The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-01 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FRO.AI PARIS.

:' PARIS, Thursday Evening.
There is no news in the llioniteur to-day, and the
other papers are in the same position.

A letter from Florence states that the Could de
Launay has left that city for St. Petersburg to de-
liver to the Emperor Alexander the letters an-
nouncing the conclusion of his mission. On quitting
St. Petersburg the Count will repair to Berlin, at
which city he is accredited as Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary for Italy. Count de
Barral, Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of
Italy to the Austrian Court, has arrived at Vienna.
The funeral ceremony over the remains of the
Archduke Stephen of Austria took place at Menton
ou Sunday last. The prefect of the department of
the Alpes Maritimes was present at the ceremony,
accompanied by the General Commandant of the
Sub-division, and Mass was performed by the curate
of,the town. Prince Metternich, who had arrived
on the previous evening in order to be present at
the ceremony, thanked the authorities for assem-
bling. In pursuance of the orders of the Minister
of War military honours were rendered io the illus-
trious deceased by a detachment of the 28th Regi-
ment of the Line and the Gendarmerie. The Prin-
cess of Waldeck and the Princess of Anhalt were
present at the ceremony. The remains of the
Archduke, which are to be conveyed to Austria
from the port of Genoa, were transported from
Menton on the same evening under the superinten-
dence of the Chamberlain of his Imperial Highness.
Notice is given by the Imperial Commission
of the Exhibition that exhibitors should with-
out delay send their articles to the places assigned
to them. Free passes are granted to exhibitors or
to their accredited agents.
Another Cabinet Council was held yesterday at
the Tuileries, at which the Empress was present.

The Opposition cuts but a bad figure at the
commencement of the session. Its " occupation's
gone" at the very beginning. The Journal des
Debats says :—" The 25 votes against 211 iu favour
of the Government are those of the Opposition,
properly so called. The tiers party did not sepa-
rate itself from the Opposition upon this occasion.
It agreed to the appeal for union and concord made
by M. Rouher in a speech as remarkable for elo-
quence as for moderation."
In short, even according to the admission of the
most advanced Opposition journals, the Government
is quite triumphant in regard to its policy as to the
management of the post-office. The inviolability
of the secret of letters is admitted by the post-
office, but, as is the case in England, the post-office
does not undertake to be the medium of circulating
the effusions of the disaffected, which may be dan-
gerous to the State or to individuals.
With a view to provide for any emergency which
may arise at the Exhibition, a medical staff has
been organised to attend, if necessary, either at the
Champ de Mars or at Billancourt. The heads, of
the establishment have been chosen from the most
eminent medical men of Paris. The Government
will provide for the expenses of the medical
establishment.

As I told you would be the case, 11,Idlle. Fargeuil,
to whom the Emperor presented a valuable bracelet,
had it restored by the cabman in whose vehicle it
was left, a few hours after the loss was discovered.
The cabman took it to the office of the company,
who sent it without delay to the lady, who requested
the honest cabman to call upon her, no doubt with
the intention of rewarding him.

The remains of Baron de Belcastel, late Minister
Plenipotentiary of France at Weimar, have been
interred with appropriate ceremony in the family
vault at Toulouse, his native city.

The weather to-day has been bright and dry, but
very cold, and according to the indications studied
at the Paris Observatory, more storms and unsettled
weather may be expected. It was frosty this morn-
ing in the vicinity of Paris.
The Constitutionnel thus appreciates the position
of the Derby Ministry :—" It is possible that the
withdrawal of the Resolutions by Mr. Disraeli, in
order to introduce a bill, may prolong the existence
of the Tory Ministry, which is rather seriously
threatened. Such, at least, is the inference to be
drawn from the result of the meeting of Liberal
members at Mr. Gladstone's. Mr. Gladstone, for
his part, declared that he did not wish to return to
power, but, according to correspondence from Lon-
don, even if the Derby Ministry should obtain a
majority, that will only postpone the crisis."
It is announced that the King and Queen of
Portugal will come to Paris to see the. Exhibition.
Lemaire, the nice young man convicted of the
murder of Madame Blainville, seems determined,
like Mark Tapley, to be " jolly" even to the last.
He was clothed with a strait jacket when take❑
from the court to the prison. He said he was very
hungry, and asked for a double allowance, which
was not refused, and he amused himself by singing
the greater part of the night. He says that he does
not want any chance of having his life saved, and
therefore he does not mean to appeal against the
sentence of death.

COLLISION AT SEA. —The fishing sloop General
Lee, belonging to Lowestoft, No. 203, was found yester-
day morning, twelve miles off the Start, abandoned by her
crew, and damaged by having been in collision with some
other vessel. A small figure-head and part of the bead
gear of the other vessel were found on board the General
Lee, from which it was supposed to have been a small
schooner; on board of which, it is hoped, the crew of the
General Lee, about ten in number, have escaped. The
sloop has been brought into Plymouth by the fishing-sloop
Swan, of Hastings.
ARSON.—SEVERE SENTENCE.—At the assizes at
Newcastle, on Wednesday, Thorborg Ireland, 38,
a woman who had kept a beer-house in Hill-street, New-
castle, was charged with setting fire to her house to de-
fraud two insurance companies, in each of which she had
insured for £lOO. Last September tho prisoner offered
one of her servants £8 if she would set fire to the house,
and when that was done to cut the gas-pipe. The servant
refused, and left the house. On the 31 October the pri-
soner got a quantity of tarred sticks and placed them in
drawers and about the house, and then was seen to set fire
to them with a candle. The police found one drawer con-
taining a quantity of papers and letters, and in another
there was smoke, but no fire. The house was set on fire
in five different places. The prisoner had given her ser-
vant a box, in which wore the insurance policies, to take
to a neighbour's house. The prisoner denied the charge,
but the jury found her guilty, and she was sentenced to
five years' penal servitude.