The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-24 00:00:00

PARIS CORRESPONDENCE,

ments already attending this unenviable elevation, the
subject of the Press Laws has again been brought promi-
nently forward. The Constitutionnel, which believes the
Government to have a new law on the press ready, boldly
acknowledges that it is indispensable. The old system of
repression can never be resumed after two months of
tolerance, for liberty cannot be lent. The press must

remain free, and if there must be a law to regulate it, the
Constitutionnel suggests that the Government would do
wisely to leave to individual citizens, whose interests are
affected, the task of resenting its possiblo•excosses. IVhilo
on this topic I may mention that tho Government bellows
it has discovered the author of the famous
medical articles in the Rerei/. A doctor is

the individual suspected, but ho totally denies
having any share in the matter. However, ho has been
warned that in case of another offence he will bo proceeded
against. Supposing him to be innocent, as ho avers, of any
participation in the affair, this intimation of possible
punishment for another man's offence must be very
agreeable.

The Pantin murder is still the subject of much solici-
tude; it is believed that the murderers have been
discovered by the police. They are supposed to be
the husband and eldest son of the murdered woman
The son if said to have drowned himself, but
the father has been taken. Tho name of Kinck fa
not the real name of the family. The investigations that
have taken place lead to the impression that these men had
no accomplices, and that the father of tho children accom-
plished the greater root of the dreadful work by himself.
He dug the grave, where he afterwards laid the bodies and
brought his victims to Pantin en sense pretext or ether.
There was evidently some disagreement between tho hus-
band and wife with respect to the settlement of her fortune.

He wished her to spend some of her money in purchasing
a property in Alsace ; but she was unwilling to do so, and
complained to a neighbour that she could not keep the
money for her children. The discovery of the bodies took
place so soon after the perpetration of the crime that it

disconcerted the plans of the murderers. By to-morrow,

no doubt, there will be more light thrown on this horrible

mystery, for the most strenuous efforts are being made to

arrive at the truth.

The Minister of the Interior is coming out in a new
character, as the protector of the Prefects. These officials,

you will remember, opposed with great vehemence the

election of a number of the famous 116. Now as the

Government has acknowledged the right of the 116 to make

their demands, and has actually granted tho Senatus-

Consultum they asked for, how can the Minister of the
Interior consistently support officials who have endea-

voured to exclude them from the Chamber on no other

ground ?

The Chasles affair has again occupied the attention of
the Academy of Sciences. M. Dumas referred to M.

Chasles' statement of the foregoing week, and was not
satisfied with it. M. Chasles' explanation did not afford

the Academy the relief it expected, for he declared that the
mystery was not yet unravelled. M. Chasles subsequently
explained that he had not any longer the least reason to

believe in the authenticity of his documents, and that the

mystery ho alludedto was the forging of so many thownul

documents.

LIST FOR THE USE OF VISITORS TO

THE METROPOLIS.

MUSEUMS.
An tiquarian—Somerset louse. Admission by application
to the secretary
Botanic—Royal Botanic: Society of London, Regent's-
park. Admission daily by orders from follows. Royal
Gardens, Kew. Open daily, 1 till 6, free.
British—Groat Russell-street. Open free on Monda3 s,
Wednesdays, and Fridays, 10 to 4; summer mouths 10
till 7. Closed Ist till 7th January, Ist till 7th May, and
Ist till 7th September; also on all thanksgiving days.
City—Guildhall. A collection of antiquities, &c. Daily,
10 ill 5.
Geological—Jermyn- street. Open daily (except Fridays)
free.
India—lndia Office, Charles-street. Asiatic natural his-
tory, antiquities, Sc. Open free on Mondays, Wednes-
days, and Fridays, and on Thursdays by orders.
King's College—Strand. Anatomy and curiosities. Daily,
10 till 4.
Patents—South Kensington. Models and inventions.
Open free daily.
Royal Institution-21, Albemarle-street. Variats objects.
Daily, 10 till 5.
Royal Military Repository—Woolwich. Models of fortifi-
cations, cannon, and warlike appliances. Daily, 10
till 4.
Royal Polytechnic Institution-309, Regent-street. Scien-
tific, with lectures. Open daily, till 10 p.m. ls.
Soane's-13, Lincoln's-fnn-fiolds. Antiquities, curiosities,
and pictures. Open Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fri-
days in April, May, and Juno ; and Wednesdays from
February to August. Admission on application to the
Curator.

Society of Arts—John street, Adelphi. Inventions, pie
tures, curiosities, ex. Daily: admission by membor's
_ order.

South Kensington—Cromwell-road. Open on Mondays,
Tuesdays, and Saturdays, 10 till 10, free; on other days,
10 till 4,5, or 6. 6d.
Tower of London—Ancient armour, &c. Open daily, 10
till 4. ls.
Trinity House—Trinity-square, Tower-hill. Models of
lighthouses, &c. Daily, 10 till 4.
Tussaud's Waxwork-58, Baker-street. Open daily til
10 p.m. la.

PICTURE GALLERIES.
Bridgewater Gallery—Cleveland-square. Cards to view
may be obtained from Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street.
British Artists—Suffolk-street, April to July. is.
British Institution-52, Pall-mall. Pictures by British
Artists, in February, March, and April ; and by Ancient
Masters, June, July, and August. ls.
Buckingham Palace Pictures.—May be viewed by an order
from tho Lord Chamberlain.
Cartoons of Raphael— South Kensington Museum. Mon-
day, Tuesday, Saturday, free ; other days, 6d.
Crystal Palace—Sydenham. Modern Pictures and Sculp-
ture. ls.
Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch
Pictures. Open free daily, except Friday.
Flaxman Gallery—University of London, Gower-street.
Foundling Hospital—Guildford-street. Open Mondays,
10 till 4.
Gallery of Ancient Masters-49, Pall-mall. ls.
Greenwich Painted Hall— Greenwich. Mondays and Fri
days free; other days, 4d.
Guildhall—City. May be seen cn application to the hall-
keeper.
Hampton Court Palace.—The galleries are open free daily
except on Friday.
Monument—Fish-street Hill. Every day. Gd.
National Gallery—Trafalgar-square. Open free, Mondays
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
National Portrait Gallery-29, Great George-street.
free, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT.
Cromorne Gardens—Chelsea. is.
Crystal Palace Park—Sydenhain. Open daily, ls.; Satur-
days, 2s. Gd.
Greenwich Park—Greenwich. Open free.
Hampton Court Gardens.—Open free daily.
Highbury Barn and Gardens —Highbury. Gd. and ls. by
rofreshment tickets.
Kow Gardens—Kew. Open free, daily at or.e o'clock.
Richmond Park—Richmond. Open free, daily.
Roshervillo Gardens—Gravesend. Open daily. Gd.
Royal Horticultural Gardens—Kensington. Admission by
members' order.
Windsor Groat Park—Windsor. Open free. Windsor
Castle may bo visited on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fri-
days, by tickets obtainable at the Lord CLauthorlaiu's
Office, izl the Castle.

The Spiteful, paddle-wheel steamer, Commander
Morrell, was paid off at Portsmouth yesterday,
after having been throe years and eleven months
in commission, the most of the time spent on the
Brazilian and East India station. In the early
part of the present year she visited the whole of
the western coast of Burtnah and Siam, suppressing
the piracies existing there, and, as a suitable end
to her services, had the honour of taking possession
of the Nicobar Islands, in the Indian Ocean, on
the 28th of March.

The paddlewheel steamsloop Buzzard, 2, Staff-
Commander Thaiu, is under orders to leave Devon-
port for Pembroke.

The Speedy, screw tender, Commander Palmer,
arrived at Portsmouth on Wednesday evening from
the Channel Islands.

THURSDAY.
The Emperor appears to be quite recovered, and carries
on his business each day with the greatest activity. The pre-
parations for the Empress's departure aro proceeding most
rapidly, and a correspondent from Toulon tells of the activity
displayed on board the Aiglo. Workmen arc still on board,
but so soon as the lait'ene shall have taken his departure,
the Adriatic journey will commnco. There is no longer
any doubt as to the movements of the Empress, for the
vessel contains packages and cases bearing some significant
addresses. Alexandria, Cairo, Egypt, and. Constantinople
will all be visited by the illustrious lady. The Emperor
promised M. de Lesseps that nothing should prevent the
voyage from taking place if ho could possibly contrive her
departure. This shews that the Emperor feels better, and
also that he disregards the counsels cf his Ministers, who
are known to be opposed to tho voyage under any circum-
stances. They are said to offer their objections on the
ground that tho enterprise will fail, and that the presence
of tho Empress will compromise the French Government,
and compel them to render assistance. Before proceeding
to Constantinople, the Empress•will visit the King and
Queen of Greece at Corfu ; the Ottoman Ambassador hem
will await her at the lonian Isles, and conduct her to the
capital of the Empire.
The Temps of this morning compares the head of the
State at this time to a man who, having climbed a peak,
does not know how to descend without sliding over a
precipice. Tho descent is steep; tho ladder of the Senatus-
Consultum is too short; and yet to remain alone on the
peak, abandoned in the void, is not prudent. In such a
position a further ascent is not at all desisable ; a safe
descent is the great object, and how to accomplish that
without danger is the question. To add to the embarrass-