The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-08 00:00:00

down bribery. The hon. member for Nottingham
is generally very successful in showing up other
people's foibles and failings, and he is not inclined
to give quarter, when he thinks he has a good case
for the display of his vivisecting talents. He
believed, he said, that the whole system of the
House and country was conducted upon the com-
mercial system, and having declared that he did not
believe there were 30 members in the House, who
obtained their seats by fair play—a statement which
might have been expected called forth some disap-
i probation—he expressed his approval of: the Go-
vernment measure, because it took the matter out
of the hands of the House, who bad hitherto been
judge and jury in their own case. The hon. mem-
ber appeared to forget that the House would have
to piss the bill. He believed, he said, the
most useful provision of the bill was that
which took the power of deciding upon
cases of bribery from the House, and added truly
enough that until they made bribery ungentlemanly
and unfashionable they would never put it down.
At present a man was not thought the worse of
for having bribed, and the good Parliamentary
man whose political exertions were rewarded by a
peerage had usually spent immense sums in con-
tested elections. The witty member for Notting-
ham was unsparing in his satire and his de-
nunciations, but there was undoubtedly a good
deal of truth in his observations, however unpa-
latable. Colonel SYKES'S was the more sensible
and practicable remedy, and if only the public will
take up the matter in earnest, we may hope that
one of the first acts of the Reformed Parliament
will be to give us THE BALLOT.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS•

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Tuesday Evening.
By the Constitution of the Kingdom of Italy it
is necessary, as is the case in England, that depu-
ties who take office shall undergo the ordeal of a
new election. All the members of the new Italian
Cabinet have been chosen again without opposition.
M. Rattazzi, the President of the Cabinet, has been
returned again for Alexandrie. The Minister of
Finance, M. Ferrara, has been returned again
for Salo, M. Pescetto for Savona, M. Berti
for Vittorio, M. Chaves for Acqui, and M. Broglio
for Bassano.
The King and Queen of Saxony are for the pre-
sent living in great privacy at Jaxthausen, a crown
domain on the route to Leipzic, having with them
only an aide-de-camp and a lady of honour.
At the moment when the difficulty arose respect-
ing Luxembourg a vast number of the working
classes of Paris evinced their anxious desire for the
maintenance of peace. A great many addresses,
numerously signed, were forwarded to Germany,
embodying a strong desire for peace and fraternity
with the German people. At first the presumed
hostile feeling of Prussia prevented any marked re-
ciprocity of sentiment in answer to these addresses ;
but now that the pacific feeling of the Cabinet of
Berlin seems to be a matter of certainty, addresses
from the German people have been received in Paris
expressive of the same sentiments as those which
animate the Parisian working classes. As a speci-
men of their views I may cite an address just sent
from Paris by the co-operative societies of this city
to the working mechanics of Berlin. The address
is signed by more than 1,500 persons, among whom
are many German artizans settled in Paris. It calls
the working-men of Berlin " brothers and friends,"
and proceeds to say—" Let our German brothers be
well convinced we all wish for peace, wo all hate
war, we all consider that a common struggle of
nations for Liberty against the enemies of Liberty
is the only contest worthy of us. Like
you, we protest against might oppressing
right. We repudiate all idea of conquest and tern,
torial aggrandisement. We wish the will of nations
to be respected like the will of citizens.. Like you,
we desire that States may be governed.. by public
opinion only, and that a spirit of fraternity alone
may animate the relations of one people with another.
" They who speak to you of our ambition deceive
you. We are your friends. They who seek to
excite us to hostility are our common enemies. If
the blood of the two peoples should be shed upon
the field of battle, it will be in spite of us and in
spite of you. We say this emphatically, while it is
still time, in order that the responsibility of so great
a crime may fall entirely upon its authors."
Great anxiety is manifested in Paris to know
what may have transpired at the meeting of the
London Cortference to-day, and various speculations
are already hazarded upon the subject. The report
seems confirmed that Italy and Belgium will be re-
presented at the Congress.
A very extraordinary case of fecundity has oc-
currred at Illiers, not far from Chartres. The wife
of M. Renoucct, a tradesman, in about two hours
gave birth to five boys, all perfectly formed. They
were all born alive, although the accouchement was
premature by three months, but each died in about
seven minutes after being brought into the world.
A foreign newspaper having spread a report that
Madame Rosa Bonheur had become insane, the c.-..le-
brated artist has written a letter to the editor of a
Paris paper, in which she indignantly denies that
there is any truth in the report.
The latest information in Paris iu regard to the
Conference is that so little difference of opinion will
be exhibited that the preliminary points will be !set-
tled in three sittings.
The weather has been extremely hot to-day.
Id. Forcade de la Roquette, Minister of Agricul-
ture, has given a splendid ball to the members of
the French and foreign Exhibition commissioners.
The saloons of the Ministry' were splendidly and
tastefully ornamented, and a gallery was con-
structed to communicate with the garden. A cas-
cade played at each extremity of the gallery. Among
the company were the Duke Leuchtenberg, Prince
Oscar of Sweden, the brother of the Tycoon of
Japan, the members of the Japanese Embassy, the
French Ministers and their wives, the Foreign
Ambassadors, the Duke de Persigny, the Duke de
Bassano, the Duke of Manchester, the members of
the Chambers, and many artists, musicians, and
literary men. Supper was served at. one o'clock
in the grand gallery. The fete was very brilliant,
and the pleasure of the entertainment was enhanced
by the courtesy and attention of Monsieur and
Madame Forcade de la Roquette.
Several articles at the Exhibition possess much
interest—if not on their own account, by way of
contrast. Thus in the portion devoted to Holland
is to be seen a model of one of the very ancient
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furnished with m
numerous oars,
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with which This
the
rough specimen, however, is a great im-
provement upon the boats and galleys which
were in use in the time of the Phoenicians,
the Romans, and the Carthaginians. The visitor
should pass from this exhibition of the ancient naval
architecture of Holland to see the steam engines of
the steamboats which are now built. The French
5C,2111 much interested in all that appertains to the
navy. When the Great Eastern arrived at Brest
the excitement was intense. All the inhabitants of
the town went to see the monster ship. NOt far
from the Dutch nautical articles is a magnificent
collection of arrAs in silex, manufactured during the
I age of stone. There are stone battle axes, and
arrows with points to recaive poison. Such were
the weapons of war before the days of revolvers,
rifled cannon, Chassepot guns, and Prussian rifled
guns. The primitive arms exhibited are in great
variety, although the science of killing was not in
such perfection in olden times. •
The gardens and park are really enchanting.
Many leave the galleries, however resplendent with
rich works of art, to see nature's products in their
nett and attractive form. There is a collection of
flowers, brought from all the countries of the world,
which proudly and gaily exhibit themselves in all
their marvellous and infinite variety.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—The first ballad concert of
this season, in which Mr. Sims Reeves, Miss Louisa Pyne,
and Miss Edith Wynne will take part, will be given at the
palace tbJ aftoruou at four o'clock.