The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-11 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Friday Evening.

The official part of the Moniteur contains the an-
nouncement of several diplomatic changes. The
Marquis de Cadore, Envoy Extraordinary and Mi-
nister Plenipotentiary to the Grand Duke of Baden,
is appointed to the same post in Bavaria, in the
room of Viscount des Meloiges Fresnoy, resigned.
Count de Mosbourg is appointed Envoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Grand
Duchy of Baden, in the room of the Marquis de
Cadore. M. Duriea de Verninac is appointed Se-

cretary of Embassy of the 2d Class, in the room of
Baron de Dampierre. The successor of M. de
Verninac is Count de Vielcastel.
Yesterday the Emperor reviewed, in the court
of the Tuileries, the Egyptian Battalion. The
Egyptian Battalion has been five years in Mexico,
and did good service in the Terres Chandes and at
Vera Cruz. Many of the officers are decorated. Be-
fore the troops defiled his Majesty congratulated the
Commandant of the Battalion upon the excellent
appearance and discipline of the troops, and dis-
tributed medals to those who were wounded in com-
bating for France.
An official announcement has been made in the
Italian Chamber of Deputies by M. Rattazzi of the
approaching marriage of Prince Amedee, Duke of
Aoste, with the Princess de la Cisterna, which is to
take place at Turin on the 30th inst.
A letter from Moscow, dated May 2, states that
the Emperor Alexander, accompanied by the Here-
ditary Grand Duke of Russia and the Princess
Dagmar, arrived on that day at the country seat of
Petrorky, near that city. On the next day there
was a splendid ceremony in honour of the entrance
of the Russian Court into the second city of the
empire. Twenty troops of all arms bad been con-
centrated at Moscbw, and they formed in line from
the Gate of hen to the entering of the Kremlin.
The reception of the Royal Family was extremely
enthusiastic. The Russian Court was to remain at
Moscow about a fortnight.
A splendid banquet has been given by the French
members of the Jury (10th group) at the Interna-
tional Club to the members of the Foreign Jury.
On the pannels of the room were various appropriate
inscriptions in honour of art and industry. M.
Jean Dollfus, the Vice-President of the 10th group,
presided. At his right was Baron Liebig, the re-
presentative of the foreign Jurors ; at his left Sir
John Kaye Shuttleworth. Many other English-
men and foreigners of note were present. M.
Dollfus gave as a toast, "To the Sovereigns and
foreign Governments." Baron du Liebig proposed
"The healths of the Emperor, the Empress, and the
Imperial Prince." The toasts were cordially and
enthusiastically received.
No official account of the proceedings of the
Conference at London having been published there
is " ample scope and verge enough" for the inven-
tive faculties of the newsmakers in Paris. The
papers abound in speculations and versions as to
what has been said and done. As I know from
official sources that some of these accounts are un-

true, I forbear from noticing them. The Opinione
Nationale says :—" The Conference has assembled,
but still greater uncertainty prevails respecting the
views of the statesmen who represent the different
Cabinets. The pretensions of Prussia, and the
mode in which she appears disposed to manifest
them, are such that it will be difficult to reconcile
them with the interests of France. King William,
in fact, in effect maintains his rights in regard to
the fortress of Luxemburg, and will only renounce

them upon condition that the whole of Europe shall
be substituted in the Grand Duchy for the House of
Hohenzollern, thus closing it for ever against
France."

The Queen of Portugal has arrived in Paris.
Her Majesty travels under the title of Duchess de
Guimaraeus, and is accompanied by the Duke de
Louie and suite. Her Majesty's stay in Paris will
be of short duration.
The packet Imperattice Eugenie has arrived at St
Nazaire with dates from Vera Cruz to the 13th of
April. Prince Iturbide was on board. Vera Cruz
was still besieged by General Benavides, with 3,000
men. The capture of Puebla is fully confirmed,
but General Marquez had left Mexico with 6,000
men, with the intention of endeavouring to recap-
ture it.
The Siecle says that its private information rela-
tive to the London Conference enables it to con-
firm the report as to the difficulty which arose
respecting the guarantee of the neutrality of Luxem-
bourg by the Great Powers, but adds that it is
enabled to say that the difficulty is not of such a
nature as to delay the pacific solution which is
likely to arise from the deliberations of the Confer-
ence.

The Imperial Court has dismissed the appeal of
M. de Girardin against the sentence of the Cor-
rectional Court inflicting a fine of 500 f. for an
article in the Liberte exciting hatred and contempt
against the Government. It also condemned M.

de Girardin to pay the costs of the appeal.
An old woman has just died at Fumay, in the
Ardennes, who was the very type of avarice. She
lived very miserably, half starved herself, and went
about in rags. A few days before she died she sold
the sheets from her bed on the plea that she wanted
to buy bread. At her death, of ter minute researches,
the sum of no less than 60,000 f. in gold and silver
was found carefully concealed in the cellar which
belonged to her apartment. In another part of her
lodging were two chests both full of gold. They
were so heavy that the Justice of Peace and his
assistant could not lift them. This miserly woman
has left a very extraordinary will. She has be-
queathed a sum of 20,000 f. to the woman who did
her household work, although a few days ago she
refused the small addition of one franc a month to

her wages.
On Wednesday the fete of Joan of Arc (May 8)
was celebrated at Orleans with great pomp. Ac-
cording to traditional custom the garrison marched
into the city, drums and music being played, and
torches being borne in the front. The mass com-
memorative of the deliverance of the city of Orleans
was celebrated at the church of Sante Croix, in the
presence of all the leading persons in the depart-
ment. The Abbe Fressel, Professor of Sacred Elo-
quence at the Sorbonne, pronounced an energetic
panegyric upon the heroine. In the evening the
city was splendidly illuminated.
Some of the most magnificent Arabian saddle

horses ever seen in regard to shape and blood have
just arrived at Paris from Cairo, and are now at the
Imperial stables at the Louvre. They were pre-
sented to the Emperor by the Viceroy. of Egypt.
Two of the superb animals, fire years old, were born
in the environs of Bagdad, and have Persian blood
in their veins. A third, rather older, bay brown,
belonged to Said Pacha, and has been brought from
the stables of his son, Toussoum. In form they are
the most pure and perfect resemblance of Nedje, the
real courser of the desert. As to their value, the
amount at which their worth is esteemed is fabulotie..
The heat 11L14 been, very oppressive to-day.