The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LON U ON, MONDAY E V ENING, APRIL 1, 1867.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Sunday Evening.
There was a Cabinet Council yesterday at the
Tuileries, at which the Emperor presided. The
Empress was present at the Council.
The following is the letter which Count Walewski
addressed to the Emperor on resigning the func-
tions of President of the Legislative Body :--•" Sire,
—Personal dissensions, independently of my will,
having been manifested between some of the mem-
bers of the Government and myself, I do not hesi-
tate, in the interest of good harmony and concord,
to beg your Majesty to be good enough to accept
my resignation as President of the Legislative Body.
—I am, with profound respect, Sire, your Majesty's
very humble servant and faithful subject, A.
WA LEwsK 1." The Emperor, in accepting the re-
signation, expressed his deep regret to M. Walewski,
and thanked him for the unceasing proofs of the
devotion which he had manifested towards him.

Great preparations are being made in Hungary
for brilliant fetes upon the coronation of the Em-
peror of Austria as King of Hungary. All the
communes of the kingdom will send delegates to re-
present them, and they will be dressed in the cos-
tume of the locality, and will offer to the King and
Queen the product of their land. Choral societies
will sing national hymns before the chateau at
Pestli, and there will be a splendid display of fire-
works on the Danube.

The Constantinople journals give an account of a
frightful fire in that city, which has consumed
nearly one quarter of it. The timber yards of the
Come d'Or are entirely reduced to ashes. The loss
is estimated at 12 millions of francs.

The opening of the International Exhibition will
take place to-morrow without any form or pomp.
The Emperor will go to the Exhibition in simple
morning dress, and in the presence of the different
Commissions will, in a few words, merely declare
that the " Exhibition is opened." The price of ad-
mission to-morrow will be 20 francs. The great
international ceremony of inauguration will got

take place till the Ist of July, when, as I have
already stated, the prizes to the French and foreign
exhibitors will be distributed. Yesterday was a
day of tremendous excitement and bustle at the
Exhibition, but in spite of the great exertions lately
made the aspeCt of the various constructions is such
that all the ornamentation can hardly be completed
before July.
The Princo of Orange, President of the Dutch
Commission of the Universal Exhibition, has ar-
rived in Paris. The Duke de Leuchtenberg, Pre-
sident of the Russian Commission, has been here
for some days.

The Moniteur says it has received a telegraphic
despatch from Yokohama, which confirms the ac-
count of the death of the Mikado, the Spiritual
Sovereign of Japan, and announces the succession
of his son to the same dignity.
A trial will commence to-morrow, at the assizes
at Bordeaux, which excites very great interest in
that city. About eighteen months ago the city of
Paris issued Bonds of 500 f. The purchaser whose
number was first drawn was entitled to receive a
prize of 150,000 f. Messrs. Alfred Pailhas and Co.,
bankers, of Leghorn, received orders to purchase a
certain number of shares. M. Huet, postmaster, of
Leghorn, gave an order to puchase two bonds for
him. One of these bonds won the great prize.
Being absent, he did not send the necessary docu-
ments to enable him to receive the amount of the
prize. Messrs. Pailhas had themselves bought many
of those securities, and it appears that they acted
upon the principle of exchange being no robbery.
According to the indictment the three partners of
the firm, with the assistance of their cashier,
scratched out from their boOks the number of M.
Thuet's bond entitled to the prize, and then made
it appear that one of the bonds which they held
themselves had gained it.

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jest, but the Belgian journals treat the matter as
an accomplished fact. They give a report of a
meeting of the representatives of several important
branches of industry in the Grand Duchy, the object
of which was to come to an understanding respect-
ing the guarantees which should be demanded
should the report prove to be well-founded.
The German papers devote their attention to the
treaties just concluded between Prussia, Bavaria,
Baden, and Wurtemberg. Hesse being attached
by the link of incorporation of its territory with the
Confederation of the North, there is only the Prince
do Lichtenstein who has not contracted au engage-
ment with King William of Prussia.
The vote in favour of the abolition of imprison-
ment for debt has caused the most frantic joy in the
debtors' prison in the Rue de Clichy. The wives
and children of the prisoners for two succeeding
days assembled in the garden, and singing, dancing,
and kissing has been the order of the day. One of
the prisoners has composed a song upon the occa-
sion, which is sung in chorus at various times during
the day. The burden of the song is eulogy of the
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in her 101st year. She was in
entire possession all her faculties up to the day of her death. She
leaves a son and daughter, both of whom are more
than 80 years old.
There has been a strong March cold wind all day
which has nearly dried up all the gutters and pools
caused by the heavy rains of yesterday.
The project for the reorganization of the army is
the next important subject with which the Chamber
will be occupied. This change in the army appears
to excite the public mind in Paris very much.
Copies of the project of Law are cried about the
streets, and they aro read with great avidity. It is,
however, not a new thing for the head obthe State
in France to occupy himself with the army. Napo-
leon the First was accustomed to occupy himself
with every detail connected with it. In au old
copy of the Moniteur I found a decree issued Aug.
28, 1810, appointing three inspectors, at a salary of
5,000 f., of the manufacture of cloth destined for the
uniform of the troops. The fifth article of the
decree provides that, commencing from 1811, a
provision shall be made in the Budget of every year
for the payment of a sum which is not to exceed
30,000 f. for the expenses of these inspectors. how
changed are the times ! An item of 30,000 f. for
an essential operation connected with the army
would to-day be considered a mere flea-bite. A
still more important change, however, is to be
noted in the position both of France and Italy.
Italy is now a great independent and united king-
dom. In this decree of Napoleon the First, how-
ever, which is dated Palace of St. Cloud, Aug.
28, 1810, he styles himself Emperor of the French,
King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the
Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation, &c.
Even the site where the palace of the King of Rome
was to be erected, near Passy, has been entirely trans-
formed, to be remembered only by the name now
given to it—La Place du Roi de Rome.

THE POLICE AND THE PARKS.---The Metropolitan
Police are to take charge of Ilyde-park and the Green-
park this day. The carriage gates of Ifyde-park will be
kept open till 12 o'clock at night instead of 10 o'clock, as
hitherto. Arrangements aro made for the regulations of
h's Royal Highness the Ranger and the First Commis-
sioner of Public. Works being strictly carried our, and for
preventing the crimes and disorders in the Park of Ivliich
complaints have so often and justly been made. The
➢lagaaine Barracks in the centre of the park will be ap-
propriated for a police station.—Obsercer.

LIFEBOAT SERVICE.—BIDEFORD, NORTH DEVON,
March 30.—The brig Harmony, of Bideford, with
coals, went ashore on the South Tail, Bideford Bar, in a
gale from N.N.W., and heavy sea last night (reports A.
Gossett, Esq., the collector of customs). The Appledoro
lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution, The _Rope,
was speedily launched to her assistance, and succeeded in
saving the shipwrecked crow of three men from the rig-
ging of the vessel. They were in a very exhausted state,
as the brig was full of water and the sea was breaking
heavily over them. Tho men were safely lauded here
about 2 o'clock this morning. The vessel is still standing
but from her damaged state she is not likely to hold toge-
ther ;Lucia longer.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

TILE NORTH GERMAN PARLIAMENT,
BERLIN, April 1.

In to-day's sitting of the North German Parlia-
ment Count von Bismarck, replying to the inter-
pellation of Herr von Bennigsen, relative to the
Luxemburg question, said—" We value amicable
relations with Frace, and avoid wounding her sus-
ceptibilities. I cannot, therefore, reply to the
second portion of the int erpellation as to the course
that may be adopted in this matter by the Prussian
Government in concert with its Federal allies.
Yuur language becomes a representative of the
nation, but is not diplomatic. Respecting
your first question, asking for information
in regard to the rumoured negociations between
Holland and France for the cession of the Duchy
to the latter, I may state that nothing is known
of the conclusion of such an arrangement between
those States. The Federal allied Governments be-
lieve that no foreign power will endanger the un-
doubted rights of Germany. We hope to protect
them more safely in a peaceful way, the more the
debates in Parliament shall show the indissoluble
ties between the Government and the people.

BRUSSELS, April 1.
Lord Howard de Waldon had an audience yes-
terday of the King, and delivered autograph letters
from her Majesty Queen Victoria to the King and
Queen of the Belgians, announcing the accouche-
ment of the Princess of Wales.