The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-24 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Pants, Tuesday Evening.
The Emperor yesterday received at the Tuileries
his Majesty Louis the Second King of Bavaria,

who, as already Etated, comes here incognito under
the name of Count Berg.

The King of Portugal, accompanied by General
Count Reille, aide-de-camp of the Emperor, and
Count de Paiva visited the Louvre yesterday.
The_ bulletin of the Moniteur says :—" King
Charles of Wurtemberg on his return from Paris
passed through Stuttgard on Thursday last to join
the Queen at the chateau of Fredrichstafen. His
Majesty was kind enough to say to the persons
whom he received on his return to his State that he
was very sensible of the cordial reception which
had been given to her while he was in France. On
Friday last there was a funeral service for the re-

pose of the soul of the Emperor Maximilian in the
Catholic Church of Stuttgard. The diplomatic
body and the high functionaries of Wurtemberg
were present at the ceremony. Yesterday the
Chamber of Deputies of Italy was occupied in dis-
cussing the Budget of 1867 presented by the Min-
ister of Finance, in which he acknowledged a deficit
of 217 millions, including arrears. M. Nervo pro-
posed on the other hand, by way of amendment, an
ec)nomy in the expenses for the year 1868 to the
extent of 30 millions. The Chamber approved of
the accounts and proposals of the Minister by a vote
of 193 against 27."

The papers to-day give reports of the proceedings

in the Chambers to a voluminous extent very un-
usual, to the exclusion of miscellaneous matter. I
see nothing, however, in these reports which would
particularly interest the English people. The Con-
stitutionnel, in its efforts to satisfy the appetite for
Parliamentary reading, presents an appearance
which reminds one very much of the state of the
Paris papers during the censorship previous to the
revolution of 1830. This journal ordinarily con-
sists of four pages, but to-day, by some gigantic
effort, it gives its readers ten pages. One of these
pages is, however, blank ! in the time of Charles
X., when his active censors used to erase the most

innocent articles, blank columns and pages were not
unusual, but a whole page of a newspaper in virgin
white and innocent of print upon subjects either
grave or gay is certainly a novelty even in these
strange times. There are papers here which give
such rubbishing articles that a blank page in them
must be a solace and consolation to their readers,
but in July one is not accustomed to offerings, as
at Christmas, which come under the head of "Bene-
volence of the season." The Cologne Gazette con-
tains an interesting petition addressed to the King
of Prussia by the members of the Permanent Com-
mittee of the ancient Diet of Electoral Hesse. Ac-
cording to the statements of these petitioners the
most enlightened men of the country were favour-
able to the annexation of Hesse to Prussia, in the
confidence that the country would continue to enjoy
provincial independence and a certain degree of in-
dividuality. The petitioners, however, evidently
disappointed of the possession of those happy rights,
now express a hope that the Government will think
of granting them. One point they especially claim
is the establishment of provincial councils. They
are equally anxioui in regard to financial mat-
ters, and they modestly claim that they
should not be subjected to heavier taxes
and duties than the Prussians. "But," they
add, "after authentic calculations, Electoral
Hesse will have to ;pay, in direct taxes, under
the blessing of Prussian rule, 90,000 dollars
more than they had to pay before they had the
advantage of Prussian domination." The petitioners
conclude with the expression of a hope that the
State Treasury is not to be, purely and simply, an
annexation to the State Treasury. Upon these
simple facts the Journal des Debats remarks :
We wish the petitioners a good chance for the
realisation of their claims. But the Bohemian cam-
paign was very expensive, and it is not easy to
persuade Prussia that she is rich_enough to pay for
her glory."
A grand dinner is to be given to the King of For-