The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-24 00:00:00

PARIS CORRESPONDENCE.,
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ZEMDAT.

To-day the Conseils Cvn6raux commencekiheiraebours,
and they arc, consequently, the great object of' liven Rion.
The papers are full of criticisms on their constitutb.enal
position, and conjectures as to the addresses of theirPrk7i-
dents. The LibcrtJ divides the latter into three classeig
the representatives of the policy of resistance, of the
transitory policy, and of the policy of the future. Under
the first head it places M. Rouhcr and the old Ministers
of the personal government ; under the second, the
Ministry now in office; under the °third, MM. Emile
011ivier and Lluvet. It remains to bsnseen which policy
will find most advocates in the Consceild. It is said that
the Government, taking into consideration'the exceptional
circumstances of the time, will, contrary to its usual rile,
allow the inaugural discourses to touch .upon•the political
questions of the day. If this be true, I nee:l not say that
the ridOrceses will be unusually interesting. The Liberals
are anxiously ]loping that the provincial essembliestwill
express their wi<l,e, nrongly on some of th -
yet unaccomplished but much-n,:rded reforms. The Temps
mentions three of these prohlemA, to the solution of which
it Attaches the greatest importance. These arc the com-
p:ete decentralisation of the administratioo of the depart-
ments and commoner; the restitution of the legislative
of fixing the limits of the electoral circvmscriptions ;
Anil last, not least, the abrogation of Artielo of the
Constitution "de l'an VIII." It is evident that a strong
and united attack is about to be made upon this obnoxious
article, which the snick-witted Parisians readily perceive
nentralises many of the Ministerial concessions. So long
es there is 00 security for individual liberty, so long as
the sgents of the Government have complete immunity
from the consequences of arbitrary and unjust arrests,
there can be little public confidence. Great importance
is universally attached to the action of the Gonseils-
GtWra.nx, and the Petrie goes so far as to affirm that the
future rests with them. This is saying too much, though
the influence of these assemblies has been considerably
increased by recent legislation, and their action at this
time is undoubtedly highly important.
The debate on the Senatus-Consultum will occupy, it is
thought, from six to eight sittings, so that there is little
prospect of the vote being taken before the 111th of Sep-
tember. The promulgation of the decree will take place
immediately after the vote. It seems likely that the
Senate will not meet until next Wednesday, instead. of
Tuesday, as was first announced. The commission, it is
said, wished M. Devienne to make some slight alterations
in his report, alterations which, as you may suppose, refer
to the 2nd and the 11th Articles. To-day the commission
meets again on account of these alterations.

It is believed that General Lebecuf is the most desirable
successor that could hare been chosen to Marshal Niel,
and that he is certain to carry out the arduous
work commenced by his predecessor. The general
outline has been traced, but there remains a great deal to
be done before the task is accomplished. General Lebccuf
possesses many facilities for the enterprise, he has the
confidence of the army, and he may fairly expect to secure
the co-operation of the two Chambers.
The Emperor received yesterday the President of the
Senate, the reporter of the Commission of the Senatus-
Consultum, and General Lelexuf, who took oaths on his
appointment as Minister of War. The Emperor is
reported to have taken a long walk, and it is even supposed
that he will torday pass some hours at the Tuileries.
It is believed in Florence that the President of the
Council and the Minister of the Interior will go to Corsica
towards the end of the month to pay their respects to the
Empress. An impression prevails that her Majesty will
visit Venice in the middle of September, and that the
authorities are already taking steps to secure for her a
imitable reception. As yet, however, nothing is decided
upon with respect to the Emprees'e movements after her
return from Corsica.
A sad affliction has befallen a distinguished literary
man, M. Constant Guersult. His youngest son was
drowned while bathing in the neighbourhood of Saint Denis.
As the clothes of the unfortunate young man gave no
clue to his identity, his body lay for some days at Saint
Denis without being recognised. It was only last Tuesday
that the sad mystery was cleared up in consequence of
inquiries being instituted into the cause of his absence.

INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE.

PUTNEY, This day.

The Oxford crew did not go out this morning,
but reserved themselves for a pull over the course
this evening. Shortly before one o'clock the Har-
vard crew went out in their new boat, built here by
Mr. Elliott, who came with them to this country.
They were not steered by their own coxswain, but
by Edward Phelps, a boy, the son of the Lon-
don boat. house keeper, who handled the yoke
lines well. In order to bring his weight up to
Mr. Burnham's, their coxswain, lie carried bags of
dLot to the amount of nearly ablbs. The boat has
a great deal a go in her, and the crew will most
assuredly be more formidable opponents in her than
in any other iu which they have yet been afloat.
They started at :.!8 r;trokes put- minute, with way
upon their boat incredibly fast. They olntinued up
the river at a fine p•ice to near lanunersmith-
bridge, and thAt turtle!, and came down (.;ver the
early 11_:01.