The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-07 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Thursday Evening.
There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at the
Tuileries, at which the Emperor presided.
The Monitcur has the following announcement :
"His Royal Highness the Grand Ducal Prince of
Besse and her Royal highness Madame the Prin-
cess Louise of Hesse, Princess of Great Britain and
Ireland, had the honour of being received the day
before yesterday by their Majesties the Emperor
and Empress."

The King of Prussia, on his arrival yesterday
afternoon at the Northern Railway Station, was re-
ceived with much the same state and cordiality as
the Emperor Alexander. The station was again
appropriately fitted up, and the number of specta-
tors was enormous. The Emperor was accompanied
by Prince Joachim Murat, General Fleury, grand
equerry, and Vice-Admiral Julien de la Gravicre,
aide-de-camp on duty. The two Sovereigns shook
hands cordially on meeting, and immeliately drove
off to the Tuileries amidst much cheering. A slight
biographical sketch of the King of Prussia may not
be unacceptable. Fredrick William I. was born
on the 92(1 of March, 1797, and he has consequently
attained his 70th year. He is the descendant
of the House of Hohenzollern Brandebourg, the
origin of which dates from Thassillon, who lived in
the year 800. He is an old adversary of France, and
was at the campaigns of 1813 and 1815 during the
struggle against the first Napoleon. In 1818, in
consequence of some political differences, he went
to England, where he resided a considerable period.
This is not the first time the King of Prussia has
visited France since he succeeded to the throne upon
the death of his brother, on the 2d of January,
1861. In the month of October of that year the
King paid a visit to Napoleon 111. at his chateau at
Compiegne, where he remained until the time ar-
rived for the fetes on the occasion of his coronation.
The spectacle at the opera, in honour of the visit
of the Emperor Alexander, was splendid in the ex-
treme. The Imperial box was fitted up with great
taste and splendour. Among the illustrious per-
sonages present were the Czar, who had at his right
the Emperor of the French, the Princess Royal of
Prussia, the Grand Duke Heir of Russia, the Prin-
cess of Hesse, the Grand Duke Wladimir, the
Princess Eugenie, the Duke de Leuchtenberg, and
Prince Joachin Murat. To the left of the Czar
were the Empress of the French, the Prince Royal
of Prussia, the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia, the
Prince Louis of Hesse, the Princess Matilda, Prince
Fredric of Hesse, Princess Lucien Murat, the
Prince of Saxe Weimar, and Min-Bou-Taiou, the
brother of the Emperor of Japan. The grand
officers of state accompanied the Royal party.
The Royal personages now in Paris make the
most of their time. The Emperor Alexander, who
is a very early riser, goes out while many are in
bed and visits successively all the public establish-
ments and curiosities of Paris.

Sunday is named as the day for the grand fete at
the Hotel de -Ville. The Soverigus will go to Cher-
bourg, it is said, in a day or two, to witness some
interesting nautical evolutions. To-day they have
been to a splendid review in the Bois de Boulogne,
and the current of people on all the points in that
direction was enormous. More than 60,000 troops
were reviewed. There is not time to give an ac-
count of the spectacle to-day.
The King and Queen of the Belgians left Paris
rather suddenly, in consequence of the melancholy
news received from Miramar respecting the Em-
press of Mexico, Charlotte, sister of the King.
Her illness has much increased within a few days.
ller reason is irrevocably lost, and her death seems
imminent. This unfortunate Princess is 27. She
was married on the 27th of July) 1857, to the Arch-
duke Ferdinand Maximilian, brother of the Em-
peror of Austria, and now (or lately) Emperor of
Mexico. For the same reason the proposed visit
of the Emperor of Austria to Paris will probably be
postponed.
Dr. Nelaton, the most eminent surgeon of Paris,
has been elected as a member of the Academy of
Sciences (section of medicine and surgery), in the
room of M. Jobert de Lamballe, who died about
two months ago. M. Nelaton was born at Paris on
the 17th of June, 1807. It will be recollected that
he went to attend upon Garibaldi when he received
his last wound in the leg. lie was a pupil of
Dupnytren, of whom as many curious, though per-
haps unfounded, anecdotes are told as of our own
Abernethy. One fact is certain, Dupuytren died a
millionaire, a fate not reserved fur all medical men.
He was called the butcher, in consequence of the
entire indifference he exhibited while unfortunate
patients were subjected to the most painful opera-
" Don't let my horses eat too much," said
Dupnytren one day to his coachman. " They are
liable to apoplexy like men, and they cannot so
easily get the services of a doctor." Dr. Nelaton,
although a pupil of Dupuytren, is said to be the
opposite to him in his demeanour to his patients,
and is kind and gentle to them, and sympathises
with their pains. He uses a patient as Isaac
Walton recommends the angler to use the worm
and impale him as though you loved him.
The superior Council of the Jury of the Exhibi-
tion have awarded a grand prize to the Emperor of
Russia fur the ameliorations which have taken place
in the breed of horses in that empire, in which the
Emperor has personally taken great interest. some

very fine Russian horses are exhibited, for which
the prize was given. The prize in question is the
greatest which can be awarded.
There is a report that in consequence of numerous
representations made to the Commission, the Exhi-
bition will continue open until the end of the year.
The admission will be gratis on the Ist of July, the
day on which the prizes will be awarded, and on the
day of the Emperor's fete, the 15th of August.

On two or three occasions some hostile demon-
strations, if they may be so considered, have been
made against the Emperor of Russia. -When he
visited the courts of justice there were cries of
" Vivo la Pologne," which caused the Emperor to
make a hasty retreat. On his way to the opera the
same cry was repeated. The police interfered, and
several arrests were made. One paper asserts that
some police agents in plain clothes to deceive the
public cried out that the persons arrested were rob-
bers. The cry was first raised by some members of
the bar, but other barristers censured the demon-
stration. Though trifling in itself, this manifesta-
tion has excited a certain degree of uneasiness, not
to say alarm. The Temps blames the conduct of
the police, and asks what sedition there is in the
the cry of " Long live Poland." Some of the stu-
dents who made manifestations at the Cluny
Museum have been arrested.

There has been an attempted murder, followed
by suicide, in the Rue 29 Juliet, under the follow-
ing circumstances. An old man of nearly 70, who
lived at No. 7 in that street, and enjoying a good
fortune, was very assiduous in making improper
offers to a young girl of 18 living in the same house.
Every morning, at the time when the young girl
went out to her work, the old gentleman was sure
to be waiting at the door to renew his proposals.
The young girl, whose conduct is very good, al-
ways repudiated them. He became so enraged at
her refusal that on Tuesday morning he armed him-
self with a revolver, and on her again refusing he
shot her in the neck. The wound is serious, but it
is hoped that it will not prove mortal. Believing
that he had killed the girl, the murderer turned
round another barrel, and firing it into his head his
death was instantaneous.

Fervacques, belonging to Mr. Montgomery, the
winner of the Great Prize on Sunday, was born in
Normandy, like La Toucques and Gladiateur, the
conquerors in so many races, a fact which seems
to prove that the Norman breed of horses is now
quite equal to the English. It is calculated that
the amount of bets made was no less than 60 mil-
lions of francs. Such was the anxiety to obtain
vehicles for the Bois de Boulogne even early in
the morning that at a cafti on the Boulevards a
break with two horses was put up by auction for
the race, and the highest bidder paid a very large
sum for the hire of it, 850 francs. It was for an
American family. Tho number of vehicles at
the races was horn 15,000 to 20,000, and the de-
file lasted not less than three honrs. It was a
magical spectacle, such as has never been seen even
in Paris. A great many accidents took place—
some of them of rather a serious character.