The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-01 00:00:00

(El :0m OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, Sunday Evening.
There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at the
Tuileries under the presidency of the Emperor. Her
Majesty the Empress was present at the Council.

The yacht of the Sultan of Turkey entered the
roads at Toulon yesterday morning at 7 o'clock, and
his Majesty was saluted by the artillery from the
forts and the squadron. The Sultan reached Paris
this afternoon by the Lyons Railway, and proceeded
to the Tuileries with much the same ceremonial as
was observed on the late visits of the Emperor of
Russia and the King of Prussia.

The Emperor has addressed the following letter
to M. Pietri, the Minister of Police :--
" Palace of the Tuileries, June 20, 1867.

" My dear Monsieur Pietri,—
" The presence at Paris recently of several Sove-
reigns, and the assemblage of a numerous crowd
attracted by the spectacle of the Universal Exhibi-
tion, presented the opportunity for the service under
your orders of exhibiting that it was equal to the
important task confided to it. I was able to notice
for myself the wisdom of the measures adopted to
maintain order upon every point, and I observed
with pleasure the zeal and excellent appearance
and discipline of your agents. lam desirous to ex-
press my satisfaction to you, and I beg you to be
the interpreter of my feelings to your staff. Re-
ceive, my dear Monsieur Pietri, the assurance of
my sentiments of friendship. "NAPOLEON."
In consequence of a depression of opinion among
the Spanish Ministers relative to the conversion of
the extinguished debt of Spain, the Ministers of
State and Marine offered their resignations, which
were accepted, and official announcement of the
fact was made to the Chambers.
A letter from Weimar states that the anniversary
of the birth of the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar
was celebrated on the 24th of June, with the accus-
tomed ceremony. His Royal highness is corning
to Paris in the early part of July, but will travel
incognito.
The Grand Duke Alexis, third sou of the Em-
peror of Russia, has arrived at Odessa, on his way
to Sebastopol and Cadiz, from whence he will pro-
ceed with the Russian squadron on a voyage in
the Atlantic ocean. The Empress of Russia was
expected at Odessa on her way to the Crimea,
where her Majesty intends to pass a portion of the
summer.

The Moniteur announces that the Emperor,
Empress, and the Prince Imperial will arrive to-
morrow (Monday) afternoon at the Palace of
Industry at two o'clnek precisely. On their en-
trance the orchestra will play the second part of
the musical programme of the Ilymn to the Em-
peror, the new composition of Rossini. A report
will then be read respecting the Exhibition by D.I.
Rouher, Minister of Finance, Vice-President of the
Commission. The next part of the ceremony will
be the announcement of the names of the exhibitors
to whom prizes ate awarded. 'f he Emperor will
himself present the prizes to the suceo±sful exhibi-
tors from the Throne. 'Their Majesties and the
Prince will then descend from the throne, and will
pass before the guests from the various nations and
before the different groups. The orchestra will
then execute the rent:lining portion of the musio.
The ceremonial is likely to be one of unprecedented
grandeur and interest.
Asplendid banquet was given at the Hotel de Ville
on Friday evening to the Viceroy of Egypt, at which
many diplomatists and fashionables were present,
including the Pope's Nuncio and 500 persons who
were invited to the grand concert. The arrange-
ments were much the same as on the occasion of the
banquet to the King and Queen of the Belgians.
The splendid surtout of table ornaments, manufac-
tured by Messrs. Christofle and Co., was again dis-
played. It cannot yet be spared for the Exhibition,
although it is very much missed. The Baroness
llaussmann, wife of the Prefect of the Seine, received
the Viceroy on his arrival, and proceeded with him,
arna4n-artn, to the Throne-room. The concert was

The preliminary investigation relative to the
attempt to murder the Emperor of Russia on the
6th of June is concluded. The Judge d'lnstruc-

tion, M. de Gouet, who devoted 20 days to the
examination of witnesses or the interrogation of
Berezowski has drawn up his report, and the
Procureur Imperial Moignon has signed the
requisite legal document, according to which the
prisoner is to be sent to the Chamber (the Chambre
des Mises en Accusation), whose province it will be to
decide whether there is sufficient prima facie evi-
dence to send the prisoner for trial before a jury of
the Seine. The former Chamber acts as a sort of
giand jury. It is thought in the courts that the
Chamber will not be able to give its decision in
one day, but at all events the case will be placed on

the list of trials at the, court of Assize either on
Saturday, the 13th, or Monday, the 15th of July.
During the thunderstorm on Sunday last serious
and alarming injury was done to the church of

Dance, near Lyons. The lightning struck the
spire at the time when the church was very full.
A loud and terrible explosion was heard, and from
25 to 30 persons were more or less injured, but no
one was killed. The clothes of some were much
burnt. A chandelier, some vases, and various
articles were broken to pieces. Several yards of
woodwork were split into fragments, and large
fragments were strewn about in all directions. The
Host was driven from its usual place, and was
found upon the altar. Portions of the spire were
found is the neighbouring fields.
On a mountain, near Largentiene, in the depart-
ment of the Ardeche, the lightning struck a shep-
herd, who was killed instantly, and also 200 sheep.
Another shepherd was struck near the same spot,
but he did not receive any material injury.
The Memorial Diplomalique contains despatches
from Vienna, which state that Ilaidar Effendi,
Ambassador from Turkey to the Court of Austria,
has notified, officially, to Baron de Beust, that the
Porte accepts the principle of the inquiry claimed
by the identical note of the guaranteeing powers
relative to the affairs of Candia. The mode of
inquiry is to be the subject of ulterior delibera-
tions, which will take place at Paris during the
stay of the Sultan and his Minister Fuad
The report is revived of the intention to dissolve

the Legislative Body in the course of September.
The Epoque has received accounts from Spain,
according to which the number of armed bands in
the vicinity of Madrid has so increased as to excite
much consternation. The telegraphic and railway
communications have been stopped by them, and
the ;Spanish Government is in considerable anxiety
on the subject. The same paper asserts that Den-
mark, for the same reason as France, has demanded

the dismantlement of the fortress of Luxembourg
and the demolition of the fortifications of Duppel.
England it is said supports the demand of Denmark.

The Gazette de rAllernagne du Nord publishes the
text of a note from Prussia to Denmark, calling on
the Danish Government to give a " precise " answer
as to the question of the guarantees required by
Prussia relative to Germans residing in North
Schleswig, and the proportionate part cf the debt of
the Duchies to be babe by Denmark.
In the garden of the Exhibition, near the machine

gallery by the the Ecole Militaire, there is a newly-in-
vented apparatus for giving motive power to rail-
way carriages. It is the invention of a Russian,
M. Schoubersky, who calls it a mal-ovos. This
motive machine is simply a railway carriage, with
two large wheels on each side, which do not touch
the ground. These two wheels appear to be inde-

pendent of those which act upon the rail, but in
fact with the aid of •a curious apparatus they are
made to impart strong motive power to a train
while ascending, and they can also serve as a break
to decrease the velocity in descent. This model,
after descending a rapid slope, turns back upon it-
self, and then with great ease drives a carriage up
to the summit of a slope.
Some persons have talked of restricted means of
transport to and from the Exhibition. There are
now 8,760 pullic vehicles which carry passengers
or articles. Upon the average the number of per-
sons who daily traverse various. parts of the capital
is 200,000. The average number of vehicles which
daily circulate along the Boulevard des Italiens is
13,265. The average number of vehicles which
cross the Pont de Yena, the principal entrance to
the Exhibition, is 940 ; 12,930 traverse the Avenue
des Champs Ely sees.

The ancient manor and baronial estate, about
2,250 acres, of Castle Combo, near Chippenham, the pro-
perty of Mr. Poulett Scrope, M.P., on which is some of
the most beautiful and romantic scenery in the county of
Wilts, and which has been in possession of the Scrope
family since the latter part of the 13th century, was on
Saturday submitted to public auction, at the Mart, by
Messrs. Driver and Co., of Whitehall, and, after a very
spirited competition, was purchased by Mr. Lowndes, of
Eaton-place, for the sum of £133,000.
THE GREAT Loss OF SHIPPING IN THE WHITE
SEA.—The Brenda steamer, 2,200 tons register, and the
Montezuma steamer, 680 tons, were specially chartered by
the Lords of the- Admiralty on Saturday for the White
Sea, to rescue the crows of the wrecked vessels reported
to be east ashore on the coast of Lapland. The steamers
were at once hauled out of Victoria Docks into the river
to take in provisions, bedding, and medical comforts at
the victuallin department, and were uuder orders to start
on their urgent mission early this morning. A naval
officer and a doctor will accompany each ship, and ample
provisions are made to accommodate 500 men.
PAPER BOATS.—It begins to be evident that
paper has been put to but few of .the uses of which it is
capable. The principal demand may continue to be for
printing, writing, wrapping, and paper collars, but experi-
ments now in progress show that papermakers will soon
find extensive uses for their product outside of these pre-
sent principal sources of consumption. It has already been
found that paper can be used advantageously for making
water-pipes and tanks, and in the construction of frost-
proof buildings; it is almost certain that it can be made
to take the place of leather for machinery bolting, and
George A. Waters, of
Troy, New York, has demon-
grated that. paper makes the best material for shell
boats, by constructing one thirty feet long, which weighs
only forty pounds, and is in• every respect superior to
boats made of wood. It is quite thin, lighter
than a wooden boat, is rendered impervious to
water by a coating of oil and other compounds, and it is
asserted that it is more durable, and that it will stand
shocks which would destroy a woolen shell. Other ad-
vantages claimed for it are that it. can be made perfectly
air and Nvater tight, and requires no caulking or pitching ;
it cannot be split or broken, but if a hole be made ia it by
accident, the ILT:oration would be no larger than the s:ze
of the (43ct Piercing it, and could be easily mended ; it
will not swell or crack, awl last, but not least, the cAst is
much less than a woolen ho Lt.. By next year at least W.,
shall expect to see -Yale and Harvard discarding their old
wooden tubs and rowing the college regatta in shells made
of paper, and making tts flinch better time as the paper
shells are lighter and inure buoyant than the wooden ones.
The day of M‘Kay and Elliot as builders of shell boats'
is over ; Waters of Troy is the coming man.
A plot of land, &c., situate near Lancaster-gate,
Bayswater, purchased by the late lir. E. 0rm..,, some years
since for £1,600, has been recently sold by Messrs.'Fox and
Bousfield, by the direc ion of trustees, in lute, realising
altogether the sum of £1,980.
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