The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-01 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Friday Evening.
The 3loniteur of to-day is almost entirely tilled
with reports of the discussions in the Chambers,
which would not present any point of interest to
your readers, and there is no news of importance
of any kind.
The Journal des Debuts says :—" At the present
moment it is more difficult than ever to know what
is going on in Mexico. The news which we receive
from various sources contradicts itself most com-
pletely... According to an Austrian despatch, the
Mexican 'Embassy at Vienna has publiSheci a state-
ment in the Vienna Gazette, asserting that the
melancholy reports which had been in circulation
for the last few days were absolutely false, and that
sO far from the truth is the account of the Emperor
having been made prisoner, the fact is that the
Republicans had been compl,:tely beaten at Quere-
taro, and that Juarez had been compelled to take
flight.
The report is still prevalent that the Government
intends to dissolve the Chambers. Upon this sub-
ject the Siecle says:—
" What could be the motive for such a measure
we do not know. Can it be that there is a difference
of opinion upon several points of the proposed new
military law between the Government and the com-
mission ?

"has the Government to complain of the recep-

tion of the projects of law 'which followed the letter
of the 19th of January, and of the little enthusiasm
which the Legislative Body manifests for reforms
desired by the country. Although tranquillised for
the moment, foreign difficulties may afford a motive
for a dissolution of the Legislative Body. All the
causes of the conflict are not yet removed, and it is
of importance that the expiration of the mission of
the Deputies should not be coincident with the
manifestation of fresh complications."
On Wednesday the Emperor reviewed in the
Court of the Tuileries the five Companies of
Franc-Tireurs des Vosges, after which his Ma-
jesty congratulated them upon their martial appear-
ance and good discipline. The ancestors of these
noble men of Lorraine have filled.an important
page in the history of France, and have acquired
renown for their ardent patriotism in adverse times.
Before the troops defiled, the Emperor attached the
Cross of the Legion of lienour to the breast of Com-
mandant Bourgeois, an old veteran, who lost a leg
at the siege of Sebastopol.

The Correspondence Provinciale of Berlin says :
Europe will see, in the visit of the sovereigns to
the Court of France a fresh happy sign of the
general strengthening of the pacific union. The
meeting of those high personages will completely
insure a durable good understanding. At the same
time it will inspire the people with serious confi-
dence in the calm and abundant development of
their prosperity, a development which is universally
desired."

The spectacle at the races on the Bois de Boulogne
on Sunday is likely to be marvellous and unparal-
leled. On that day the race for the Grand Prize of
100,000 f. will take place. Ou the Grand Stand
there will be, in addition to the Emperor and
Empress, the Emperor of Russia and his two sons,
the King and Queen of the Belgians, the Prince and
Princess of Prussia, the Duke de Leuehtenberg,
and the Prince of Saxe Weimar. It will be a truly
royal meeting.
The Prussian Chamber of Deputies has adopted,
by a large majority, a motion which declares uncon-
stitutional the nomination of M. Oberg, formerly a
Hanoverian magistrate, to fulfil the functions of
Vice President of the Royal Court in the province
of Silesia. This vote is chiefly directed against
Count de Lippe, Minister of Justice, and it is not
considered to indicate opposition to the general
policy of his Ministry.
Figures speak trumptet-tongued for the popu-
larity of the Great Exhibition. On Tuesday the
number of persons who paid for admission was
88,945, and there was in addition a large number
of subscribers. Yesterd ly the number of visitors
was such that at one of the restaurants every scrap
of bread and all the meat were consumed. A gen-
tleman who complained of delay in the service was
told that it was impossible for the cooks to serve
out the dishes fast enough. The park was splendid
last night, but about 10 o'clock there was a heavy
storm of rain, which created a good deal of excite-
ment and annoyance. There was tremendous
havoc among the toilettes of the ladies. The Prince
and Princess of Prussia were at the Exhibition.
Another additional attraction in the park is the
magnificent Russian stallion, Bedouin, which
excites general admiration. The dromedaries have
been paraded to-day with their keepers in national
costume, and, as usual, have added much to the
pleasure of the visitors. The weather has been
exceedingly oppressive. The barometer indicates
meteorological disturbances.
A letter from Rome states that large numbers of