The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-23 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE FROIA PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Tuesday Evening.
The Bulletin of the Moniteur has but a small
amount of news of any kind, and none of importance.
The address of the Chamber of Peers of Portugal,
in reply to the Speech from the Throne, was agreed
to in the sitting of the 24th without any amend-
ment.

M. d'Antas, chief of the Cabinet of the Minister
of Foreign Affairs, formerly Secretary of the Por-
tuguese Legate at Paris, has been appointed Minis-
ter Plenipotentiary to the United States, in the room
of M. de Figanicre, recently deceased.
The Journal des Debats says :—" The new re-
forms announced in the decree of the Empe-
ror are not yet discussed in detail by the
press, but they are briefly appreciated by
all the journals. Most of them congratulate the
Government upon the progress it has made upon
certain points, but some of them express regret that
these reforms are not more extensive. It is very
difficult at present to appreciate what will be the
importance of the change to be made in regard to
the press by the law, which will be presented to the
Legislative Body. We very much approve of the
suppression of the discretionary power given to the
decree of the 17th of February, 1852, but we shall
wait until we see the provisions of the law prepared
by the Government before we can form a judgment
upon what the press will gain by the reforths an-
nounced by the Emperor."
My description of the favourable impression pro-
duced upon the Paris papers generally by the Em-
peror's letter is confirmed by the Journal des Debats,
which energetically combats the expression of the
Patrie, that " the reform announced was a new step,
but the last." The Debats says---'• Not only all the
journals, not connected with any tie to Government,
judge otherwise of the situation of the country and
the intentions of the Emperor, but the papers in
which one is accustomed to seek for a knowledge
of the intimate thoughts of the Government, or of
some of its members, are far from imposing such
strict limits to the wise intentions of the head of the
State. Thus the Constitutionnel says—' Napoleon
the Third continues to-day the liberal work which
was commenced by the decree of the 24th of
November.' " _ _ _

In the non-official part of the Moniteur it is stated
that the Government has a strong desire to submit
to the appreciation of the great bodies of the State
the motives which have actuated its cond.ict in
regard to its foreign policy. The suppression of
the discussion on the Address will not delay the.3e
explanations, for the Government has decided to
accept at the commencement of the session the
demands for interpellation which may be addressed
to it respecting foreign affairs.
According to the Correspondencia, of Madrid, it
appears probable that an arrangement is about to
be concluded between Spain and the Republics of
the Pacific.

The Emperor, ever anxious to mitigate the dis-
tress of the poor, especially iu a rigorous season, a
few days ago sent 50,000 f. to the Prefect of Police,
who has carefully distributed the amount among
necessitous families, who have expressed their deep
gratitude for the very seasonable relief.
An immense prinlsiol3 a ico 11011 Wing mule,