The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-18 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PAras.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARTS, Wednesday Evening.

The Moniteur states that after a discussion, to
which several sittings were devoted, the Helvetic
Federal Assembly has just decided that its diplo-
matic representation in foreign countries shall be
limited to four Legations, 4ccredited to the Govern-
►nents of France, Italy, Austria, and Prussia.
I mentioned recJutly that the Marquis de Li
Valette, the enlightened and patriotic Minister of the
Interior, had transmitted to the Socitite of the Gens
de Lettres the EmperJr's gift of 10,000 francs in
aid of the project to establ kali a Literary Interna-
tional Congress at Paris. The society have sent a
letter in reply to the Marquis, by which they thank
him for " the gracious and hearty consent" which he
gave to the establishment of such a Congress. The
letter requests the Marquis to offer the homage of
the respectful and sincere gratitude of the society to
the Emperor for the gift. The letter adds—" It was
appropriate to the Sovereign who has acquired the
right of adding to the trophy common to all the
Kings an arm more scarce—his eloquenCand glorious
historical pen. It was in that character that the
Emperor should offer spontaneously to Letters such
a proof of his striking sympathy."

The Siecle says :- —" The result of the trial of
Berezowski produced a deep impression in Court,
which will also be felt by all France. Every one
praises the wisdom of the jury. The crime was
evident, avowed, and the guilty man did not attempt
to dissimulate the motives which induced him to
commit it. It was not, as was first said, a desire for
personal vengeance. The father of Antoine Bere-
zowski, far from encouraging his son in 1863 to
enter into the ranks of the Polish insurgents, ever_
getically persuaded him not to do so, and punished
his disobedience by cursing him. Berezowski was
ignorant then that his father was in prison and his
eldest brother in Siberia. He thought only of the
sufferings of his country, the persecutions, the vio-
lence, and the massacres,of Which his eloquent defen-
der M. Emmanuel Arigo drew so eloquent a picture.
The antecedents of this young man of 20 were k-
r, proachable. Iu Gallicia, at Munich, at Man-
helm, at Liege, in France, he only left favourable
impressions behind him; he economised his money
to improve his education. Ile only conceived the
thought of homicide in a moment of excitement,
perhaps at reading the frightful accounts in which
the agony of Poland is depicted. The jury thought
of the martyrdom of that unhappy nation, whose
cause was always popular amongst us, and without
concealing from themselves the odious character of
the attempt of the 6th of June, committed in the
midst of a fete, upon the hospitable territory of
France, yet, extending their views beyond the facts
upon which they had to give an opinion, the Jury
of the Seine wished to give a striking con-
secration of the principle of the abolition of the
punishment of death, which we wish to see
established, because society would thus give an
example of respect for human life, and at the same
time abolish the barbarous and sanguinary customs
of times past.

A great number of Poles were present at the trial.
There was no sympathy among them for the assas-
W-ich, they said, arose out of exalted
patriotism. One of the prescribed Poles was heard
to say that when Berezowski loaded his pistol he
had in his eyes and his thoughts the sanguinary
nights of Warsaw, the mines of Siberia, and the
prisons of Posen. An individual who heard him
said he appeared to take great interest in the trial.
"Berezowski is my countryman," said the Pole. " I
thought you were a Prussian," replied the ques-
tioner. "I a Prussian," said the Pole indignantly.
"I am a native of Posen, and since the first
spoliation of Poland the sentiments of the
Duchy have not changed. We are Prussians
by name and by force; but patience, a day will
come when the white eagle will triumph over the
black eagle, for, as Michelet says, right is eternal."

'rho de.tth is announced of the reigning Prince
Frederic Gunther de Itudolstadt. He was born on
the 6th of November, 1793, and succeeded hia
father on the 118th of April, 1807, under the
government of a Regency. lie attained his majo-
rity on the 6th of November, 1814.

A German, M.Gcrhard Rohlfs, has just traversed
the whole of the African continent from the Medi-
terranean to the Gulf of Benin, in the Gulf of
Guinea. This news has been communicated by M.
Duveyrier, who is himself well known for his explo-
rations in Sahara. Ili. Rohlfs is the first European
who has ever crossed Africa direct from the Medi-
terranean to the Pacific Ocean. The scientific
world must be interested in thepainful and daring
efforts of such explorers as Messrs. Duveyrier and
Roblfs, and the results of their labours will, no
doubt, be published.

his ll is now definitely arranged that the Empe-
ror will go to review the troops encamped at
Ma-
jesty and the Empress will make their usual autumnal
Chalons early
visit at Biarritz. Official notification of this inten-
tion has been made to foreign Courts, so that the
Sovereigns and Princes who intend to come to Paris
to see the Exhibition may know that if the visit be
too much prolonged their Majesties will be absent
from Paris.

At the command, and under the patronage, of
the Emperor there have been constructed in the
Avenue Daumesnil specimens of comfortable houses
for small families. There are 41 of these houses, of
which the plan may be seen in the Exhibition.
Each house has three storeys and a cellar, and each
stage contains two rooms and a kitchen. The
cost of these 41 houses was 320,000 f., making
the expense of each about 6,000 f. Adding,
however, the cost of the purchase of the land and
the excavations and other works 510,000 f. have
been expended. The Emperor has made a present
of these houses to a co-operative society of work-
men established to build houses at a cheap rent.
In these days Turks, like all other nations, repu-
diate prejudices, and although there is something in
the Koran which forbids portrait painting, the pre-
sent Sultan Abdul Azz:z during his stay in Paris
gave sittings to an eminent French artist, M. Bida,
in order that he should furnish his " counterfeit
presentment." M. Porthe, the artist who made a
portrait of Abdul Medjid, the Sultan's predecessor,
could not pursue his labours so quietly, for during
his stay in Constantinople he once penetrated within
the precincts of the Harem, and such Was the ex-
citement against the giaour that he was compelled
to return precipitately to France. Abdul Medjid,
however, consoled the
40,000 f. Painter with a present of

There is a sort of panic about dogs at present in
Paris, albeit the temperature is much below that
of the dog-days. The local authorities have issued
a notice, drawn up evidently by some one who will
not be bound by the rules of Lindley Murray, or
the orthodox grammatical authority of France, who-
ever he may be.
The notice says—"
has the honour to inform the proprietors of
dogs which are not muzzled that they will be seized
and killed by a functionary appointed for the i
pur-
pose." As the point The Mayor of
s left doubtful whether the
notice applies to dogs or
proprietors alarm upon the
subject is very natural.

Spanish newspapers are usually very grave and
matter-of-fact productions. A Madrid paper, how-
ever, unbends for once and relates that a Biscayan
applied the other day to the police for
a passport to
Ochalazaigritia.
The weather was very hot, and
the clerk being in a somewhat lazy mood, and not
much inclined to write such a long word, asked the
applicant if it would be the same if he gave him a
passport for sonic other place more easy to describe.
There has been a Cabinet Council to-day at the
Tuileries, at which the Emperor presided. The
Empress was present.

As I closed my letter there was rain, a cold wind,
symptoms of storm, and a conspicuous absence of
all the adjuncts necessary
to constitute pleasant
summer weather. All this, however, did not dis-
may visitors to the Exhibition, which was very full.

CLERKS AND SERVANTS TO PUBLIC COMPANIES.—
Mr. Church, the chief clerk in Chancery, decided yester-
day that in winding-up' cases there was no proYisprovision, as
there is in bankruptcy, to pay clerks or servants in full ;
they can only rank as creditors.