The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-13 00:00:00

PARIS CORRESPONDENCE.

THURSDAY.

At yesterday's sitting of the Commission M. Bongeau
made along speech in support of his amendment, which
proposed to extend to the Senate the right of initiative
possessed by the Emperor and the Corps L6gislatif. M.
Bongeau holds it to be absolutely necessary to have a
counterbalance in the second chamber ; and togive it more
moral influence, he proposes to elect e;ghty-nine senators
by the Conseils G6n6raux, and to leaVe eighty-nine to the
choice of the Emperor. Other amendments were brought
forward and discu-s2d, the most noteworthy being 111. dc
Sartigcs's plan of a joint deliberation of the two Chambers in
case of difference ; and;ll. Hubert-Delisle's proposal for the
re-establishment of the address. The latter gave rise to
an animated discussion, iu which M. de la Guerroniere
strongly supported the right of address. Today it
'is expected that the much-talked-of reporter will he
'nominated. M. de la Carrronibre has declined to be
put iu competition, so that the choice will he between
M. Bhic, the supposed nominee of It. Roubet, and M.
Devienno, the representative of the most Liberal party
in the Commission. AprJpcs of M. Delangle's enforced
withdrawal from the olflee, it is asked whether the
'injury to his eyesight arose from too strenuous efforts to
seo through the ambiguity and entanglement of the
Senatus-Consultum ? It is said that Prince Napoleon has
respectfully advised the Emperor to carry out the new
reforms in the most liberal spirit possible, and that
'the Emperor was not indisposed to listen. The public
feeling is, however, somewhat suspicious at present, and
M. Itouher's influence is especially mistrusted. It is
believed that he domineers over the Commission, and that
the Ministers who appear to resent his interference are in
reality only his tools and instruments. _ _

According to the latest accounts, all that remains for

the Commission to do is to hear the Ministerial views on
the two reserved articles, and to discuss the amendments.
Nevertheless, it is not thought likely that the report will
be completed before the 24th.
The official journals deny the rumoured dispute be-
tween M. Rouher and M. Chasseloup-Laubat. The
official severity against the press is still the constant
theme, and the journals are full of arguments and
appeals on behalf of the brethren of the pen. The
Libert6 of this morning informs the Emperor that a
prison is a very diSagreeable residence, and that the
noblest and the bravest have not hesitated, in order to
escape from it, to put on a mason's jacket, and carry a
plank on their shoulders. It is to be hoped that this signi-
ficant argument by illustration will have some effect on
the ex-prisoner of Ham. The Emperor, I understand,
yesterday signed several decrees of amnesty for various
offences. He was present with the Empress and the
Presidents of the Senate and of the Corps L6gislatif at
the Council of Ministers, which lasted for three hours.
The Municipal Council of Bordeaux, at its sittings of
the 6th of August, discussed the disturbances of last June,
and the negligence of the police. Finally, the Council
adopted, by 17 to 10, a resolution calling for the re-
establishment of the National Guard.
The state of Marshal Niel is still most alarming, and the
;asst bulletin seems more unfavou►~able with respect to his
condition. The weakness of the patient is said to be
, extreme, and but little hopes are uow entertained of his

recovery.
The departure of the Einperor for the Camp at Chalons
nas been delayed by a slight indispositien. It is now
believed that he will not leave Paris until the fourteenth.
Iliq stay at Chalons is expected to la+t over seven days.
It is said that durin the last Council of Ministers
neld at St. Cloud, M. de Chasseloup.Li.obat laid great
stress on the importance of signalising the centenary
of Napoleon by a general amnesty for all kinds
of political offenders. A report pravails that the Emperor
wall read a manifesto to the army at the Camp at Chalons,
and that its text will be on the maintenance of order,
peace, liberty, and progress.
The kidnapping of children has caused great excitement
in Brussels of late, and some strange stories are afloat with
respect to it. Some time ago, it seems, the papers pub.
fished an account of the arrest of a princess accused of
killing children in order to bathe in their blood for the
purpose of preserving her beauty. In consequence of this
idea gaining ground, several persons who have spoken to
children in the streets have been roughly handled by the
crowd under the impression that they were kidnappers.
A terrible accident has just occurred in a quarry
near Berne. A piece of rock upwards of thirty
yards high suddenly gave way and fell uprn
some men who were working at the time, over-
whelming them under a mass of rubbish. Fifteen were
found to be missing. Eight bodies were immediately dug
out in a dreadful state of mutilation, and no hope was
entertained of finding the others alive.