The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-14 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS

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(FRO)f OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Sunday Droning.
There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at the
Tuileries under the presidency of the Emperor.

The Official Gazette of Vienna makes an approxi-
mative calculation, according to which the annual
contingent of the army under the new regulations,
after deducting the exemptions for service, will reach
the amount of 120,000, men ; that is to say, in twelve
years, the army will include 1,440,000 soldiers.
Deducting the annual decrease, reckoned at four
per cent., the effective army, including the two
reserves, will amount to 1,080,000 men, and in
addition 52,000 recruits for military districts.
Austria, therefore, after a period of twelve years
will have an active army of 1,132,000 men. The
general levy which might take place under extreme
circumstances would make an addition of about
three million citizens.

It is believed that the Italian Senate, sitting as
a High Court of Justice, will be convoked for the
22d inst. in secret committee, in order to decide
whether it is, or is not, expedient to proceed with
the accusation against Admiral Persano.

The following notice has been issued by the
Imperial Commission of the Universal Exhibition
—" Several journals, with what intention it is not
necessary to inquire, continue to circulate the
report that the opening of the Exhibition will be
delayed. The Imperial Commission will not be
tired of affirming the truth so long as the error may
continue to be propagated. The Imperial Com-
mission has hitherto strictly limited itself to the
delays assigned for the completion of the various
operations. It will not fail at the last moment. The
Exhibition will be ready on the 28th of March. It
will be opened on the Ist of April, 1867." As at
present arranged, there will be a sort of private
view on thQ 31st of March. The arrangement of
the various articles in the interior of the Exhibition
is being proceeded with actively. Messrs. Chevalier
and Durvergier, who were the first to commence the
ten steam engines required, are engaged in the con-
struction of the boilers. The works are under the
direction of M. Droux, engineer. Russia will have
a remarkable display of art. An appeal was made
by the Government to the artists of the Imperial
Academy of Fine Arta of St. Petersburg, the result
of which is that many fine paintings and some ex-
quisite pieces of sculpture have arrived at Paris,
which have already been inspected by many, and are
pronounced to be very favourable specimens of the
Russian school of art.

The Marquis de Montholon, recently appointed
Minister of France at Lisbon, left Washington after
having intrusted the service of the Legation t 3 M.
Berthemy, his successor. The Marquis embarked
at New York on the 29th of December in the
packet Saint Laurent, to return to Europe. M. de
Montholon, who had previously filled the office of
Consul General in the United States, met with a
cordial reception everywhere, and his departure
caused regret in the country where he had so long
resided.

According to the information of the Gazette de
Vienne, confirmed by other and official statements,
the mission confided to Commander Tonello by the
Government of King Victor Emmanuel, with a
view to the settlement of the religious questions
between the Holy See and the Cabinet of Florence,
may be considered as having succeeded upon seve-
ral essential points; among others, in regard to the
difficulty which arose respecting the re-establish-
ment of the Bishops.
The new Minister of the Emperor to the Govern-
ment of the United States, M. Berthemy, delivered
his letters of credential to the President of the Fede-
ral Union, with the accustomed ceremonial, on the
25th of December last, and addressed the President
as follows :

" Monsieur le President,—l have the honour to
place in your hands the letters which accredit we as