The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-28 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS.

(Front Orß OWN conr.EsroNDENT.)
PARIS, FRIDAY, August 27.
There was another panic on the Bonrse to-day, in con-
lequence of the sinister reports spread with reference to
;he Emperor's health. It is said that an official investi.
ration will take place concerning the origin of these
-eports. In the special correspondence of the Indepen-
lance Beige the Emperor is declared to be still confined to
Ais bed, and it is added that Lis state is dangerous.
the doctors still hope that ho may be able to
indertake the excursion to OhAlone. They will not give
;heir consent, however, if there is the least risk in the
wttempt, or if the weather should not prove favourable to
he invalid. 7

Notwithstanding the prominent position which it
)ecupied in the journals yesterday, the interest felt in the
report of M. Dcvienne has already died away. As a
natter of csurse everyone knew pretty well what the
substance of the report would be, for the discussions and
liFputes, the concessions and conflicts, which took
p'acc between the 4vel pal ties in the Commission were
.peedily made known to the f.tvGured few out4le, and by
diem communicated to the various political circles. The
;eneral indifference to, this elaborate •p'ece of penman-
ship may, however, find another expianation. The
Dick-witted Pariians rat-lily perceive that M. Devienne's
task has not been a labour of love, and they are not Blow
to satirise the reformer who regards reforms with such
ill concca:cd dislike, and the representative of the great
progressive movement, who displays 'So much more regret
for the past than confidence in the future. The more
sanguine among the Constitutional Imperialists have been
reckoning on the adhesion 4,f MM. Jules Payee and
Ernest Picard to the Senatus-Consultum. They are, how-
ever, disappointed. The sentiments attributed to M. Favre
have, as you know, been already denied by L'Orient, the
journal which originally published his address, and now
M. Picard himself has plainly declared, in the columns of
the Electeur Libre, that he is by-no means contented with
the Senatus-Consultnro. The question now, he declares,
lies between the dissolution of the Chambers and the
collapse of the Imperial message.
The promulgation of the Senatus-Consultum will, it Is
thought, take place on the t;th or 9th of September. If so,
the Corp 3 Ldgislatif will be summoned for the beginning
of October. The forthcoming► debate is looked to with
much !interest, and speculation is busy concerning
the speakers. I understand that Prince Napoleon has
prepared his speech, but that he is not certain to deliver
it. I have heard it stated that ho is anxious to take ad-
vantage of this opportunity to gain the confidence of the
senators and of the majority of the Corps LsSgislatif, so as
to form a party which will have for its object the pacifio
transmission of supreme power to the legitimate inheritor
of the throne. This, however, is mere rumour.

Judgment was given to-day in the case of M. Lafer-
rare. You will not be surprised to learn that Article
75 "De la Constitution de l'an VIII!' has proved too
strong for Act 1,382 of the Code Napoleon, on which the
lawyer and litterateur took his stand, and the Director of
Alazas, the Prefect of Police, and the Commissary
Simonneau are held irresponsible. The case has come
forward very opportunely when the abrogation of the
obnoxious article is so eagerly pressed by reforaters, and
it will serve the Liberal orators with a very powerful
illustration and argument. M. Laferriera who, as you
know, was one of the victims of the arbitrary arrests cf
June, demanded £4OO damas-es from the Prefect for
his brief imprisonment. 311. Laferriere, who is one of the
contributors to the Rappel, argued his own cause very
forcibly, but the old doctrine of official immunity was not
to be evaded. The counsel for the Government admitted
that an official might make a mistake, but he could not
be held responsible for it. Certainly it is quite time that
Article 7r) was disposed of if Constitutional liberty is to be
anything more than a name.
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Six thousand signatures have already been attached to
the petition to the Senate, praying for the restoration of
the municipal privileges of Paris. The petitioners bold
that the mayors and councillors of Paris shottld be elected
by universal suffrage.
The announcement in the Official Journal that neither
Ledrn Rollin nor Tibaldi wes comprised ►n the amnesty
bas produced a very bad effect. The friends of Ledru
Rollin think that, notwithstanding the prohibition, be will
come to Paris to do away with his outlawry.
The Empress has met with the most.favourable recep-
tion wherever she has appeared. Her Majesty receives
daily several telegrams that inform her of the exact state
and condition of the Emperor. Her Majesty has pre-
sented £BOO to the Prefect of time Rhone to be distributed
amongst the charitable institutions of the place, and £BO
to the Prefect of the Loire for the families of the suf-
ferers by the accident at the Firming coalpit.
The post of diplomatic agent at Paris for Mecklenburg,
vacant by the death of M. de P,.►raomann, will not be
filled up, as in future that Stale will be represented by
the Ambassador of the Nora:ell: Co►ifedcration.

The roiya asserts that the anthorit:e% intend to prohibit
for the future any exhibitions of n•itd beasts.

in tcrivit ion al- of London Las :vain beef seizod nt
;lie office of the Afinister of the Interior.
A rumour is afloat at Toulouse to the effect eat the
miners of Carmaux were /wain on stril.e, and that the
75th company of the line, which was t.) have returned to
the town, has received orders to delay its departure.

It is reported in military circles that the Duke of
Magenta will be recalled from Algiers lot the purpose of
accomplishing the reorganisation of the French army
according to the scheme proposed by Marshal Niel. When
this has been effected ho will, it is added, be made
Minister of War, and General Lehmuf will return to
his old post.

At Beverley the election Commiss'oners sit again
on Friday. The evidence of the numerous witn(sys
examined on T hurslay was of much the same character as that
given on Wednesday. It referred chiefly to the last muni-
cipal election, and showed that the electors were paid more
than usual on that occasion, that some voted under the im-
preksion that the bribe had reference to the borough elec.
tion, but that they wore not told so by any aget.t. The
bribes for the municipal election were in some cases given to
voters through a hole in the wall of the Mechanics' Hall.
One or two witnesses do posed to having been paid for their
votes at Parliamentary elections in times past, but not at the
last one.

A postal convention has been concluded between
the English and American Governments for the conveyance
of mails between the United States and British llonduras.
It provides for a regular exchange of mails, comprising
letters, nowsp/pers, books, packages, and samples of mer-
chandise, between the office of New Orleans on the one side,
and I3elizo on the other. 'rho rates of postage are 12 cents.
for each letter weighing half an ounce, and 2 cents. for each
newspaper. The mails are to be conveyed by the British
steamers now running between the poro, and the conven-
tion will come into operation on the Ist cf Oeto

Some interesting facts are contained in a Parlia-
mentary paper moved for by the Lord Mayor, and presented
on Friday. The average annual emigration from the United
Kingdom for the ten years ending 1857 was 275,276,,and for
the corresponding period which terminated with 1867, only
161,915. The larger number of emigrants still go to the
United States, though a vast number have Ltarted for the
colonies. In 1867 there wore 9,392 English labourers,
1,061 Scotch, and 23,775, who emigrated to the United
States ; 812 English, 132 Scotch, and 1,359 Irish embarked
fur British North America; 516 English, 185 Scotch, and
815 Irish to Australasia. No lees than 11,227 Irish spinters
sailed for the United States.

A great Liberal demonstration took place at
Nottingham on Thursday to celebrate Mr. Seoly's return.
More than ten thousand persons were present, and tho affair
was a great CUCCOSP. Mr. Seely made a long speech, in
which he thanked his constituents for the confidence they
reposed in him, and said they had many battles to fight, fot
the Liberal party was not in an overwhelming majority
In the borough. Mr. Mundella, M.P., also made soma
observations, and declared that at the next general election
they would have vote by WM. They must march on in
:he path of progress, and what with the Home of Lords, the
aristocracy, the Tories, and the old Whigs, there was n•
danger of their going too fast. Ho expressed a belief that
in the future Nottingham would retain its old character.

Rumours, the Pull Mall Gazette, have been current
at Chatham for some days past that the commencement of
the approaching year will witness some further sweeping
changes and removals in both the civil and the comba-
tive branches of the Navy, which have been for
some time past under the consideration of Mr. Childers.
Among the suggested changes not the least important are
those which rumour assigns as being about to be carried
into effect is the dockyards by the amalgamation of several
of the departments and a corresponding reduction in the
staff of each. The number of admirals now filling the
active list will, it is also somewhat authoritatively asserted,
at the same time suffer a considerable diminution, while in
some other departments of the service some important
changes will be effected.

So many are going to bathe in the sea that medi-
cal advice on the subject is worth attending to. Here is
the Lancet's counsel: s a general rule, Ivo expect, tho
utility of a sea bath is inversely as the time spent in taking
if. This applies at least to the majority of bathers as they
arrive ca our coast fatigued with pleasure or work. By de-
grees they can spend more and more time in the water;
but at first the bath should consist in one plunge. If it be
taken in the early morning, a cup of hot tea, coffee, or milk,
with a little broad, should be disposed of on getting up, and
at least half au hour should intervene between the bath and
breakfast. The best time for the dip, ne doubt, is about noon.
when the breakfast has beau digested, and the luncheon is in
prospect. It the bath ballot on 00/10000 IDApbo ro-
ll Media)

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

MARSEILLES, Aug. 28.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Pera arrived at 11.30 last night, and the mails
leave for London at 10.45 a.m. to-day.