, a basket full of pieces of human flesh was discovered. Three heads were afterwards found. The remains were recognised as those of a woman and her two children. The wife of the Arab whose house was searched confessed the crime, saying they had been persuaded to it by two twin brothers. She said : " The three murders consummated, we cut the bodies up. The twin brothers I have already named took a part and left us the remainder, the heads, feet, and hands being comprised in our portion. Assisted by my children, I forthwith took the part allotted me home. I boiled a part, which we ate, and put the rest aside in order not to exhaust all our provisions in one day. I also flayed the three heads, and put them where they have just been found,"  Risk Allah is now in Paris. He makes his appearance frequently on the Boulevards with his second wife, an English blonde.  The news respecting the inundations is more reassuring. The waters of the Loire are sinking.  The report that M. Emile Girardin is going to bpain this week increases in strength. Unable to convert the Spaniards to Republicanism by the agency of La Liberte, he is going to attempt to do so personally. The Youvelliste de Rouen mentions a case of quadruple birth at Noueville-Coppeg,euele. A woman there, named Quillent, has just given birth to four female children, three of whom are now alive. The mother is 22 years of age.